Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-10-14

WOES CF WOMEN WORKERS.
ihe "-erc Existence of the Boston Work
ing Girls.
Especial correspondence.l

plain chemises at nipety-six cents Der dozen.
flannel coats of an inferior quality ut fifteen
cents each. slipper bows at three cents per
dozen and common caps at ten cents per
dozen.
For making Quilts. efayen hours per day
labor. they receive $3.50 per week. for uaper
box making 81. SO per week and for book
folding 80 per week. A hundred other in
dustriel pay similar wages, This NAV be
called laoor's lowest grade. II is easily and
quickly learned. Hence, the more learners
the more workers and more supply than de-
mand.
How do they live for such pays
Those who RELY entirely ON their INV do
not live. 1t is for such merely an endured
existence in a tenement. attic. Their stanle
food is a loaf OF bread and n Gun of tea. The
tramp who depends for his meals ON base.
ment door collections is better fed
Girls and women here stain and enamel
glass, dress dolls. FURNISH iewelry. mako but
tons, paint clock cases and broom handles.
weave Irvine into netting. cut ivory. pearl
and tortoise shell. make willow ware and cane
chairs. set TYNE. feed printing nresses nact,
candles, assist in the MANUFACTURES of chemi-
calls, manufacture straw hats and hoop skirts.
spool cotton. weave hair cloth make shoe
ippers. artificial flowers. and pild hnttona
These NAV in cases earn 81 or SO per
week more than those stated above n ia
safe to say that SIS per week Is A. little above
the average wages of this class Of female
workers. In the shoe factories. at apiece
work. y some girls make SO and $40 Der week.
Can a girl support herself ON such amount
decently9
A decent room cannot be hired here short
of S3 per week. let alone food and clothing
But in many cases the girl olives at home. u
Her wages are regarded as a great help in
meeting family expenses. In such case tbe
family unconsciously co-operate against the
girl or woman who must make a home for
herself. The poorer the family the greater
the tendency to herd and crowd together. If
merely keeping BODY and soul together be re-
garded a decent supportn then s5 a weeh
will grant IL.
Mill hands NAV make 81 ner dav Some
make more; some less. American girls have
almost deserted this occupation. Their place
is supplied by foreigners and to a large ar.
tent. CANADIAN French.
lie YOU would know some Of tho ,esults ri
factory life md labo, on manners sne0ch on
wbat we viii call yarbol ,noraI;ty post 49,
self near the mill doors when the uonerativaer
swarm out and bco,. fha o,,.rapt ,hr,eoo1r.s,
ana sont;nsont nI4.iS uaosy
ia W Hiay go sreaO way,
ior you. VI go on one OF thelr summer ex-
curslois. IL may cause you to wonder IL any.
one has charge of the morals of the masses.
Do our philosophers ever really po amonp
tbem2 A few family visits ay,.n with I;ndlnS
;nta,+ ,,c,,,. ,.o,a,I thass ~
Gil, - sis,,sI ~ -
oHls ailo cniiuteal can De bought IN Boston
ior commercial purposes as low as 50 per
week. The mammoth and pigmy. haznars
for the sale of everything under the sur
under one roof buy the nerve muscle
strengtb elilI md inta,i;noro - - -
for nina ho,,.e = aom you"e snA
iof hne noufs per aay at such price. IN
IKE sthe oiack slavery OF former days, the
buyer is at no expense for housing, feeding,
clothing or otherwise caring for the BODY Of
the child he purchases. He buys, in fact. ali
the strength the child hos tn Dive yy;tbo,,,
ary ,;sl, II tha LII H. Wy
~, ~ So =. us9 = ,N.opaes Grip
piee ~ alseaseo es NOT ms ookout. 1t Is
tnaD OF Lhe parents or possibly OF the child
itself. To buy a girl outright, say for $500
or 500, and be then at the expense of her
keeping would be a most extravaganza OUTLAY
in BOSTON From a business stand.o;nt postas
ajyyays ca,la coo s,rthan ah"na .ton Gios,n
80 Z aneau uiah ohailes-
eoI,o y
Recently a philanthropic committee here
VISITED some OF the mercantile mammoths
mere and requested them not to hire any child
laoor ae less than 81 per week for children of
10 years VI uSe ana uftler, nor less Than 4. 5U
per week for young women. Two of the