The New York herald., 1876-11-11
FRENCH LABOR CONGRESS.
Peasants Aspiring To Be Flunkeys In
stead Of Skilled Artisans.
A VEGETABLE MAN.
The Wants, Vows and Wishes
Of Women.
WORK HosPITAL-.PRISoN
Wages of Miners, Printers
and Locksmiths.
Feeding on Beans and Weeds
Sleeping on Straw.
MISERY DEFYING LAW.
Poor Women Must Not
Have Children.
LABOR RIGHTLY JUDGED.
Feeding on Beans and Weeds
Sleeping on Straw.
Poor Women Must Not
Have Children.
LABOR RIGHTLY JUDGED.

PARIS, Oct 24177a
Continuing my report OF the Labor Congress held
In Paris, have record that Citizen Lefcbrc, jour-
neyman shoemaker who has the grave, stern look Of
Huguenot captain, assembled the tribune with slow,
thoughtful step, and spoke out delegate OF the
publican and socialist laborer Of the northern city OF
Douai and It's adjacent districts Ho has good deal
to say for them, and he talks in straghtfor ward,
purposelike manner though he felt himself the rep
resentativo of class whose patience is nearly
hausted and who to have relief let what
II will, and matter who pays for II. ''Ctizens
and citxenesses," says this vocal shoemaker, much
unknown yet TO parliaments and fancy rorormers,
dealing with the labor question in tho privacy Of well
iurnshed apartments 81 say, citizens and citizen
esses!" The shoemaker repeats this form OF address
several times, anu as watch HIM he seems to mo
standing up very rigid and grim, as though he were
loading gun on the old ramrod systom, and forcing
down tho charge we'll homo to the breech before he
fred or his artillery. He has dono with calling upon
his audience, however, when no has roured ,hcr
attention. tho hall in which tho Congress held
has become silent that you could hear pin fall II
. then from the depths OF this hushcd still
ncsg "a which might fancy that the peoples heart
was audbly beating the voice OF Shoemaker Loiebvre
is lifted up with o mighty sound, and forms itself into
these words: -.
You or some Of you'll should say some Of us-talk
OF association and is crotchct often discussed IN
provincial newspapers and Idle folks discourse.
THAT TALK NONSENSE.
Laborers who aborers indeed do not darc to form
associations II they did they would be marched on
prison by the nearest policeman and declared enemies
Of order Perhaps some other might be found
for thcm but they would be put in jail all the same,
and when workman is in Jail his wife starves Many
OF the work people represent agricultural laborers
and farm servants. Those who employed around
vaIenciennes, Douai, Cambria, Lille and those dis
trcss cara far too little for them to be able to
subscribe for any common object; and associations
cannot bc formed without money Moreover, they are
apathetlc. Hunger and misery have made them cal
lous sthey do not what happens next. They are
in a state OF sullen despair. should tell you that
agricultural aborers and miners form tho largest part
OF tho rural population in the North OF France Do
you faithful picture Of our iivesS II you DO.
it may be portrayed In three words
"woRK, HOSPITAL, PRISON"
our accidents and offences We most unfortunate,
most wretched Look here A miners wages Is
out the miners Escarpslles Farm In tho
North OF Franco are paid franc a day. and classed
with animala They fed on beans and weeds; they
lie Consider the condition Of an agricultural
laborers iamily-say six persons 10 al-bound to ex-
list from years end TO years end on franc day. No
chance hope the future; nothing but beans, straw,
weeds aud that one small iranc Do you wonder that
JAILs ARE rILLEp WITH LABoRERsY
This Ii the state OF tho account current between
labor and capital Employers fond OF alluding
their accounts; this 10 ours A Lies work on ono
sGs % s.9 On the other o and
Following close upon Shoemaker Lefebvre tho Citi.
zen Ncaiss comes forsn to air his thoughts on the
great OF labor. Citizen Nicaise represents an
important group OF printers, shirt cutters collar and
cravas makers and locksmiths around Paris Thsclsi-
Is anything but robust, and appears In confirmed
Ill health As he begins to speak feels instinc-
lively that he 10 dealing with question which hi
speaks well 70 the point 1--WE must he says create
for ourselves such social and political position
will secure 70 the aborer bis part in the national prop
Unity In purpose, however, is thing; fraternity
(mosy carried on at the liquor ssore) 10 another We
have heard little TOO much OF fraternity, observes
Citizen Ncaise. 'The equality OF pay ana profits is
a haucinauon which can possess real mind. Each
man deserves pay and pudding In accordance with
capacities and tho worth OF his Tabor Hc cannot
asked TO throw his earnings into common stock for
she profit OF other people who little or nothing
1t s profoundly unjust class the clever,
laborous and orderly workman in the samo category
with
rnE rDLER, rHR DoLr AND THE sorn
The citizen here brings his discourse TO end, and
the thanks OF the assembly are returned him Tor It
through The President OF the Congress
LABOR TAXATION N
Citizen Pageze Partisan workman, who Is \ great
bance 10 the buss OF JULIUS Csar, declares that the
lab0rer overtaxed
.,Leglsla.on," observes Pagcze, .has favored the
possessors Of realized fortunes In a @Rn-
daious tina. II can only be said in irony that rich men
pay their fair share oi taxation. Thus every m0rscl
the laborer puts into his mouth taxed. The wine
and the waer he drinks is taxed Is tho hight
OF day and the gas BY night which ne forced
His poor rags which cover him and his are taxed too
Bat funded property, railway shares rents and in
comes taxed Wnen complain WI are tor
mented and outraged by an indecent reference 10 one
Malthus, a wretch WHO taught governments that
POOR hEN SHOULD NOT BEGEr
"Malthus wished TO strike US out Of tie lists Of hu
manity Let us have done WI h such ignominy. Our
misery Is not depending upon any decree Of Provi-
dence have been falsely told; IL s, tho con-
rerrue honteHse" Citizen Pasez being an Imaginative
NATTER or EDUCATION
Citizen Corsin, pockcthoox MAKER calls The attention
OF the Congress 10 tho waut OF union and sympathy
between the agricultural Aborcr ana the Isboror In
towna He has sofr perkuaslve ana peasant
manner. A halo man, Of some iorty-nve or ni,y
years old, Is this citizen, and he
nave nave passed p much much Of mis- Ieisur: time With
tion Of the French Iabossr tho speaker says:--"Hc
can read little write little ana repeat lew moral
the country laborer, but both ounces Yet their
womankind are IN ss'Il deeper depths Of iDscIec-
higher than my thumb arc worked both IN town and
country uI they look ike iatna terminating in
nor
tho same s,zo all the way down, and their legs
nothing but bones and skip nerves made hard
whpcord by rush,og hisher and ththcr upon errsnds
as soon az they can go alone The pi,,abe
Of the female farm servant tho geese
hardly BE- told 'p "a woras n s.rony s~oash s.o 10
describe H. Farm labor should DO, and would be un-
der proper condsons the heatn'sst and plessantest
upon earth. II should mean wholesome cxerciso for
the limbs and fresh air for the lungs In TACT It Is 40
depressing as slavery aad can only be called slavery
some iarmer In the place Of boy, because she be
got for less wages When she has done nfteen hours
work In the neid she 10 set to work again with her
needle for recreation This bruuiying toll drives her
away from the rural districts altogether she
ss :nS s o. on
what comes Of that Girls who were created to be-