Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-10

subordinate positions than before, and that
the unssilled genorally must work Tor wagcs
tho result OF sharp competition. This sharp
competition again Is intensified by the con
slant invention Of now machines and methods
Tor choapenlng production aud distribution
and by an enormous immigration. rroduc-
ton is choapened and many advantages arc
obtained, bu, all this "a al the expense OF low-
ering tho Conditions OF liio to larpe numbers
Of people and OF producing Tot othors many
dangers which, though lightly regarded, are
none the less real and serious.
The sweating system In tho United States
Is ono Of the most unsayofy products Of those
conditions. Women and children workers
IN many occupations have boon forced by tho
sharp competition Of noeessty % work for
wages less than sufficient Tor bare living.
and as they succumbed TO slow starvation
and other unsauit,lry conditions comblncl,
their places have been flllod by others. forced
down from higher level by memorable cir
cumsiancca, or growing up In the slums, or
assisted to this country from abroad These
undergrad occupations Of women and
children have been constantly encronching on
the comparatively we'll paid trades Of men,
VIZ ''olu'hk uuuN pe'ug "noe'eu most OF hl'
Now York 10 tho great centre OF tho ready.
made clothing trade. In tho manufacturing
part OF this business there arc about ", 01a
workers, while within n radius Of twenty nya
miles from tho city Hall there are probably
1900 more. OF these about gixty-nyo per
cont. are American md foreign jews. twenty
fye per cent, Italians and The laAnre ~
American, English and other natlocHlltios.
Ihe Brea' pfoPohueiAneeoi Jews results rom
special European eonu'aone' which We c'n-
not nero DISCUSS and inn eubanutal measure
from tho terrible prosecution Of tho Jews In
Russia.
Tho sweating system Of manufacture lsono
81 contracting out. u does manuiactur-
Ing trade that would employ Tor reasonable
hours Thousand men ard proportionato
number Of women and children. To build
Victories on this capacity and NJ them up
properly. giving adequate breathing space
aud proper sanitary conditions Tor AL ON
ployees would require a largo capital cn-
ployed under circumstances Of law and OF
public opinion lending IN substantial degrco
TO limit the profit that could be made from
each toller Tor the time belng az least
can do better for himself He puts out hts
work BY contract to O D, y 7 and others At
prices far below the cost II which ho could
make tho goods In . pceporly appointed
factory. These contractors often sub-con-
Tract till there arc three or four removes aud
"a many pronts between Is and those who
actually perform his work IN ilthy icuomenta,
unsaiiilary at The best, and made treby 70 by
an oyercrowding which tho officers Of thelhw
would eefinioly ihtefiere with IN large,
eleanly and otherwise well appointed factory
and by hours o. labor beyond tho safe endur'
anee OF rugged men, and which must neess'
aarlly Interfere with ne physical develop
inent Of children. Think Of living such q hic,
thankful that tho work holds out and that you
do NOT die Of absolute starvation on wages
less than q fourth Of what It costs 10 keep
oonyir,s In tho penitenilaryl
This IA not all or oven Tho worst OF H. Tho
very existence OF such hiie Sahcnna as a