The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-22
FROM A CINCINNATI HAP.

\ IN the list of new meinhers and saw my
letter In your corner. just one week age
| today we had scige of zero weather
| but IL Is much warmer now. But to my
subject In my first letter ! promised tc
ten the HaPpyhammeis how people lived
w n notwithstanding city. Cincinnati IL
divided into two districts. viz: the business
and residence parts The factories are
mostly situated near the river in what
! are called tho bottoms, while the resi-
dences occupy tho upper portion of the
| city, In tho very heart of the business
portion of the city may he found num-
| bers of tenement houses, some of which
| are occupied by ms many as fifty families
| In tho morning the street cars commepc,
running at O'Clock. and every car com
ing to the central part OF the city, from
that hour until II. m II crowded with
| man. women and children hurrying to
some factory. Some carry baskets or pa
pers holding their MONDAY meal while
others prefer to 20 to some lunch house
near by aud gct n Decent lunch. Some
OF the lappyhammcrs. living In small
towns. viii wonder what women and chil-
dren have TO do with factories. Dear
friends, majority OF tho employees of
some factories are composed of women
ana children. Cincinnati is noted "a the
largest shoe market in the Central States.
We have at least fifty factories here
where footwear is made, and | have no
doubt some OF Il has bceu worn by mem
hcrS of tho Bappyhammers. Almost the
entire work of making boots and shoes Is
done my machinery. The seams are
Sewoti, the pegs or nails ara driven, the
different machines Nlost OF This work
II done by women and children, who work
~ hourS II day, ANA are paid from s. to
81 nor week, The paper box factory. the
capsilio factory ihe hf.olxhinderv tho
printing office thu clnthinx shons the
fruit canning houses an emplov thous-
ands Of women and children. In this
state there Ia law against the employ
mcnt of children under "a wears of aye
in factories hut greedy PARENTS often
send boys and girls under that age TO
.AfE I'D. fs.f4 !. ..iaHa
Is. made i'm CINCINNATI" / imagine | hear
some Of my Young friends asking Well
we have a great number of foilndiirs
where all kinds of metal castings ARE
made The iron ia melted In what is
called n cupain and then poured into molds
or TASKS made or zinc sand or loan. When
cool the mold IL brokcn aud the iron
h found IN tho shane ,iestted stoves
CRATES. tools. machin1 castiuga. and cast
iugs for buildius.' are mado here and
shipped to an PARTS OF the country In
our rolling mills hnr sheet ana nlnte iron
are made The iron Is heated ia what is
called pudding furnaces. ana when al the
pron,r heat is taken on, and rolled When
the iron first comes from tho furnace Il
is a round fnnsa II "a then caught bv
hugo tonpr and carried 60 "A pnir OF I'M.
mrnse roiirrs h,t,ycen wilton ii Is forced
Tho rollers arn turned t,v machinery ANA
cnrry tho ban he, vsccn ihrn running IL
out in flattenrd shape II is then run
through successive rollers until rolled to
the desired shape IA long. mat or round
hnr a heavy uinfe or thin shnat is no.
qnired. rms ia trimmed ma ia ready Tor
the market Cincinnati cofrins nm, useA In
every snutne,u nnd NVestcTn Stat, Thsv
arr made here from Tho nu.st metallic
casket to tho common wooa roffin. If
there over was decnntion IL Is i'm corfins.
some OF them Iooh ne ,oaewood walnut
or mahogany and are nrten sold ns such
hut If carcfillV cNamlncd viii Drove 10
he common ponlar ar ,,ine In,na{ns Enl
men and women worlxinf. In ono sonn fac
tory such a sipht San he seen nny dny
In this CITY Grepse. spoilrd meat and
dead animals are us,l to make Inc com
mon washing Eonn while vour STATE FUR
nishrs ne ,.,th rnttnn e,sS oil INF or
which the dnc sonps are made, Hnggies.
carriages and wagons ore mad in dozens
of fncfories horn enpipv,ns hin1rf,is of
wapovorko4s uera ne In cofiin.innising
Is where me painter pcts in his mo work
The ohcaner clauses ~ bntrctcs ana wagons
nro made "for sale" and nnt ifnr wear"
mud Mi defeats ara smoothr1 oyer win
pntnt's ANA varnish Gh1 ,,irls, wish
could take a crowd Of you with mo TO
wish a DOH factorv am sure Won, would
enjoy tho trip. Here Thousands Of dolls
s4,s.. a. alt