, 1879-08-10
COMFORT FOR TIE WORRYING CLASSES.

| NUG1ENH1 GVA LIE WtNA1NF G1A16Eo.
Happiness in this life is largely affected bJ
/ comparative conditions. Men become con.
tented or discontented by comparing their
lot with that of others, and their present
surroundings with those Of some previous
! time. We easily reconcile ourselves to SEEM
! ing hardshlps when we look around and dis
| cover others who have mora reason for COM
| plant. The foreign laboring classes in this
| country, who make the most outcry, will do
| well to temper the frequent denunciations Of
certain demagogical leaders by referring
them to the actual condition Of the same
classes in other countries. A huge proper
tion Of the city workiugmen in the United
States are Of foreign birth. They have come
here from Germany, Ireland, England,
France, Poland, Italy, Bohemia, and Scandi-
navia in large numbers. They are receive
into full political fellowship after very brief
term of preparation, and enter at once, upon
their arrival, on equal terms and facilities for
earning livelihood. It would be profitable
for these people to devote a little mora coll
sideration than they usually give to the i'm
proyement in their condition which has re-
suited from their change of homo and alle-
glance. Some recent statistics will furnish
them with basis for comparison. The fol-
lowing dispatch from Washington will do to
start on:
''WAsH1yGroy Aug. 7-The reports from the
United States Consu1s on the condition OF labor in
the several countries OF Europe, which have been
prepared for publication by the Department of
State, their publication being provided for on the
last day Of the session Of Congress. will be
ready for distribution in a re" days. These re-
ports cover all phases Of the labor question in
Europe, viz, the rates OF wages, the hours OF
labor, the habits OF the working people and their
manner Of living, capital ana labor strikes. drink
ing, trades unions, Socialism, Communism, etc.
The condition Of the working people Of Europe,
their continued Struggle with most adverse cir
cumStanccs. as compared with the condition OF the
working people OF the United States, is well
portrayed in these reports. The following startling
facts are clearly proved BY these reporte:
IL. That wnges In the United States are double
those Of Belgium, Denmark. France. and En-
gland; three times those OF Germany, Italy. and
Spain, aud foae time, those OF the Netherlands.
.'2. That the price OF the necessaEies Of life are
lower In the United States than In Europe, and
that the Iaborer in the United States, were he
satisfied with the scanty and miserable fare upon
which the European laborer must live, can puT-
chasel1ke food for less money than 1t can be pur-
chased for in Europe
's3- That the French working people. with lar
less wages are happier than tho working people OF
Great British. who receive the highest wages In
Europe, on account OF the steadiness and the
habits Of the former, and the strikes,
drinking habits, and CONSEQUENT recklessness OF
The lattcr
~. That more misery results from striker,
Socialism, and Communion in England
and Germany than from oil OTHER causes combined,
lard tlnes Included,
'rne State Department adds TO the above
ynopss Of the reports which it has prepared for |
the following remnrss:
*'Tha raadina al thaaa ranorts Will remind J