New-York tribune., 1884-10-31

,r n,1yIIrE OF FOREIGN MECHANICS
-.crs so Low THAT LABoRING MEN 0ANN''
SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES.

VIII puy rs n'iN va -
.cessarics OF life there as the mechanic vi , ,h so
-, IN the United states can procure VII" -. |
.,Iled high wages he receives y Is a oo','.n mn
ef American free traders or re'cnuo American
tev exam,es CLEANED from the re'cn' w ,o 60 hc
c,,s ara c,,boiied in the forthcoming N"'"',. - "
,.srod Inv the state Department VIII eil'''. -,
i'S"' = -, pr,ohIyn Newark and other .Nn'''o''
,,,. 10 test the truth Of this assertion ~ s.o,
49, oxn manner Of living Win 'haV "i'N
~ ,oe, are compelled to alopt II shoui" W IT,
,o,ai tha, the statements given are ny 'he "V'N"7
men themselves.
ALABbRFR's LIFE N ENGLAND
a., opc,neer IN electric works in London Ensanu,
,,h wife ami three children earns ~ - per "'N W
,o,. hours His eldest hoy earns - IL per "''A' y
- o,l soner man can save nothing, and could not
d. zer. n not for the earnings OF his son lie p"'
.,oc nor wear for rent S2sO per annum Tor ioou anu
so,e n,thne 4 carpenter In sheffield tnsah"
n,se family consists of himself vile ana thtee '"'
d,,n and whose weekly wages amount To - y" t ta,'
,,s tliovine rs his weekly expenses keh'' ~ ce"
,oi and light 80 cents groceries go cents meat y.
,cr,s clothing AZ cents; notatoes and 'eee'apie7 90
ts bte,l o, ccnts beer 80 centsi toeacco II cehlS
.,,oi rncr crnts trade sueeiy - oeh'si iiiehus
.,r,et, 9 rents The meat ia consumed NY 'he h'"
NJ ibp ianllt the children live on meaa anu "o''s''
~ dripping .. ,. ,a,,,,,i
rho vaahr esre,ses ~ carienet IN Iuns'ai,
t,i,,a aba satns so rei week, when WniRihs WV
,i.s and Ninse family consists ui himself VIZ WV
tiiaa phld ehi arc iehisai 80 iuloNsi h'nu * -
.iah 10 eents tafos, pcphtsi t"fl - 'ph's' 49,
:, na,os iva pminis, ie opnis eheesri ~" l'h''s'
az oenlsi bntteF ahe pound As cents i"'''''4
mech l6 cents fresh meat a pounds, y 'eN'si '''
a Mound 40 centsi sugar four pounds ~ ''h's s"''
Two Iounds ~ eants do"r, three r"'N'9, = ''H'-'
milk one quart cents candles - io"h' ''''9'
tobacco two ouhces' IL oe''si "'0'' - '@' 0
a. cents total, %o'
HOW THE WOMEN EXIST.
woman making tacks at Quiutain said; Il get
maid by the thousand; the card price Is Il cents per
thousand. glad to take the WORK al l4-2 o'''
81 4. 80 hard to get | work four days per week ana
make - l6 My husband is gardener at the college
hard by ana earns l. shngs per week but works very
lonr hours Oar total income is S275 50 per annuin
Mostly all the forges in Quintain are closed ana women
nail makers 90 to Birmingham TO 90 scrnnohs vi "''oi
work walking tour miles to and from the woIk nave
sbrotbcr nail maker. He and his wife bo'h Work a'
The trade and earn about ii shillngs per "ceh' o'
GIL - per annuln After paying rent ana iue' LOT
te forge they 50 43 per week for iood ana 'e''
Their food consists of what they call bread ana butter
but call it bread and scraps. with bit oil bacon at
times They hardly ever see fresh meat 10 ho'
think the children get enough TO eat
While the Lord Mayor OF London receives saiar9 VI
r1OOoo year and while all other municipal o'hcials
in London receive large compensation the average
wage of the workmen and abcrers employed by the nu-
nicpa authorities OF the same city amounts 10 'nc
uunicent sum of s. As per week
TIE DAILY LIFE OF GERMAN.
The reports OF the consular officers In Ger
many on the condition artisans and working people
generally in different parts OF the Empire completely
rcte the assertion OF American free traders that the
higher wages paid the United States counterba-
auced by the higher cost OF living Here Is the daiy
history OF a strasburg Ilasterer with vile and hVe
children He works eleven hours, and earns So cents
per day his wife aundress, assisted 10y the Oldest
daughter earns 2s cents per day He can save nothhg
whatever and has for breakfast rolls and coffee, Tor
djpper SOUP vegetables and potatoes and has meat
Tha
manner I'm which this Strasburg pastcrcr lives applies
equally well to masons. stone cutters, oficSlayeis'
carpenters and the other general trades in Alsace
The consul at Barmen reports: The working cIasse.
in this district subsist comparatively meagre and
ecaut Diet live in small and badly ventilated tenement
houses and their clothing and OF an inferior
ouatv Breakfast very poor coffee potatoes and back
bread dinner: beans peas cooked in tat or potatoes
SOMETIMES of barley soup and fish common sausases
supper conee ana eIead an" i ouaiTr oi In H. % m
on sunday the bill Of fare Is usually better Una" Oh
In Payara the great quantity OF beer consumed by
rc 1ahorjng classes obviates the necessity OF eating
much meats as in districts where less beer IS drunk
The high price Of meat therefore, Is cOuH'eIO"ahceu py
thc chcapness oi beer.
1ur wEFTCHED LIFE OF BERLIN MECHANIC.
Here are two examples showing the wages received
by two skilled artisans in Berlin, and the manner in
which they contrive exist. First. mason wife and
three children work from a to p. In with inter
missions for meals They work about eight months IN
the year and earn 50 20 per week. The man cannot
support his family the year round on hi, wages; ne
snnnlencnts his wages by working piece Of land
ude the CITY, where he keeps goat and raises yege-
tables His yearly earnings average SIS. MS
e1peu,, Berlin where he works and at MS cottage
home outside rty, where his family live, amount
10 S30l S63 more than rs yearly eatnlnSa, WnGn WnG
M1st Je made up by his family. lhcy nave a Hlte
meat three times week, but 1--we pWncmiH on
potatoes g1own ny the family, coffee and rye bread .
Fhe second example il a bookbinder He has wife
and children and - cents per dayno enough
support his family. His yearly expenses are 800
lie rents out a room etc, to make up tie deficiency
sCANIY FOOD N OTHER PLACES.
The following is reported from Bremen: A foreman
coorer wife ana two children with steady work earn
s. Al per week. The aver se wages OF journeymen
coopcrs s3 cents per day. He works fron a. H. to
Gp H. in the summer, with intermissiOns for meals
aul S3l2 40 per annum out of which he lives ana
saves 81 60 per year foF oieak AK ~ ne n - & a.iu
tables ana potatoes ior supper bread Duttef Tea ana
woIkincmau's family OF four five persons, accord
ing official estimates. live on the following amount
o. provisions FOR month IN siesia: Rye noui, -
pounds; wheat -four. 81 pounds; beef 2% pounds;
Ior6. 20. pounds; bacon IA pounds butter pounds
df moGihly consumption Of food. IS 20.
o loom IN cd d m s' wife wok ana another Stss fe
united earnings s22G per year. They Work all
from O'Clock the morning TO at night and have
worked in this manner for twenty four years. They
do not stop think OF old agccw weayers arrive
at od age Their breakfast consists OF cohee and bread
moan soup. vegetables and sometimes bacon; at
O'Clock coffee and breadi at O'Clock supper pota-
tanner in Lcpsc is better of than the majority Of
III, fellow wOrkIncn. He has only wife 10 support,
sui she something by her needle but his fellow
wOrkMcu, with young children and perhaps invalid
wives, cannot make ends meet SATURDAY night, and
they grow sullen anl desperate. The workman
81 Oi yer week, and his wife also something.
lie computes his weekly living expenses 70 lows:
House eeats clothing 20 cents coffee Is cents
potatoes as cents; cheese, - cents butter and fat
90 cents; beer 80 cents: black bread "a meat,
30 cents; fuo! ~ cents; light, local
cents; total weekly expenses, "a 49, or 20
than his earnings amount TO- When his wife stIuot
make up the deficiency they drop the meat butter or
cheese.
consul la one OF the leading cities OF Germany
ports: a shoenak, and his three journeymen