Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-03-24
IGNORANCE AND PREJUDICE
r.Pcof That They Are the Only suppcrt. 81
Opposition to the Es~At A.-- 80

FfOof Ihat They Are the Onlv srcr.>4 - |
opposition to the Eisht1hour Day.
an eultorlai In that excellent newspa-
~, the cincinnati Times, gives the fol.
loving Illogical reasons for opposing the |
o-nour WORKING day idea, 1t being the re-
MARC o. 2 newspaper man to a working
laan: ~ you succeed in your object"
l.nat OF reducing the hours Of work to
eignt), says the editor, lyon will raise the
costo the manufactured article on which
you are employed fully 20 per cent, and
Won you know that If that particular ar
.icie goes up ~ per cent other necessa-
res OF nte VIII be apt to follow in sympa-
NY WIN H. and VIII you not find at the
Gnu u me month that 1t will require $50
liis'eaa Oh Wv 10 pay your current ex-
penses. Inc article You are making ad-
vanceu ~ per cent, the price Of living, Of
rent OF clotmng, OF food, etc., would be
90 caheiy 10 ADVANCE ~ per cent also, and
~ per cent OF $50 is $40. How are you to
~ penented II your opportunity to save
vio lionth Is destroyedf Don't you see
Una. the burden OF ~ hours pay for 8
Iours WORK VIII hnally fall on your own
'nouioerss
NO, we won't see anything Of the kind,
anu tne suggestion is another sample Of
'ne failure OF the general run OF educated
nlen 10 grasp economic truths. The re-
sun 9, reduction OF the hours of work
" eisnt per day would not raise the cost
~ W manufactured articles anywhere near
~ pei cent nor anywhere near the extent
wouio raise wages.
Inns can DC easily shown.
Inc costo OF tne labor on manufactured
artlcles since the advent OF improved
machinery is hardly 1.-THE OF the cost Of
'ne nnisned article itself. In the old days
Vi nand WORK the greater factor In the
cost Vi al manu1actured goods was the
1npor put into them. 1t Is not so today.
lake aiinost anytmng-Doots and shoes,
cioonlng' machinery for instance-and 20
per cent added 10 the cost OF labor would
not raise the pr1ce OF the completed arti-
cio PEI cent.
lake tne labor employed to make a
typewriting macnine, Tor example. A
nacnlne tnat sells for 500 costs about
?io' ana OF tnls cost not more than $15 is
ior LABOR. suppose we add 70 per cent
70 tne cost OF TINS labor, and we have SO,
wnlch would MAKE the price OF the ma
Cmne Sioo instead OF $l2O, as by The
Times reasoning. Iake the cost OF shoes.
again. "A snop OF ooo hands Will make
o'ooo pairs OF SHOES per day, or 20 pairs
70 each employee. Suppose the average
wages OF all the hands-men, women and
ooys-were " per day, and this is high
estmate. twenty per cent on this in
creased COST OF labor would be 90 cents
upon each ~ pairs OF shoes, or the sum
Oh ~ Genus upon each pair.
In the manufacture OF clothing we
nave not at nand exact knowledge OF the
COST OF manufacture but 1t Is safe to say
tnat factory employing 100 hands will
easily make ooo suits per DAY. Estimat-
ing thelr wages at W per day-a high
aVerage-and we nave about ~ cents per
suit auaeu 10 tne COST OF clothing as
result OF the increase IN cost OF produc-
tlon tnere' ana II we add III cents to the
cost OF the production OF the cloth for the
sult as an additlonal result OF the de-