Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-11
OESERET EVENING NEWS.
Thurainy. December II, 1859.
sHwISG.MoAES,s WAGES.
EA0Hs PAID BIT CLOTHING MANU-
FACrURES IN LAR0E CITIES.

"le1, We have been cut down
shamefuIly in the past four OF five
years, and am not able to make q
living alone now, (" said an old lady
that lives In the fifth door Of q Thin
street tenement house, to . Cincin-
natl Times reporter the other naoTn-
ing. She has been making pants
and vests for wholesale clo,hiers here
for fifteen years, as she has been .
widow 3 number of yean, and by
hard work, has succeeded in raising
three daughters and two sons.
"You still work at the business
asked the reporter.
sob, yes, for I get along better
than l used TO, as my girls are now
big enough to help me, but il had
to do 1t alone, az / did when we
were paid more, / would be
swamped. No one Of us could make
q living now, but 1t costs no more to
keep as now than formerly, and the
four o. US make and manage to get
along very we'll"
"What prices are you getting
nowr''
"Here are some pants" said the
old lady with locks that have long
since told the story Of life's winter
by their whiteness, handed the
writers pair VI jeans pants Of the
cheapest quality, that l am making
at 81 dozen, or 81 cents q piece"
SHOW many pairs Of these can
you make in day by working ten
hours"
"Not more than three pairs to
save my soul, and you could readily
see that no family like mine could
exist on % cents . day. But / wish
10 be fair with you. When I was
young l expert could make five or
six pairs If worked rs fast rs /
could and do nothing else, but in
those days L got $3.50 and 50 .
dozen for the same work. Now,
my three girls and myself, by
denying them every privilege Of
going out and all of us living as
slaves, We are able to make about
si2 a week, As we turn out aboutl50
pairs, or twelve dozen every Sat,ir-
lay night"
care these the lowest prices you
know oE"
"No, know Of q woman that Is
making about the same quality OF
work as this and Is only getting 30
cents for a dozen pairs.
Different firms may vary In
prices?"
Eyes. they do. There II all the
difference in the world in the firm
one works for. Now, / know OF
some that will find fault with every
thing, and will put Off paying their
sewing women As long a. possible.
Why, / know Of one firm that
would not allow the women that
worked for them to enter their store
at the public entrance. Now, just
came out dat-footed and told MIN
that IL wasn't good enough to walk
In the same door other people did I
wasn't good enough to sew on his
pants.o
"fn which is there the most
money-coats, pants or vests.o
Il can do better with pants. Vests
would do very well il it was not for
the button holes to make In them, I
tell you. There Is a good deal OF
work to make coats. How people
can sew them for 81 = dozen I can't
"Don't the manufacturers pay &C. !.
cording to the amount Of work."
"No, they seem 70 pay accounting
to the quality Of the goods, but they
require just as good and rs much |
work on the cheap goods rs on the
more expensive"
"Then prices are getting lower all |
the time"
"Ye-, for work shat We usea to get
:, $2.25, $3.50 aui s. We now get
from 20 cents TO sl.f5.