Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-22
NEW YORK LETTER.
Bnsiness Dull Becausc ef the strikes
Respecters Of Laws md Lovers
Of Good Order.
The Wages In America Compared win
rhose ia London--oar working People
Rich Ia Comparison.

special correspondence or the Gasctto.
NEW YoRN. March ls.--The business
outlook is not encouraging. Tho
Wholesale houses--the grocors espccl.
ally--are without sny hustle. (Which
Il by no means the case with onr
iadies Their salesmen have leisure
enough 10 perch on the counters ana
barrels aud wag their heels. Manntac.
tuners are depressed and capital is Gov
and shy, 10 view Of strikes ma tbe
instability OF property. Labor suf.
iersa as much as capltal hS
their mutual alienation. and
the number OF working people with no
VOL 70 do Is legion. The poor of this
city are not yet IN the starving condition
Of q like class m London, bnt Unless
abuses be abolished sud harmony rs.
stored, and business machinery work
With less friction, many here win NOT be
mwih hettor of than their brethren In
Great Britain, Rents and subsistence
certainly are cheaper In London. but lust
look az the Insignificant componsatlon
paid there ,in these du times flr handi.
work ! VIII give some Of the prices IN
our own currency terms, instead OF shil
lipgs and renee, which many American
readers might not understand The I'm
g'ish press admits that the ngurs are re-
liable;
Sewing o child's suit tabont sixteen
hours work., 90 cents; making mems
trousers, at l24 cents two pair daily. aS
centsi making one dozen buttOu-h9lrs In
collars, { cents; making mau's shirt, &
cents; making paper bags, per thousand,
9 10 J J cents lbut q swift worker can earn
s2.25 per week. matchbox makers arc
paid per gross (l4D o copts. A smart
boy or girl, by working sixteen hours
daily, can obtain the wages u 20 cents
per diem, The company employing a
multitude pf these match makers has
made an annual dividend 10 ita rich stock.
holders of 22l per cent. and sun reserves
a surplus Of us iil-golten gains Tr1ly,
Maas inhumanlty 20 inan
Makes countless iDluioua mourn.
Ia comparison with wages 80 contempti-
BILE as those, the prices paid in America
are superb, but when J see Gne muslin
shirts, With linen hosoms, offered
( for sale ip New ork stores At
as low dgurc az $3.50 cents, %
am forced TO conclude that the makers
I q e. tbg sewers are not paid more Than
earn NOT over thlrty.gyo epnts III, AK
Ian NO day no that Oi coprse the 1stent
cutter ana tic sowing ,narbioe. INK. In.
portaus factors iu All ciothing mills ana
such lnbDr-sayjps irfnloroents fo.,ftnd
Inv stesn M largo es,a6Iisbmonts scoonnt
( for me low prices n which garmeI,fs ars
I ohtaioahle. By means All thp natent
steam cnt en- fSf instance a dozen tbict.
posses of cloth are cut bv ore nreesure-
/ the kpiic following tbe sbapo cbaIked 10
/ The workman ana acoom6lishlng In i've
! minufee what uspd 10 ocepnv ar rntiro
I day by Inc old hand proeees IIapce a
1 smart. expcriepocd man can cut opt tbe
1 cloth lar hnndred Gairs ~ wa IN n
SINGLE day.
/ m Ahe Same toEen Va NON, foIks ara
enabled "a dress co,nfor,ably nj smali
cost. ana 10 Is rare 10 and even tbe worst
paid laborlVe peoDie IN Nrw YORK I'm
4 rapped clotbinv THE ustrllan nro.
cessious are striklnrlv van clad ON
| femsle workers are not oniv better
! dressed. bnt FAR more temnprate then
most women and airls IN tbo llke emnloy.
mepts In London md hnve innre scif.
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