The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-23
set ~ cents American money a day, In
some eases si.t0 to ga per week, and

set % cents American money Z day, In
some eases sito to ss2 per week. and
amongst the Glasgow linen weavets, $3.50
to % per week. g @ 5stfg if{sS
IN the cast OF London, and, III fact,
throughout England. much difficulty has
come from the swarining Of Polish Jews
III the poorer districts. No one can deny
tie right OF these unfortunhtes, who
have ever been the subjects OF the hardest
md most cruel conditon.i but In spite
OF this the fact remains that they have III
mnny instances been the despair Of soma
Of the English trade unions. Especially
IN tho clothing trades have these people
brought havoc. Whole families living and
working In a single room, have forced tho
othor workory 10 the lowest possible limit,
and Often entirely out OF the. employment
III which they were reared When tho
English workmcn consider the vast ntim-
Der Of these people still In Russia, and the
cruelty and t;Sspotist1 OF that country to-
wards the Jews, they cannot help fearing
this modern invasion 30 disastrous to
them.
a celebrated English scientist, and man
of affairs, O man great and good enough
TO be invited TO deliver the patriotic adj
dress to the Union League Club. OF Chi
cago,f Frederick Harrison, summed up
ths question In government report IN
the following words:
TO me, at least. II would be enough
to condemn modern society as hardly an
permanent condition OF Industry were TO
be that which we behold, that ninety per
cent. OF the actual producers OF wealth
have no home that they can call their
own beyond the end Of tho week, have
no bit OF soil. or 80 much as a room that
belongs to them: have nothing ofIvalue
OF any kind except as much old furniture
as will go in a cart; have tho precarlous
chance OF weekly wages which barely
suffice to keep them in health; are housed
for the most part in places that no man
thinks ut for horse; are separated by
SO narrawr q margin from restitution that
q month OF bad trade, sickness or sunex-
pectcd loss brings them face to face with
huhger and pauperlsm 80 This Is the
normal state OF the average workman In
town or country s ga
Thes world likes to look at pictures. It
cares little whether they are pleasing or
ugly, only that they must be well drawn.
The world likes to gaze on these pictures,
because 1t has not the wit and ina gina
ton d to paint them for itself. But not
until one can really paint It for himself
can he know or much care what 1t means.
TO those who care to paint the lfe and
conditions of an English workman can
furnish a few bare facts. Tho English
WORKMAN III usl i've ana rear MS 1amlly
on $3.50 per year. He must be prepared
through III luck or sickness to be re-
duced to almstaklng at any time. His
precious work must depend upon the state
Of trade. and upon the menace OF tho
great body OF unorganized and unem-
ployed; one-third OF them must live more
than two in single room. and the more
fortunate be ever menaced by the third, ,
who can work cheaper because they are
less wasteful.3 He knows that after he
has two chances out Of three OF dying
outside, an, almshouse, and not one chance
out OF hundred OF leaving anything for
his family when he Is done. And still
England is the greatest. the richest the
strongest. the most religious nation. in.
the world.
531 No. af4l CI "A PENCE {. g2nAppou,