The Somerset reporter., 1888-01-18

about - year, of aye, but did not turn
ont u b. ! think oyer 60. She "a.
working a. piece II thread lace. Ny
recollection j. that she wa- using ZJg bob
BINS at time. Size would move them
"lih s@iflhe-- 0f speed that ! could
hardly SEE them When they moved. Sac
Mf - that woman il very expert.
Said he She j. the most expert woman
N the factory that woman has worked
here 20 years We'll / remembered IT,
ihcu "ent into hi ofIlee and said /
w ID w De Kind enough ~ show ne
5pur pay roll SAID he Il will with
pleasure: have nothing ~ conceal He
showed me his pay roll Now" said |
point ne out the name Of the woman
whom a" working there. who had
"0rk'a there 80 years. He pointed il
out How much do you suppose was the
most IT, woman succeeded in making
DAY ~el.e cents day, and the ay-
era.e u - cclt-. And the average
earnings Of the women IN the mill Here
10 cent, day, and If the girl-, Xix aud
seven cent. They may 20 into a cotton
ma b3s aud bye aud then you viii be i'll
t"rcated in their wages in Massachusetts.
You can 70 ont there in Venice and hire
gondal4 that cost 500 or $50, and q
4oud 1lier elegantly dressed. four men
can hire lin. and pay for ten hours Of
hard work one dollar. How much does
The gandoiier ct # tiat dollar : The
Lord knows could not find out That
gondpiier may be- at work in a shop in
Italy bet9re you know il. making machin.
cry. They are a. fue looking set Of
men a You can find in the United State
81 patriotic. too. Why. you
look at that Italian army Of j0l.DpJ men.
and there j. not an army il all Europe. in
my opinion. superior IN il material and
what do they get Two dollars a month.
Well, what 90 you - pose they yet 10
Germany. Two do - and half: and
the lieutenant get lie enormous sum Of
$3.50 year. TIL j. an indication Of
wage- in Europe. Why you may 20 IN
10 Venice into one Of those shops where
they make that beautiful jcwelry,-no. 90
into that shop where | went. where they
make this magnificent Venetian gla,,
take the paw roll. and YOU may start With
the Oyereeer. thiuk-uut. perhaps.
with the superintendent but Hith the next
man 10 the uperntendent-aud follow il
down through. aud there /. not q single
man except the blower who gets over one
dollar day aud you NAV hunt all Eu-
rope through to-day on their paw rolls.
and il j. only once perhaps in lUp names
that you eau lind a man VINO j. getting
one dollar a day.
Every inch Of Italy j. farmed a. yon
may well suppose, To support 30. 90 600
of people. You may take every man. wo.
man and child there in the United States
to-day-G0. o0o.0pD,-add 100000 to
them. and drop them right down in thu
single State Of Texas. aud il would not
he a thickly populated a. Italy is to-day
So they farm every inch Of land. away t.
the tops of the mountains, where there
i, bit of soil. The women do il.
have seen twenty women in one field
They employ from six II eight persons an
acre Of land whore We do not employ
more than one What are their wages
From fifteen to eighteen cents a day.
working the livel"ng day in the hot sun.
Ii with hoe, with one of these Old fash
Toned stub hoes that would weigh from
three to four pounds. ! was through
there in having time. aud the women did
the having. They did il with scythe
like our own hu>hwhacker, a. We call it.
only about three. inches wider than that
suppose in short time they get our agri-
cultural implements in Italy that WI.
free from that sort Of labor four ont Of
i've who are at work at it. and they eau
20 into the cotton mills 10 work again>,
your people at fifteen and eighteen cent,
Il day.