Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-18

In romttanin Employers "nve to nid
Against zach other zoe -.aborcrs.

a CURIOUS OlD IebOH $40 cm
In Tomttanin Employers "n,e to MIA
Against zach other zoe ..aborcrs.
Tho British consul at stci,.n, in tho
course Of very interesting report on
pomotiuia generally. describes nn Old
World system Ut labor still 10 some cX.
tcnt prevailing there There are two
CLASSES Of laborcrs tho permanent Tor
lnstlcu'ci and tho free laborcrs. The
foimei. Tor the most part, aro those who,
having been born ON tine estate, remain
or It an their lives. their contract with
their employer being, however, renew.
able from year TO year. Each family
receives a FREQ dwelling, consisting OF
two rooms. kitchen. lott and a cellar,
also outhouscs for pigs, goats, poultry,
etc.
In land they receive ,O2O square yards
for garden, 1850 square yards for pota.
10 and rye growing, % shillings yearly
for firing and free carriage Of fuel In
wages a healthy mun receives is. a.
daily from April 70 Sept. 30, aud ! shil-
ling daily from oct. 90 March 90. Each
family is obliged to provide ono "liof.
CANCER cithcr boy or girl. to assist IN
work on the estate. Thoy receive from
thor employer ~ wages from pence to
pence per day. according 10 ngc.
Tho vito IL not obliged 10 work IN tho
folds, but she h expected TO milk the
cows. for which She receives from one to
two quaris OF milk per day 1t she does
wdrl, on ho estate she receives shilling
per day from May to Nov. 30, and Is
generally paid according 20 her yaluo as
o worker Tho nstloutc have opp0r-
tunitics 81 increasing their yearly wages
by taking Job work.
For example, IN spring there Is hoe
work, Ia tho summer harvesting aud
moving, and inautumn gathering roots
and fruit. For Job work man can
sometimes earn ~ muali ns shillings TO
shillings extra per day; the wife and
"hofgauger" together, from shillmgs
to Is shillmgs extra, or they may be- paid
IN kind. as IN wheat, hay, etc.
Should family bring moro laborOrs,
these are paid aud treated ~ FREQ labor.
crl. This system now only remains on
n low Of tho larger estates FREQ labor
crs arr those who do not live on or be-
long TO ma estate aud arc under no obi.
cations whatever 90 tho estate holders.
Their engagement during busy times
~ occasionally subject 10 keen conpcti-
ton between the various employers, and
Il Is both interesting and amusing 10 see
the agents dho wages on the various
estates nro often announced by the police
officer stationed In the villlgc) of yarious
estate holders ringing their bells ia tho
principal street Of village aud dc.
claring that they viii give 80 much a
day. and opposition agents oyorhiddiug
each other, tho laborcrs calmly awaiting
results But railway communication 80
rapidly extending, laborcrs from the
south are able 10 finish work NJ tho ear
Her crop. IN their own districts and vet
be In ample time for tho later harvesting
In the north.
Thus thelocal lahorcr Is now becoming
OF less value and this has had o tendency
to lower wages 20 such an extent during
winter aud spring months that tho village
labotur Is community seeking employ
mout In the towns. Indeed, 80 difficult
has It become 20 obtain laborors ut har.
yesting times that some Of the estate
holders engage railway wagons TO bring
lahorers from distant parts. These
gangs of mon and women aru generally
led by head worker or "y1rurbcitor.
who receives the orders and tho wages
for the whole Of his or her gang.
They are usually employed by the job.
For wedding and potato gathering
women are alone needed, and therefore
gangs Of women are often engaged
separately. During tho potato gathering
season the little town OF Kallics. in
Pom.rnnia, which Is estimated 10 contain
from three thousand to four thousand IA
habitants, and where tho people arc
celebrated ~ potato workers, Is com.
plotely deserted, only tho mayor and
bollringor being left In tho town. The
! people, whoare all Of tho laboriug class,
go out 20 tho harvest aud potato gather,
ing and are scattered ul over Pomcriuin
leaving their houses locked aud tho lcyi
in tho hands OF the mayor, as they often
do not return Tor months.-Londor
I Tunes.