The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-16
THE LABOR QUESTION.
An Essay Onered In Competition for the Thomp-
Pri<e.

An Essay Ohered In Competition for the Thomp-
50" f"He'
Want ~ employment Is the chronic and
incurabls disease OF modern society. II sur
rounded ns cradle aud good King Hal tried in
vain Ia stntnu IL out by hanging His daughter
Elizabeth when well stricken in years sickcned at
tho procedure, and enacted a law compelling
every parish TO find work for it, unemployed
moor I'm the DAYS OF Oliver Cromwell efforts
were made Ia get rid Of the unemployed by set
Ting Thorn on the waste lands. In the reigns OF
Charles II. and William and Mary, Sir Josiah
Child wealthy city merchant tho ancestor OF
the Earls Of Jersey. published strings Of propo-
sitons to clear London OF bcegars and to find
profitable en- ploymcnt for the unemployed poor.
In the reign of Queen Victoria lords and bishops
establish societies for the suppression of men
deity, other good folks soup kitchens md
refugees for the destitute unemployed door.
and indictments establish land leagues and
l,lnr ln,.,un. T., npd ,v,,i. t,, tho ,,,ar,,,,,ai
'-"@"N' w ia" "''' i"i '"c "h'hp'oSou'
Ana America. I'll" country OF countries OF re-
sources and room for people willing TO work
",,h"'eS !" ''c SiEn' I'll her unemployed poor!
The cause OF want OF employment is the in
creasing productiveness OF labor. Machine cot.
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O"-Sp'hhihs ia ruE'"hu h'arNcu unions OF
h"hd-spinning Hindoos to death in Asia and
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thousands al hand-loom weavcrs to death in
England. BY the increasing prOduciyeness OF
firm, lohnr ous ,oo uersop. nf 10Th .nx.s ,rd
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hll "S's Wel' improved on tue farms ol England
during the ten years ending with 1871. by the
Increasing produtt iVpn,s. Of labor little chill
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gre" ar sue, ru'cu LOT uuuHs IN 'he English
nlnvnd inrronsnd " on ho,,,..r 1874 anl 1874
~ ,'. -''io iooi NJ Ao'f
OF Whom 2'll2 were iittle children. The con-
SUMPTION OF cotton hpuI Increased
from . 1ss nouuds to , 7sS r,unds dur,n., thu
i'''" -'-oo p"unuS l" %''o' Pouhus uurlhk 'he
sam" tiue. IN" average output oil coal per
head of the miners has increased from 273 tons
to NOR. than I3O tons. tho uroduce of riv iron
from $50 tons TO BIG tons III twenty years. The
average produce of cotton cloth in the Common
wealth oil massachusetts was Gil yards per OPP
eratlNe III l7t' ana ii'Jj' yards ia 1870 In 1879
ii required 1887 persons in that state to make
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49'6Os persons made 19,'02.ob6 pairs the oceu-
patton of Is 900 of the Girls MN brother and sis
,.rh,.,l ,v.. IN, p, ,L. IVA WorI1 -,
.e'.''' we H"".. "a wv NN "'i'u pv"p'o
look to the New World as harOor oil escape
from the discriminating effects of the iucraasiny
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t'Vu"''Ne"'s' u ''""'' huh"r'us vi 'uou-
sands cross the ocean every year. who. on their
arrival possess no mems Ia urn...l IA "A dis.
co., M -. I-,,..l.... - = 4, -,
.sn'e' Inc most popu,ous states producing
their own contingent OF unemployed. are thus
oyerrun. As the Distance between the seaboard
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"llu ''I' 'uHVV'"Ii'u erI""livs lh're'Ses' 'he
enluA from these States -la 'kens. all from want
Of sufficient means while tina influN from,
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LuI"pv VunA'hs' Inc halurM anu p''ullar
dilic guilty il aggravated 10y the speculUtions
Of the laud-grabbars Misery and wretch.
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'""'9S ""H' vi 'hpipsHch'' anu u'-
preston of wages are the result. That
much of this abnormal misery mav he miti.nt-
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w 70 "'n,uiipe'eu oi'o''S Is "nueliap'e' ou'
there il little chance Of permanent cure while
the present mode If nroduction and anpronria.
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non o' III" produce Oh la"or endure
Labor Is the source of all wealth yet TO labor
i SYNONYMOUS with heinz moor md nm in
,..si,,, ,,,,.,r,,. 80 ,t., Ioh,,,., 800. -.
N''""N f'''tS VI INC '""oiihs pour s'eihS
compatible with cont"mporaneOusly increasing
riches In I4gj. b.fora'the discovery Of the sil
49,, IT =, D., ~ 81. a., - -
Yer Hllhes oi l'ru anu MeNleo' inc weekly
wages ol an English farm laborer would buy
f,rty-lye pouud. Of butchers meat or log hints
- ,i. go 4. Ia IL - -.
~ Mll'"l,, - ~ lp'1i H. M"u'u oiiif "ul lvur'een
iIiu,9 u "'''''i 'rh. or my -HuN pli4's 81
Ml,,@t iNr mon "us'S nui unuplri tlle
prlc'S OF inv'l' ,hhp "i'al nhl uItipnru IRON
IN u" 'lslt lnii. IN me reign 81 ichry VII.
Inh4uh contain nhiE luur Hcrcnanl- worm
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