The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-04
Homes for Labor.

One reason why the democratic party will
have hard time this year is that there are too
many honest in the states which decide the con-
test These homes have been preserved to the
people by the protection Of their industry. 2.
In the dark picture of British industries
which has been presented in Mr. Porter's let
tiers no feature is more striking or painful than
! the degradation which results from the made
quacy of wages to procure necessary home ac-
- commodations With hundreds Of thousands
miles crowded into one room for each,
Off, st number more packed into foul tene-
withon With as much as two-thirds of the
''Ansnts, and N in some manufacturing
ss5t,no -'a..,... ceilings of only one or two
til. -poP"isao. ,nge that there Is both
rooms each, it is not STR had only Brit.
physical and moral deterio 20 get on as
working people of this county 'tsh free
Ism wages, they would be 6bliged
oesi they could in dwellings, Of the Il,
trade variety. VI ''e d.
Contrast this with the official re,.on,Is q, he
nay census: pennsylvania Is the s,reat ni,,,, u
ana manufacturing state and Neutrality-suspicious. unnnG u
eIrs nave told us great deal about The onnres Z
sop Oh labor in the iron and coal regions Rpt n
ii rennsyivania in 1880 there were $40 40 fa, W
lies and l24 dwellings, Only ~ aoS Inn, GU
ines were of necessity without separate drai- ~
tesg IA NAL gu mat state less than one In thir su
Philadelphia had 1904 families ana ia tfs gr
o aOwellngs Pittsburgh 20 s6s families and 81 ral
E9s dwellings,, and Allegheny had Ia ziT a., .ea
i mes ana u, 93 dwellings, In the mannf.ctmr an'
sIs reglons, 100, the proportion of workmen .el
And oror ;e, own MONIES Is surprisingly large i
the state II will be seen III "A Is Guy OF allie
ilv in eicht rsod ,..,. . i oue iana- etc.
wonder that Pennsylvania gives heavy rernh an
lican ma ories 80 '''''J ,ieiuo' ueil
ms is exceptional, however as Philadclnhia can,
frowdcd mspufo a. r,AecPuonal CITY, But the char
Newjersey, Massachusetts, and Copnecficnt bnt
when The democrats and dependents consder sr us
Souotiu-how Is II In thcml The four states .tat,
h ~. 1,o.' eo9 families and ,352 06l dwellings.
~ enect separate dwellings are lacking Tor III,
of This de,cmity out Oh Iour But great part brief
cratic civ ~ ~ ~ tns crowded and demo- the
Iooo Tor 23 l5I families only 736S4 DWELLINGS, I'LL
too, for 115,076 families. has only snf,io
" 253 dwellings; and across the river Jersey OF
Ciiy and Hoboken, with 30,674 families have conce
lnly TO- '44 dwellings, while Boston has ~ 73 chare
antilles and 1894 dwellings But these are Jane
no eAceptlonal dark spots In this country iibelo
n co. anu uenocratic Even In these cally
on Nonho. u'i ast WIN the condition of Lon endo
81 iienes,er OF dundee is startling. II the and
orking people even In these cities Compare public
heir condition with that of workers In Rritsb hPInn
tues, they will find abundant reason To mn dent
old the American policy. ! 80 - ~ endo.
put OUTSIDE OF these crowded spots, in the ing ii
,ur states named, there are H6 i39 families cuse
al 956 dwellings,, little more than one of libe
SIX lacking separate homes 1t is from these subject
'mes Oh ispor that the votes will come to or oblo
eiEneim the candidate of the British Free The
ayers. VI the working people who inhabt by Jud
ese homes, very many have a vivid recollec the ella
N Oh lie In the Old World They know tbo, there
" '"ee' In the