New-York tribune., 1884-11-03

ahAia'ih1 N"''S-
WOMEN As AGRICULTURAL LAB oRERs'
In France a. well a. in Great Britain, women arc en-
ployed in many avocatiOns which IN 'he OuI''N
States are exclusively reserved for men. OohSul
Roosevelt estimates that in the Bordeaux district
Oh 600 women are agricultural lahorers.
while 500 are employed In manufacturing ana
mechanical industries and In other 0'catlula. Ihc
wages Of women operatives In I1angiAcln9' a'Gr"E'
ber- Of women work In the mines as well a. IN nuns u
In the Konen district women are tnp,oYca Il,
almost ayOcation from agriculture 10 btrc"tce"h
In Belgium Consul Tanner rePors that official ,taii-
ties gathered in 1850, showed that 60 per cent OF
all the working people were % % %wohen puy III hC ooo
included the employed as agricultural
or 23, $50 persons In the mines IA MS c''c, l""'
girls amt boys Consul lahher iepo's & ,ns
women IN the mines from - To 20 cents dhN
farm aborer,. 20 10 40 cents as t4li"rS-S iiil s
ncrs. &c, % cents 10 81 as "prfdilVe-lh % nuns anu
tories 90 cents street sveeper- 10 to - cents
clerks. 10 10 90 cents; as wasAerwoheh' - 10 30
In Austria and bohemia the erraer portion Of e ield
falls 10 the share OF women. In Boneiua iho'c th'
1900 Of them employed IN me sugar Dret
without board or lodging As thresher-. mowers &c.
they receive 20 day without board or lodging
STATE oF AFFAIRS IN GERMANY.
Consul Mosher OF sonneberg. Germany. reports that
women farm laborers receive II TO II cents
Dor day With schnOpps at O. potatoes and coffee at noon
and black bread and beer at a They work twelve
hours a day. He adds " The chitf pursuits OF
women this district are not Of gentle or rehning
The outdoor manual The planning aud the SOW
ng including the preparation of the soil therefore ""he
by them. | have many woman III lIt a't lew
weeks holding the plough drawn by par 0i cows ana
sd more Of them toung manmic mo tbe neus !. ",
baskets STRAPPED their backs They also do much Oi
III. having udiug The moving aud the pltclhE IKE
wise the harvesting. after which they thr.sh mnch OF
the grain with the old fashioned hand fail ihey accom-
pany the through tie city and pat tho coal III
the cellars, while the male driver SITS upon his sent
They carry on nearly al the uaIIy
business. and draw the mix Into town
IN A handcari-a woman and dog usually constituting
usf writ ffeu IA al "A
fessi0nal American gentleman TO me Few days ago
'that very serious thing TO be dog IL Germany
COW or woman
WOMEN AND DOGS HARNFssFD TOGrTHER.
Consul Mason OF Dresden writes " An i'm
portant factor in the labor Of Germany is not in-
CURED Of IN the circular II Is the labor Of dogs have
heard It estimated that women and dogs
hsrnessed together do more hauling
than all the railroads and all other
modes Of conveyance of goods united. Hundreds Of
tma wagons he every day, on the roads lead
Ing 10 and from Dresden each having dog for near
horse" harnesscd while the of horse j. woman with
ached to the axle, binding her shoulder Ihus har-
messed. aud dog tTudge along together pGiing
miraculous loads 10 all SORTS OF weather. These
heavy loads pulled from the.Iight shoulder Of
they carry on their backs In large panlets, result
~ particular defOmes, giving them often al the age of
twenty yhye the appearance or being nfty.'
In statement showing the employment OF women IN
Hesse Darn-L,dt. the Consul at NGyence enunerates
mines, furnaces, salt pits, quar1e-, charcoal tar and
pitch making brckaying, carpentering roofing glazing
printing stone. metals. &c, type founding, porter
Ing ste, ed0ring and draying. a. ahurdng women
ell other conditions wages, which are only about
one-half, arc the same as for men.