The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-10

nartieular time, in consequence oil the
stoppape Of the mills, there are large
rumber of the latter out OF work. but
this is always the case at this season y. o. o
the wear to . greater or less extent II Is
moi to bc apprehOnded, however, ",
,ba, Ihis condition Of things Will
continue very much beyond the usual
,;mo There are, however, some other
mech mech,nies, especially those who have not
Ind anything like regular work this sea-
son. who may DO pinched to get through
The winter. Some Of these persons might
have had more work than has fallen to
them II they had been willing to do what
are called small odd jobs. 1t scomplained
in one Of our exchanges that, some mech :
anics will not engage in anything out OF
their own trade, preferring to await their
chances for something to turn up, and
that others will not hunt up small half
day jobs, or evcn take them at all except
at extra prices. The flush timeS during
the war and since have educated every
body up to an idea of independence as re-
CARDS employment, such does moi comport
with the times that are now upon us--times
that may not only remain with US for
some time to come, but perchance in
crease in severity before they change for
the better.
In view Of this possible future that
may be before us, the Springfield (Mass)
Republican makes the following suggcs-
tions to the working people Of that city !:
"As to what can be done, the first thing
to be arrived at on the part OF the unem-
ployed is proper state Of mind. There
must be no sticking for wages, for reg
ular' work, for mice jobs, or for other
points OF punctilio. We say punctilio,
| Tor the world affords no sillier and more
senselcsa prejudices than those Of labor
ing. men and mechanics as to what they
can do. Many a carpenter refuses work
unless he eau lave il right along OH some
big lob. He won't work half a day for
this man and half day for the next, and
would think il quite telow his station TO
get out his tools and make wash-bench.
Some mechanics will not Lift finger out
side OF their own trade, unless it be TO
take an agency or set up candy shop.
Even the laboring men, the men OF the
shovel and the pick, arc not destitute oi
uotions OF propriety as rigid. as those
which govern. the Chinese court. All
this nonsense must DO got rid Of.
The best openings are the small ones
Especially do We commend 10 the unem'
ployed the cultivation OF small farms OF
gardens near the towns. Land should be
rented for the purpose at low figure
payable in produce. A place to live IL
does not cost much, and an lrishman ant
his family can earn their living at leas
on one OF those patches Of ground very
comfortably. 1t is too late, this year, L
raise crops, but il Is not too late to move
out, set up tho shanly, the pig.pen, and
the hen.coop. from which the income viii
be steady. The city without doubt will
gladly furnish forth the larders with
potatoes and cabbages, and another har'
vest, we'll husbande1, will bring independ'
ence. The community furnishes constant
and dear market for butter, eggs, chickens!
potatoes, all kinds Of vegetables, and ber'
rries, while the slackness Of our garbage
system still affords sustenance to all the
swine for which any one will gather the
swill. We contend that there is no more
promising means OF livelihood than this
OF agriculture, half way between the farm
and the city. The industry and thrift Of
the Irishman, and all the members OF, his
family, can best be "brought TO bear" in
his own maintenance in this way. In
other industries, also, We notice that tho
humble individual effort gets It's reward.
We notice that carpenters, who have
been wont to work on big jobs or in large
manufactures, are setting up little shops
on the side streets, and the sibillation OF
tho plane and the soro throat Of the saw
proclaim that they have "job work..
II there still remains substratum oil
unemployed, partly through their own
Indifference, and partly through excep'
tional misfortune, it will be desirable to
establish an open market, where those in
want OF labor can meet those in want oi
work. In San Francisco there has been
for years, an elaborate organization call
cd the labor exchange, where the unem'
ployed resort for orders. In this city
the same end could easily be met by re-
quiring all those ont Of work toleave their
names aud residences at the marshafs OF
almoner's office, together with the kind O.
work to which they were accustomed
Citizens would then make It their business
to undertake such improvements abou
their houses and grounds, or places O
business, as they have contemplated, ant
thus get their work done at the very low
est wages, besides giving work to thos'
who have none.