Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-03-10
WORK AND WAGES.
WAT 1T COSTS TO LIVE IN
WILMINGTON
,,eroce w.ges-A Statement
an. Philadelphia Press Disputed
:. , correspondent Who Signs .
,,.,,l,u, Nainc-Thc Cost Of
Ling Less Than In tho
Large Cities.

Large Cities.
,,,ry oyer two weeks ago n stafi
sou,'aa s.',a,nt OF the Philadelphia Press
Ol',' .Y,,,ral days in this city collecting
lsa' ~ n, ,p interesting article, which he
~ sa.1 y nj, wrote and published. on the
.an,,,,rs Of Wilmington. This gentie.
'uui. rns of the most jnsciepctous and
y, ,s,a,e engaged 10 newspaper work,
|. -. m"rld pot publish an article OF this
..a,. y WV wllbou. being certain that II was
'TsC, IN every respect. Consequently,
!. ", .slr he hui the editor Of the Journal
@ .,o,e tai he 10 valued member,
-ucs,Iy surprised upon receiving the
Or letter from this city;
hElitor Of This Press;
t,,-In r. aiding the valuable edition
n Sunday Press, ! came across an
N, ,uppo el to be written BY one who
~ ,,,.lips to the condition OF Will
k.slep. Asiarxs .oine OF the es'ab-
Ils,rt, a.e concerned he may be per.
"A, nm. Tut Naen be comes to tho
|Irl,p ( Yollngsworth Company ho IL
I'e,,,hl r "a b.. base, OF le must have
|h,alsaolus utder the tIhlnlrating In
n ,tcs ii couple Of bottles oi wine
|,o,,.p 10 tai occasion. Now We ell
|s@os NJ We vhols United States oi
| Au,t.ca A.tp.Nwnpany 10 n0torions!y
! yc,el la u. Os Na.es. 90 much go that
vAen they want Etn 1t is simply i'm
n,.bt fcr Item 10 get them, as the
pLr b Stunned ny all mechanics on
III. isouti There are thousands OF
ruls,Hsn IA Philadelphia, who work
b ls ton lutInc,s, who will smile n
i6y sfoii smile When they read that
|skr, lo.Ln irlia the hoises by orc of
yoT rsrofleIs who probably never lifted
xavier losd than hi. lead pencil. !!
n bad got hs ipiutma.lon from the men
~ they csns from h4rlan's car house
|Epposel 10 be tie boiler ehop), l
uk BIS story would have been \ little
lore iSi cr
he s,ysihe ererace wsges earned Is
y per week, The lsborprs here get 81
b day. Mests. Crsmp pay ti.25 to
FlN-qni,o difference. Riveters, good
ka, get inm Il 20 TO 80 80; Cramps pay
lou 1850 to Sl3-quite a balance In
h,or Of Cramps, you see. This is the
efysd prices. Now Tor the boiler shop.
|leY pay Lere to boiler rvcteis IRON $iu
tNijV Cramps, aud AL other large
lini, pay from tl3 70 tl5 per week.
u almpy impossible for me
l.hlyt to get over 1880 per week.
ta'i nally you may hear Of one getting
E,0 Ter Gay, but he mad better keel
w shout Il or he won't get 1t the nex
AZ for Pussy & Ioues'. It's worse thar
|, AMI ! won't bother you with II. TO
rrphody knows what they work TO
hsle. Nov about Tie nice little house
10 I'VE In and own. DO we morkingmei
WI them? ! wish to God We did. bu
.tN II II we i've long enough and tn
INMibg Lean don take them from us
stsperjs oil on having steady wor
Nliig very cheap, SO as to keep ou
Mal p,yments square, that we don
ht-I homes sold over our heads. a
,ey u tie "well-paid" mechanics ,
arIg, tifs Lad.
Nov, Nj. Ellor, I have wrote this Z
sslel you see the right eide OF th
ahn, as thousands Of hard-workin
lttialts Will say that know what
aklnr alout when they read th
ni'lsl Ii goar valuable Sunday ediii3I
kfyonw u excuse all mistahes |
N,r'll2 Of Ills as am . workingma a
@eoai pettnl to write articles Il
,ifpis. Hoping to see this pull
'Si ltr tie sake OF fair play, l remaiI
iours very respectfully,
GEORGE X. BRooM.
hN saturday the correspo1den
il VISITED THIS city, with the letter
Nsessl1n, IN search of George l
wa Ha consulted the directory an
~ httins that the name WAS M
~ nsled timseli at the gate of III
sM y. o. The Harlan & Hollingsworl
pasi As tie men were coming ou
aslf work and made diligont il
Y ~ lhe man, but found that Z
1s NJ, mat name was employed
Ma.hop or anywhere else abol
~ Consequently. as the name
'oa NJ. lAe eutlrn letter must be place
y, ,' saiae category. Tho correspol
,r,in n, a9sessr Tor the purposs Of beir
n, a .la, hls former article was col
,ma.ss'iswed several OF the men wi,
r,0ay',N pls result, as published In ye
ho Ss,. s ao' an easy matter to find m,
b te ,.., "'hat to allow their nam
lo,essu ous opo OF the Oldest ef
b, tAr,. = . 'ne' VINO was willing to ci'
po,, IA..' :. p'aflng on III. most importa
en-. o.' 4, l'ssr--ihe wage, of men IN =
lho ill.,, y als man Is Hugh Shield
kuke' Gh keel street, aud who h
br tseasa 9.l'er making iu the worl
hos - mat altIcle in the sund
w. ~, slli MIR. Shields. lrapk,s % ~
|toui +, n a., Us wgrknrn had . long "a
h, a,s.l - 70 whether it Was true ta
|uul, +. ts wages paid In tho wor
h.al. tb. CIV week. We made up o
hi, may yolt estimate was sbo
p"t1. r, =. a tr,ae too iow."m,v HI.
M III. W. WV wlll have to take the wsas,
l.d .tr,i. pa'ies and all the lahore
S'llAe .. M an average" oo''
H. is''e' poaient has written tn 7
uil rug that laborlne man :
IA s.ksa y Is that true?" Mr.. SHE
W M i, The . bsiler shop. said he .1.,o,,
h. =, ls1n ron q to 100. seyen doll
irt,s,.' a. .'"''t paid 10 iaborers' AZ A.
l,,e.a A. =. .nyy make from sli' so To 40
ps.,o s.s Of from SO 10 sIi -yV ~ W S,,s ~. .
nispe NJ. s.n sii to la7 q week, and N
auIt.Gn" waves will he almost Sic 4 W.,
'laeksm,,,s set as low as So and 4
Ii Ia s.'ns 81. In the boiler ,bop sat ~
ql tbs ,a-some y, OF them ect ovsr l
td Tue ,Irs,aa S wages are lower, OF cou,
y low a. ,',y'eGs q fo got less. Tut nothing i
", | knnN,..' N.'oo 10 $3.50, Skilled n.i
ad M sa"ow' get as much a. ne "a =,
Ne pot week. but some of than i,
silOs 'ep' at their work get a
a.ll.p' 4 u I true e hat worliuau.D aim,
aa.s Of N. .n,oo,,ilgsworth ,on Company
ant, n nIsa get all the workmeu 1,
4. rape, ,lers . Is some difference S hsi = =
Philsitlph,. mere and the wages p
Ice III tho pms. cn.: but there is siso q ali
We'll hs,o' 'o.' " OF living. l can do a,
,ute tbs a as eau In Philadsl NH.