, 1881-02-21
SOCIAL ECONOMICS.
Interesting Figures Relative to the
Cabinet.Making Industry.
As Fine Art II l,as Been Killed BY
I.nbor-sarfng Machines.
Another Blast al LandIordlsr, on The Wo,sshoo
inspection Acl.

meeting ut Mechanics Iali, No. u West Lake
strces, yesterday afternoon, nt which utol,t .Ol
representatives of tho various trades a,,Il occ,t.
| pntions Tere present. u. A. Bishop Was called
! To The chair.
| T. ]. Morgan presented tho following report
on tue condition Of tho trade of cnbfnetmakcrs:
There arc $500 tnen and boys employed In lou
i'rhlture factories. averaging th!rty-tlyc men.
One firm employs 80, one aO. ono 1855, ono l7U.
one lb', one no. one 1.j, one l ono llj. one ".
Two nveraTo 10 each. ten .averaRe<6O eacs,: tho
rest employ 10 tn ~ eacd: thirteen establish. .
hscnts ot, tho North Side employ tatnl of $40
| r'rsuns. Small shaps cannot compete, and must
st"rckeepers buy from several wholesale 1nnnu-
faoturcrs. Easy -pnyment" stores tavo driven
ot't oE business large number Of rctnll furn-
tliro stores. nnd the retas manufacture 10 for
| ever doomed.
Tho average weekly earnings during these
prosperous IN times nro Il. Worry fow fci,luics
Mro employed: tho employment OF chilli -lnbnr
amounts to about per cent, with fast tncrcns-
Inv demand No apprentices nro needed or c1n-
pioyctk TrRdes.unfOns hnye ito influenza what
ever on this trAlle.
The disastrous strike Of this trndc tor cjght
hn,irs in 1917, l'Fought about by tho general,
Eight-liour ag'tntluu throughout tho country
AMI by tho Eight-fIour League OF this city, TN
der tho weak leadership OF A. It. Parsons, who
prevented nEl discussion and examination Of tho
wl'nt action tho workers Of the other maui.
inctaF'nK cities competing for this trade with
GhlcaEo would take 'nlti It was too late. COM
pletcly wiped out ali Union influence. Tho III
vision Of ihbor IL this occupation also tends to
prevent my effective organization utnvuE tho
tnch for protective purposes,
Years 9Ko the cH6nct1nlkcr Wis one of tho
most skil1tNl lnd best paid Of all tho nrtisntis,
conscious or possessing tho power 10 earn IL good
s,!Ea nvitia !of h!snselt n1d fnM!y. The wife nf
iact thnt acF husbanu wAs II cnbinntn.RkGr titled
her WIN u HcnSr Of pride md confidence, but
this pride md coniide,ce inspired by her hlls-
bands skill has been rudcIy destroyed, for lilo
last few ycNrs hAa hccn II bitter str,fxxjp fur OK
tstence. linr husbands Inst suit Ut clothes WIS
pl'relaseu ten yenrs nEo and the Wehry Journey
!n anu 1rhin WORK tnornlnK and night during
this severe winter bis been nude Dy him With
no osereoat to protect HIN.
TILE INTRODUCTION Of MACrfTSEnY
l,ns done a,yay With tho skin ana experience ab.
being no longer necessary. Wages hive fuller
very lnw. N some cascs below tint nt tho com
9m t Ten per cent only u those
matters, Rnti these nve employed upon rtlston-
W, wDrk Or Upon nrt!clps n,ade 10 special order.
be terno0 moro factory hands. md ,yurk 0ujy
upon pa!t OF un article or furniture aud Hru
nor c.lphDle VI completing I'M cuttro Mrt!clc Of
Most factories con1,no themselves to making
t,nlI aisio nttlcle. one nksnx bctlstoads. another
4ths9 VI C1Ahat bulCAll5. GlE. lut WORK IL 3DtJD
~ tho plecc. ellch man working continuity
upon t,tip part Ut y chatr. tnb.e. bclstenl, bli.
rent!. desk, school Or church furniture, etc, and
lnt1a IN Immense amount of work IL done Tor
very !ltt!G pay, because green hands with few
wcpEs' prHct!ce cntl rcpIace m old hund. Tho
tx asss n s Se nq.ss TO- II as aa
tna lhey exere!sc ttat power to tho fullest OK
a,a. tent: Ihey exercise thosc powers mud their
power of immediate 1schnrRc aRhltlst tho c,l.
ptoyes to th# fullest cxtcnL Tho workers uru
o.'iiRea 1 To- tnrnlsh 4 snt OF Tools. q c1niputcnt
Ss1@s,n%ksr s1i. ,S re- ireir,os sst casting from 81
worn "ut, nlll recently s0mu employers cUt,pri
tho men 10 furnish their benchcs also, thus
stuck upon which tho business Is CARRIED IN,
S1ra IT. %o %ork, snSh esoxsr4 si Or chaHes his
s"v 10 ~ Ho1 w,sdt e eTsr. s py New as aro
IL pn!I fur tho aane wurk to OLD hands.
J.. onc brunch or this tr4tr-ttlt nf rllrt.ishtnR-
roOE,." Every wifitow IS Theoretically cft,se1.
fae sipor kelt wet, and tho tctnporatrc 1T nh0ut
s M pFrees ~ H., fanr.mhelt; ts Is to prevent lr
These conditions nro profitable 10 tho employer,
y nt tho Wnrk,ne., geenne Affected with The
NM klueys anu often coinptla thotn to init
sa ni,;t Of The % wHo ana tho heat Of tic roGs In
THO vtneer- -worltcra nnd the poor dnvils in thu
sweat.Dox yet an extrrl dollar u week to con-
The Rone'n conditions unticr which tic cablilst-
maker works u detrimental to henlth iIrI
iss or te ie beuah ana eysTv S 1nthor WIN ears
!rcn Will prevent tllom from entering thIs truIc.
No hapa o. eyen hccomins Ut, employer lnspircs
required to start in Ills tro with ii 'I,sx any
CHANGE Of SUCCESS, and tho .luyelnp,ncmt nf shis
b,ssness Is 50 rapl! to inevitably result III ti,o
ilrMs.
DISCUSSION on THE nt:ponr.
John Warmer moved that tho sentiment OK
pressed !" tho report DO Endorsed by the ncut-