Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-02-26

Some dismal auI piiiahle facts are
CLEANED from the recent report Of
the Commiseioncr II Labor Of the
State ~ Now York IN nuiIllu. II
appears. manufacturers pay II 80 to
81 00 dozen FOR making pantaloons.
IL to 30 ccnls each ior vests and -
, cents to 81 80 n dozen for ahiiia At
these rates. the report says, common
sewing women earn about - 80 u
week, or those II hotter skin earn
Tor themselves aud twp or th,vc a.
sislauls sla week In the city of
Yew Yoik. women employed ~ cigar
factories average about ~ week.
CloakmakeIs can earn no more than
30 10 60 cents dny
Tho cause for these slondor prices
for labor, tho Commissioner attrih
butoa To glutted market. There
seems 10 be an excessive supply Of
womana labor fof light mnnufactur
Ing aud shop work. aud this excess
Keeps down pficoa. precisely as IN
any other case where the supply l.
ahead II the demand
The strangsst thing about this
problem Of labor. Saya the Com
missioner. " aud tho wrotchednoss.
privationa aud Wee that afo frequent
consequences II insufficient com.
pensaiion. IL that while while the
ranks ui the 81 paid agi often suf.
fsring shop aud factory gisls are nj.
ways crowded. aud while hundreds
or thousands oi them are dtiy.
en- 10 vicious courses ~ escape star
vation, multilu1es 81 well.io do
people are compelled Ia give up
housekeeping for the sole reason
that they cannot obtain household
help. Capable halp can easily Oh
tain. IN addition to food aud lodg.
ing. about ne much as many girls Io-
oeiss altogether iot their wofh in
factories. Nobody ever hears about
such a thing M n supersbundanoo Of
b ,usa help. the demand for u IL nj
ways active aud never fully supplied +.
wages aro high. aud board furnished
fres. yet women prefer TO suffer all
sorts Of ptiva,ion. aud even some
drif, into prostitution. rather than
sxchangs factory wo,k for house
sork. There ia something In this
thu, IL beyond fiaits comprehension. Z"
s>s
Tn1 New York Commercial idrer
f'seF. while ctitieiking the means em.
pIoyed IA Seattle aud elsewhere, 90
drive out the Chinese. continues /;
Another aspect oi these outbreaks
that makes their adjustment more
difficult Is tha, little sympathy IL felt
Tor the Cinnamon and that popula,
sentiment is universally with the
white wotkingman The Chinese.
u Is understood, come "a this country
10 hoard wha, money they can g,t
bold II and carry /, back 10 the
flowefy Kingdom. They have no
wives They will live on less lhan
would support eat with natural
appetite. aud hence they eau afiord
10 work ior wages upon which the
ordinary labotst would slafye
When they enter a community II IL
With Tho distinct. u no, with The
asowej purrose of driving other
laborsfs out by competition. aud
employers ate not sefutalous about
obtaining their labor where they can
se, u cheapest, Tho case Of work
ingmsn subjected io this species oi
eompsili,on IL unques.iouably hard,
aud u i~ not difficult 20 Had ample
g'onnd fof sympathy with tbem IN
ihs'' desite 10 free themselves from
aslluailon Which seems inloiofahle.
u seems that soine II %. Easl "a
journals have brought oul that 3" IA,
eat outside cot ~ uos sqaife 10
Illustrate the martial " order of
oa' Executive, Noloriei,. IN these
as's, .. by no means the result of
mef''or'oas achievement. aud there
sno mannsr u knowing p,sc,ssl,
vhs' The wass-etsaia of popular sen.
u"sas will caat upon The shores Of
tine.