Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-10-05
copyrighted by the Author, 1885,

tropolis is vet to be developed. The fact
leads me to observe that if the student of
social economy will take the streets of
London in which the industrial classes eX-
ist AS an object lesson, he must agree with
me that the proverbial evidences of "rot
tenness in Denmark" could not have been
more pronounced than are the signs that
something is radically wrong in the con-
ditions which environ the wealth produc-
ers, the workers in this boosted centre OF
intelligence, industry and commerce.
One thing is certain, and to discover
that same requires no ordinary quality OF
vision-the toilers in the varied lines OF
industry which are represented III London
and which are also representative indus
tries of the United Kingdom, are made
ouatelv rewarded for their lebor-they
are undergrad. This fact is proven most
conclusively and beyond the peradventure
of a doubt to an uupre JUDGED observer
who will note the cherries and uninvit-
ing aspect of the crowded thoroughtares,
inhabited by the families of industrious
and provideut mechanics, as | have done
in the past 10 days. Nor is this the only
evidence that industry is without its fair
reward in the cliet city of the Queens
domain, for the interior of the London
mechanics home lends its contribution o!
sombre coloring to picture all too die
NAL Omitting for the present, details
that have legitimate connection here,
but may be better introduced a little later,
| W II present some facts that have been
ulnis he'd me, connected with the indus
try OF tin-p'ate manufacturing. The facts
and the figures quottd in the comparisons
Df L. re. ttn "a fhOrOIluhlV reliable
IRON the tact that the gentleman from
whom they come has been promlnt ntly
interested IN this industry in both Eng
land aud America.
The work involved in the industry is
represented in the manufacturing OF tin
fruit cans paint cans backing boxes,
bread bcNes, tea caulsteIs, tin tags, and
al sorts of advertising novelties designed
in tin. such is the universal use OF the
articles ia question that their manufac-
ture constitutes an important industry, as
will be apparent in the fact that the par
ticulir English establishment with which
my informant was identified furnished
employ men IN its various departments to
no less than 700 hands. The uniform per-
iod of labor II the week is Sc hours-l0
hours per uay, except on Saturday, when
SIX hours completes the weekly compile
ment. Tie girls employed i'll the depart
ment devoted to cutting, scanning. fitting
packing, etc, receive for their labor in the
y
lugZs, or 81 20 ~ 81 GS per week, while the
DaB for The same work in the American
.erctory is from 50 81 to So "a per week.
! he women engaged IN the department OF
the English factory devoted to making tin
show cases, the various novelties and fan
cy articles, together with decorat We work,
receive from II to Is shllings, or 81 IS to
SO 90 per week, while their American sis
tiers receive for the identical work from
50 to SO per week. The men engaged in
SOluSrllU and making fins "a II a m.
ployed AT piece work, receive for their la
Dor, on the English basis, from five to sew
Ell shlllings, the equiyal mt Of 81 20 to 81 GS
per day, While the American timers daily
wages range from 81 to So per day. The
foreman OF the English solderers receives
weekly wage of $500, while the Ameri
can foreman over the same department
receives the comfortable sum of $50 per
week. The English foreman in the decor
ating departing receives so shllings or
SIP per week, and the Saturday due of the
foreman OF the same department in the
American factory is S25. The foreWoman
VINO superlutenGS the work of the girls
department in The English factory receives
10 shllllngs or s. 60 per week, while the
woman " no occupies similar post III the
American factory Is pald $3.50 per week.
The artist whose business Is TO invent and
present models of novelties, in the line of
articles Tor advertising or other unitarian
purposes, is the most valuable and the
establishments, but his genius finds a diff |
ferent estimate of Its value in the English |
and American factories. The artist III the |
EngllSh factory receives from 60 to so shl- |
llngS per wee :, or the equivalent OF SIS to |
$50, While the American artist receives |
Tor his services salary Of $50 per week |
Inc wages OF other employees of the Eng |
llsh establishment in question: placed in |
contrast with those OF like occupation in |
the American factory, show similar var |
lA raf ls,,tI ian of MAJ a
men OF classes OF work not peculiar to the |
lin plate manufacturing Industry, as for |
instance, the stokers or firemen afforded |
employment at the English factory receiv-
ed from 20 10 % shillings or from 81 50 to
90 per Week-a reliable figure rs to the |
wages paid in other English factories
while the pay for the same work in the
American factory is so per week. The
English engineers weekly pay is IS 40 to
9l% per week, while the American engineer
~ post Of similar responsibility receives
= 90 10 $500 per day. The pay Of the girl
employed III the office OF the English es-
adjustment under consideration, AS Il cor
respondent aud Copylst is ID shillings or
60 " per week, while the return afforded |
~ similar position III the Office of the
American factory is Just double that
amount, The clerks IL the English office
receive ~ % 30 shillin9s or 81 20 to SIP per
week While he minimum in the Ameri
per week.
The present aud increasing ouantity of
American food products, iucluding fruit.
nsh ana meats, which are preserved i'm
CdlS, p"It'"Iiy measures the importance of
the I'm piale manufacturing Industry, aud
since The present American tariff on The
manufactured tins serves to foster this in
dustry within the United States, upon A
OASIS so satisfactory to the labor employed
without Interfering with the demand
abroad tor the product the tins preserve.
the wisdom of any policy which threatens
10 ultimately annul the protection afford.
ca 10 the TN plate manufacturers aud EN-
ployes, In common with the employer and
employed in other liues of industry, may
We'll be seriously questioned.
Inc fact that the tin plate manufactur-
ing industry, in the United States, is sub.
lected to guarantee of the home market,
In common with the iron and textile prod.
ucts or the country, renders II fairly re-
presentatlve in the comparison of English
ana American wages ii affords.
Relative To the wages of those engaged
III the woollen mills of England it may be
clted, on the best authority of the largest
manufactures in Leeds, I'll 1t the girls in
q "A.