Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-11-01
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NE Favors Tarisf Reduction a
Contrasts English and Continent
Labor

Wo Favors Tarisf Reduction and
Contrasts English and Continental
Labor.
The following 10 taken from aninter-
view printed IN Tuesdays Evening Jour
nal:
Jacob Barlow OF the Barlow b Thatcher
/ Spinning Company Of Henry CLAY, returned
from three months tour OF England and
the Continent last Friday. MIR. Barlow left
the United States on July 25th for q business
and pleasure "trip. Ha returned on the
steamer Italy of the National Line, after q
ID DAYS stormy pass age.
An EDening journal reporter visited Mr..
Barlow at the spinning mill yesterday after
noon with the intention of finding where he
stood In the matter OF protection, after Sec
ing the condition of trade and labor In
England and on the continent. Mr.. Barlow,
however, declined to state his position in q
decided manner, and did not care to say
which Presidential candidate he would
support.
He said that he believed q judIcious re.
goods would help considerably. He was
not afraid OF any reduction on cotton
goods, except on the higher grades. Ameri-
can manufacturers could not compete with
the Engliah on these.i
Mr.. Barlow 10 an Enelishman. having left
bis native country In 1856 or 1856, when he
was a years OF age. BE has become
TO America and Anne lean institu.
lions md was glad to got back
to his home amongst the rocks OF Fl anry
CLAY. His visit this summer was the first
since be left. He found many changes in
the condition Of labor In the cotton indus
|. tries of England.
Previous to 1855. the hours Of labor In
the cotton and wooden industries OF Eng
lend were ~ day. Now the hours Of labor
are Sc week. The time is regulated by
law, and while Mr.. Barlow thinks govern.
merit interference has good result In
some respects. it Is entirely too rigid.
Previous to 1866 operatives In the cotton
mill were paid from 90 to 60 30 and e9 a
week. Their wages now are from $3.50 to
"a 90 and S5 a week. These figures relate
to the throstle weavers. The percentage OF
Increase In the entire cotton industry was
about 60.
Mr.. Barlow did not look into any OF the
industries OF England as he looked into the
cotton industry, and could not speak OF
wages and OF the condition OF the people
engaged in others as In that IN which he
wss Interested. The cotton machinery of
England 10 not superior to that Of the
United States except In the cleaning and
csrding machinery. The spinning ma
chtnery OF this country Ia far superior to
that OF England. In the cotton industry he
found the people were healthy and vigor-
ous and there was marked change for the
better in dress In the past 20 years. Edu-
cation there is compulsory between the
ages OF II and IA. Children must attend
school half OF every day. Mr.. Barlow went
through mills employing 10000 hands and
having as many spindles az all those In
Pennsylvania combined.
The condition OF the laboring classes In
Belgium, France and Germany Is much
worse than Ia ENGLAND. In Belgium and
France wages are 90 per cent lower than In
England and the hours OF labor are longer.
The purchasing power OF money Is no better
than in England. In Gecmany, the com /.
pulsory military service is against the ad-
vehement of the condition OF the people,
& PEAns' Is the purest ard hast soRp made.