St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-21

and getting the pants made at 81 cents
apair? A woman beginning at in the
morning and working until IL at night
could make six pairs day. Five chill
dren to support and 81 rent week. So
l might go on, for the great monthlies
have been full of startling facts. and
pulpit and daily press have called at
tention to this plague of our civilization.
Hood chanted the tlirge of the sweat
shop. and it was never more appropri-
ate than now.
" ork. work, work.
My labor never flags;
And what are its wages bed of straw
A crust of bread and rags
The shattered roof and this naked floor
A table, a broken chair.
And wall so blank my shadow thank
For sometimes falling there.
( have DO time to mention the system
of docking, filming, charging. dismissing,
depoSiting. Sampling. etc., that is carried
on by these sweaters. The lashes and
auction
Blocks and Thumb.Screvvs
Of slavery have transmigrated into the
methods of the present slave owners
and drivers. The effect of this oppres-
sion is seen on the victims; they are
forced to live in polluted, fostering
dren live and starye and die together.
No privacy, no comfort. Cooking,
sleeping, working, sickness, births,
deaths. all in the same room of the foul
pest house. Who wonders that health,
hope, happiness. morals, confidence. all
go. down. Within sight of the church
steeples on which the lanterns were
hung for Paul Revere, when he rode
through the darkness to arouse the peo-
pie against oppression. this is going ON;
and IN the land of plenty, with room
for all Of our citizens, and a clanca for
all to succeed. This. among those en-
pioyed by large, prosperous, wealthy
firms. whose owners dwell in mansions
and live i'll luxuries.
The effect of this sweating system is
felt, and will be felt more by the gen.
eral citizens. Nature has her correct
ives; whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap" Prof. Snow has
noculates the chintZ bug, lets it loose
among others, and it communicates the
disease to them anu
Kills Them OF:
Physical effects may come from moral
causes. The greed and oppression of
man, forcing the manufacturers Of
ClOCuiHS INTO LNOSe WreaKlnR pcSC
houses where germs of disease are pro-
duced, where clothing is jmpregnated
with disease and Swarms with bacteria,
is spreading among tie people the
maladies that are producing pain, sick
ness. death, and out of this Vesuvius
the lava is balching that may cover
ouI proud civilization. 1t is oot known
how la grippe originated; some think
from star dust. l should sooner think
in the filth of the sweat shops Of the
old world than this. Sir Robert Peel
had riding habit made for bis daugh-
ter. The work was done by a poor wom-
an whose house was cold and her daugh-
ter sick. She threw the garment OH the
bed 10 keep the sick girl warm. 1t was
afterwards worn by the daughter of Sir
Robert, and conveyed to her the disease
of the poor girl, and she died.
Unless we can remove the sweater,
unless there is something done for the
worthy poor, influences from his coIdi-
ton shall surely blight the hopes of the
more fortunate.
Shame on the ruler who rides in his car
rage,
Bought by the labor of half paid men;
Men who are shut out of home and marriage
And are herded like sheep i'll hoyel pen."