The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-03

company, but, like brave soldier. he Is evidently
preparing once more TO defend tho bunting 10 ihs
heid, us he also usures presdept o, unted slses
cartridge company, which employs 200 mes. AL nrm
believers In tho Essex Statesman
LowELL's GREAT cARrgr WORKS
through The courtesy Of Mr.. Cumnock was also
permitted TO inspect the works OF The Lowell carpet
Company, the second largest in the country. Here
tho superintendent Mr. T. Swapp. one OF those old
time manufacturers extremely modest, and cariag Tor
nothing but the works OF which he has charge, With
out concerning himself at all about prices aud tho
stutc OF The markets. The varied styles Of carpets
made here, all Tor home show there
must be constant de inand tor these goods all over
the country, Wonders seeing the nne fabrics
why ever yard OF imported sarpet Is at all sold
America over q thousand girls and 500 mon are
mere employed and they turn out 81 900 yards OF
pet per week The organization which MS tnis iae-
tory, OF which MI Samuei Fay. oil Boston, Is treas-
uier, u stock COMPANY and has been in existence
since ISIS.
THE HOMES yoR WORKING woMg.
Before leaving Lowell VI the leading mill agents
said To me, The Nkw York HERALD has lad u great
deal TO say OF ale IN regard 10 MONIES for working
women, apropos 81 TIE opening o. stewards Hotel
see how we manage such things out here Nowhere
Ia the world where so many working girls live To-
peher, 10 better order NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are they
happier" Considering Il TOPIC or less appro-
pirate 10 The times consented TO The gent emaI's
proposition and visited OF these girls odgng
boarding houses. They all located together
the mills, each boarding house keeper paying tho
porYton company owning tho mills ent OF about
$40 per month Tor house. Que boarding house
Keeper has three houses Tor winch she pays Jointly
so per month, bu, only under certain rules and regu
latlous prescribed by the mill owners. She is vir,u-
ally the stewardess IN employ OF the company,
aud loses her position II any fault is lound
treated. The female Doaraers pay 81 rs per week
ana the male boaIders 81, when Include. Washing.
tuey are permitted 10 use The starcn soap aud
tend 10 II Tree OF cost when l entereu one of these
boarding houses, where about eighty sls were stop
ping tho Tables had just been cleared OF after dinner
aud every ming Appeared 10 be comfortable and
homenke as couifbe. One OF tho gr.s told me thai
they got pieny 10 eat, meat twice every day, Win
Pies puddiuP, doughnuts or cheese AL Jed Tor dinner
ana always all the tea they wanted On Sundays ,nuy
got ,hrse good meals, win, oil course Boston baked
beans thrown IN extra. All tncr rooms looked clean
ANA tidy, with cheerful looking strip oil carpet be-
fore the Ueds OF which only not c.d tw IN most OF
the rooms, though some rooms contained Iour and
my surprise the giris OF Lowell sr@ allowed 10 have
their Iittc pet canarics IN tneir Rooms. watched
them leaving their boarding house amer the dinner
hour on Their return TO work nj he mills, when tue
agent who accom- panied said, .'ln the Engllsh
manufacturing districts. these girls would throw
shawl over tneir heads and psl NELL them
work. soc now nicely they all bonut ted. aud
how tidiy they are dressed" Aud 80 they we're Nvts
single one al them out were nicely shaped bonnet
some oil them even Carrying umbrellas. Still these
girls only average ~ per day, OF the 50 pcr
week they earn they only need 10 pay 81 20 Tor good
living. II the American cotton panuiaclurlng dis
tricts cannot compete Win England yet In the volume
VI their trade, they certainly tar ahead PROMPT
lug tho welfare happiness OF thor operatives.
Neither Gun - 10 said that vice or immortality abouuds
here. On tho contrary, Mr. Cumnock assured me
that 10 the space oil Thirteen years, with hundrcds
VI women continually employer, he remein only
one case where girl had TO DO discharged Tor I'M
moral conduct But then there arc strict rules guid
ing eveu tie on hours Of the operatives No QUE. Tor
Instance, NJ all work tue Boot Cotton Mlils
corporation; neither is any one permitted 10 be ous
OF alter ten O'Clock ~ nt2nl special police
patrollng the grounds iSr the purpose Of Guarding
against tue infru cement OF any Of these raos. IA
The ever-present piano q, however, TO DO found ia
many Or the best appointed working girls boarding
houses, music, song aud dance come In Tor u
siderable snare OF the operatives attention. loass
among those who, lsu hours steady work NJ tho
looms. need more rsnsf IRON nonotony than actual