The New York herald., 1876-11-08


We must associate and seia,e tll ind way out OF
this misery and until keep lille In hcsh by
wholesome, moderate toll without
SELLING
Enormous applause with much general admiration
OF Nile Raoults hair and eyes
RorsAx
Now. respecting their labor. Let us hear
what the great cities say. Crizen Delegate Bonne
asks indulgence OF the Congress Tor auy fatal effects Of
heart disease which may manifest themselves during
The course OF his speech and standing upright rep
ycseniative Of the ancient town OF Roubax,
tDat he Is about TO die suddenly and soon,
delivers himself as follows: s:-Fiftynve per cent
OF the iaborers i represent SO week-no
Tho fah of a family comprising wife aud
i've or SIX small children cannot give them all food,
clothes warmth or shelter ior fifteen francs spread
over seven days. Some Of tho workmsn in Roupaix
earn. tray, 81 ana even s5 week. but their work Is
much harder and their position little improved, for
they havo more bad seasons A very lew skilled mo-
chancs contrvc OCCASIONALLY TO find as much SO a
week The price OF iood at Roubax high
in all other centres Of Industry. and
! know many married workmcn who arc
thus iorccd to ask Tor charity or starve.
The hrs question, however put 10 them by the local
authorities is, How many children have you ~ and
unless they have at least five children below the work
ing age they have no claim upon public bcnevoencc
In this manner workmcn reduced to
THE cRuELLEsr FoRMs MRsDiciry.
Consume and ibe shopkespsrs Win whom ,hsv dssl
and who are often only less poor than themselves,
make them pay twenty or thir.y per cent more 'hnn
the prices charged Tor ready money. When work
man IS thrown out OF employment Tor a few weeks ho
tumbles almost hopelessy into debt and despair Our
OF workmen In other commercial cities. Employers
ctup
-GoopY woRKMES.
and those who do not belong 10 those clubs havc
hard job TO live. In timc OF sickness workman Is
Obliged to 90 TO hospital and abandon his Iamiy.
When he comes out probably he has family. Per-
haps he learns something OF what has happen tho
boys it IS harder TO know what has become OF his
WHO ana daughters. Our workmcn are under tho
thumbs Of employers, because their masters even
tho houses III which they i've, ana u Is impossible
them 70 ana roof to protccl them from wind and
" Il fup
terms imposed on them Now and then these house
owners also keep shops and their tenants are obliged
10 Duy Tho first necessaries OF lie from them. A.
election time, when workmcn's votes should count,
no workman darcs TO voo as he would wish to vote,
master. A rco vo.e would mean ruin TO him. II
true we have Des Conseiis de pru d'hommes, which
were established IN 1909 settle differences between
masters and mon But they furnish merely colorado
prslex's for vcxing u.s. becanse both tho presidents
and the masters thus have casting in ali dis
cussions Agitation and association arc tho only
possible remedies which suggest Tor our most
miserable and oppressed condition.
BORDEAUX
Citizen Delegate Duiau, from the wine country,
blows his wlh sound Ike a trumpet call aud
speaks on behalf Of fourteen corporations, who have
chosen bis hcy Southern tongue their mouthpcce,
thus:-,Hcalth and fraternity TO the Congress from
bordeaux Tho position OF our workmcn Is altogether
Of keeping with the prico OF food and everything
else which honest olk require to bring their iam
lies To bctier position my fellow workm men have
sent me here Tho eyes OF Citizon Duiau shine like
| black diamonds and no shows a admirable set OF
working tocth in smiling shape, to tho Congress Al
this point, after which he rcsume the thread OF
discourse The average wages At Bordeaux arc about
threo irancs and haii dalv From this sum sundsvs
and holidays must be deducted, because the Sunday
and feast day closing system is enforced with great
| vig0r among Bad seasons, tho vine sickness and
the diseases which result from fatigue and privation
afli,ct us craciy. Az the years end good
workman seldom count that be has gained
thousand francs II VIC take his rent his cotnos and
other rational expenses hardly two francs day is ie
| for meat and drink when he has wie and oven
couple of children II is Impossible Tor him to supply
them with the necessaries Of existence and II not 10
be forgotten that the mind has It's needs well the
flesh. Children must be taught well as fed. Wages
have been raised from ton TO fifteen per cent OF late
and the price Of ood has augmented sixty per
coat We are, therefore, worse or than before To
4 UNITED sYxDicArn ron ALL FRANCE
| Paris should be the head of this great body-the
provinces members The thing Is easily managed
good understanding and n small sum Of money will
suffice TO found the institution We have already
| shown them that can act together in harmony.
Now, about money The delegates present to-day rcp-
resent million workingmen. Ii of Their repre-.
sentatvcs subscribe twenty .nvc cents a our
common fund IN lew years II will be very large
already been waiting sTs years Every government
before and since the flood has, however, promised
somsnns 50 Una. our patience ho was as sore'y red
gwen us what II promised Together we shall bc
able to do something; alone We mus. always be crushed
by the capitalist He carries on the against pow
rheumatic and Sesssrsd hc is runded OF hrst TO
hospitn, then to paupcr's grave. Let as SOW bot
| ter crop Tor our children tnan we have rsaped.
4 u. KriEkNk
1
man, wish strange bright eyes and twitching hands,
/ who takes the tribune with bound and speaks out
/ his mind abruptly as though he could not afford
lose time. A curIous mind has CitIxcn Boissonnct,
full OF unsuspectoa depths and noky shaiiows His
words have an mpusIve dow, with CLEANS Of clio
above a babbng brook wandering through fretted
shadows:.fact Is" thinks she citizen. .'thcrc
constant rows among the provincial syndicatcs d.
recty syndica chamber Is constituted anywhere
throughout tho country tho local protect and his
l,es begin 10 watch II with attentive eye. III IL
succeeds in bcttering The workmen's employers
take pot shots at II out Of the government batteries.
II It does succeed the authorizes leave TO 60 10
the dogs It's road decmiLg tnat sucn things are
best not meddlcd with II they will only
naushs wi,hSn. pushing ~ was !, she CITIZEN Bo,s.
two years ago. had $50 adhereDts ana funds
were In a good sondton NY proceedings, however.
perplo oxcd The master ribbon makers and they de-
nounced enemies OF pnblic order. We sup
pressed accordingly with high hand and since then
the masters have wrongcd US a. they pleased We arc
quito helpless
Citizen Nonnos, delegate workman from harseles,
has look OF quiet scorn Tor employers and
contcmptuous manner Of speaking about them whicn
10 partly amusing, partly pathetic II Ia easy 10 see
that he Is brave, calmhearte who has turned
gallant front 10 misfortune. but he have been
iearuy msuled before he got that compisle convic-
rich when, SAYS the citizen cooiiy, IAN employer
means to cheat his workmcn no chooses moment
when trade - dull and lowers their pay TO famine
take the work ON my terms or leave H. There's the
DOOR Now, what happcnss The workman having
Deen CnOateu uy MS o0eins to Cucat IN
He cannot, indeed, produce good labor the price
paid him; therefore he begins 70 scmp his work. and
sacrihces quality TO quantity. Both elegance and
durability arc thus disappearing from our manufac
Tho Iaborar cannot puI thought into his work.
Trade and industry. being thus sorely discouraged,
generate instead oi progressing, and brilliant
lions growing fcwor and lever. II obliged
much longer under thc present conditions I'M
posed upon shall not deliver work 10 tho
sumer, but
The PHANTOM WORK,
which will not even have tho outward scmblance OF
reality Ii French goods to preserve their rcput,
European commerce IN the teeth OF the compct
tion In other countries workmen must be sufficiently
paid order that they may be stimulated to work bot
ter and better. The public. the whole world, will gam
by being Just to Tor II is better TO give - for good
article winch will last, say tour months than 10
81 or one that VIII no perhaps, last three weeks.
Moreover, people should remember that when they
buy cheap they encourage ruInous competition.