New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-06-21

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| In most matters WeSheea them. But, il
i the United States, "a Mugwnmp Ere,
!. Irader' is absolutely impervipus 3 to til.
1 |teachings Of facts. He is welded Is Iii.
theory, nor will he readily forgive this
English thinker for sum ling upon sucI
ugly facts or of admitting the force and
bearing of them. THERE'S, howsver,still
more trouble ahead for our free trade
friends. Listen once more to this Eng
lish etlitor. He says: @
The more I see of this wonderful
country and the further my inquiries
reach, the more satisfied 1 am that It IS
the paradise of the working ngman, and cs-
pecially the working woman. Wages are
high and the cost of living com parative-
~ low. The margin between the amount
OF money necessary for !, bare. subsis-
tence and the ordinary wage rate is larg-
er than anywhere else in the world. IF
a wf*rkin5man and his wife and family
were content here to live as they live in
England, they could save money very
rapidly. But they are not SO content.
Except in the matter Of house accomo-
dation, their circumstances are in every
respect better than those of their English
brethren-they eat better and more var
led food, they dress better, they have at
least as good means of education and
other sources of intellectual and social
recreation. They are free from any sense
OF the indignity of labor. Glass distinc-
ton are practically unknown.
Yesterday evening stood at ferry
in Jersey City and saw the work girls
trooping over in the boat from New York
The crowd was composed of much the
same social elements as those of which
the crowd passing over erBlackfriarsBrid
consists. But, oh! what difference in
the appearance of the two sets of girls.
These New Jersey girls were neatly and
appropriately dressed, and not one of
them but wore decent, well fitting and in
some cases quite elegant boots and shoes
They walked and spoke and in every way
behaved themselves as ladies.
| l have several times alluded to the
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condition Of the workingman in this
country. The further my inquiries ex-
tend the more convinced become that
the real truth Of the matteris that in this
country a workingman earns nearlr twice
as much as he would in England ,and the
cost OF living, except in the matter of
rent and clothing, is about the same
Even in the matter Of clothing, the diff.
ference is not great, except in 50 far as
it is brought about by the general use Of
much better clothing by the artisan il
this country than in England. As fol
the ratesof wages prevailing here, the
waiter at my table tonight told me he
was an Englishman who had settled il
America ten years ago. His earnings he
said, were double what they were in the
old country, and whereas his wife,a fore.
woman in the scarf department Of Messr
Morley in London, earned 25 shillings a
week, here in Philadelphia, in similar
capacity, she earned SO lover 60 shill-
ings a week and had all Saturday and
one other afternoon in the. week to her
SELF. What nonsense to compare the
condition Of this family with that of an
ordinary waiter in England, and say the
Philadelphia man is worse off because he
has to pay 5shillings a week more rent.
What say our Free Trade friends to
such testimony as that? Mark YOU it
comes from a man who Believes in The
Free-Trade theory, man who had every
inducement to make out bettercase for
his own country and for. the theory in
which he believes. Here is evidence
which should settle one Of the points
about which there has been so much con.
tention in this country for the las. thirty
years. The Democratic orators and wri.
ters have never ceased claiming that
while the people Of the United States
may get more wages than the artisans o1
England receive, they are really no bet
ter off because of the high prices they are
compelled to pay in order to procure the
necessities Of life here. This English
editor says to them; stG Gentlemen, you
are certainly mistaken. = The real truth
of the matteris that in this country a
workman earns nearly twice as much as
he WOULD in England, and the cost Of his
living, except in the matter Of rent and
clothing, is about the same. Eveninth the
matter Of clothing the difference IS not
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