New-York tribune., 1906-12-10

tsld brings no Joy. At such cost DO the chill
tlsn OF ChTistendOm obtain their toys.
IT is E shock 10 the imagination 70 find
Hsatng system In the well ordered Fatherland
The familiar legend, Made IN Germany sug-
EsEs clean and healthful workrooms and hu-
lans laws governing hours. wages and other
@9aluons, blt Germany has plag1e spots,
Ety numerous, as one soon discovers, II one
Mks below the surface. The toy industry IS
Cy one of them. So far as the laws reach, they
N gooo. but they have found no way Of enter
I the homes Of the people, and here the sweat
ss system foUrishes more than IN any other
~untEy except, perhaps, Italy and Spain. AS
VslEL il is the women and children who are the
chef sufferers
There Is hardly an article manufactured IN
Germany which is not represented IN these
nase noustries-shoes, leather work. clocks,
fEeiFy toys, fabrics, metal work, porcelains.
artificial flowers and clothing are all made IN the
hines OF the people.
In Berlin the house industries are carried on
tnoer cover, like an Illicit trade, but their
2ppy hunting grounds are IN the rural dis
tles. In the Black Forest and IN SileEia the
Suie Industry fourishes. In some Of the vii
ages you viii IND a loom IN every house,
Ehle women and children work for eighteen
Dlrs e cay and ell day Sunday TO feed the
munster. Nine marks a week, about 50 25, is
ne average earnings Of the family. Strikes are
L,Aosl UNKNOWN among these people Unskilled
hborers, especially women, fear TO lose what
sy gy nave Il they attempt to better their con-
oaon. end work as long as they have strength
poot.
shoernsking IS a convenient trade to carry on
nome the cobbleT needs only his bench his
Vot and his apron. II IS q trade, too, which
mol without honor. Some Of the princes of
Ee E Ioyal house have been first class cobblers.
AA0ns small clerks, who are WTetchedly paid,
soslmen and railway clerks, are many shoe
sA2efs who carry on their trade after hours.
= 4 u absolutely impossible for men in these
SSs'lons IN Germany 10 support their wives
&C &C families Thus the wife often steps into
.s Breach and the enormous house industry
.goulectlonery In Berlin and all the large cities
~ some parts Of Germany sewing women re-
s.e sse Irom seventy 70 ninety pfennigs for
sssss Work of eleven hours. Little sailor suits
- cnAcren, which are retailed al sixteen TO
sIs1HV-t|o marks apiece, are supplied TO the
esaeFs a. sixteen marks q dozen SILK petti-
-s - WIN flannel lining are made for five
-ss ,sS.- Eho eleven pfennigs dozen. good
-. 60 . csh IN days work OF eleven hours earn
marx and thrty-three pfennigs.
a epron making is an especially great industry
rr = Ssr many; the hausfrau IS never seen IN the
ss-,-Ag al her work. or in the afternoon at her
sblcSe sble, vino %llhout either practical protector
eo-s-CC CCoFeTs her dress completely or a dainty
rae ms.,ecLoh which protects her fancy work. Six
A. e elghiy -four pfennigs week is the aver
rnv, income OF the apron maker. and thread
rsIo oe PAID for out of this The shirtwaist
AZ .saIfs earns on an average seven marks a week.
an, --e @ marks is estimated 70 be the minimum
-tOL which one can exist IN Berlin.
sBEtrsso u NE reasons for the spread Of these In
-
gor-L. Ae people. The place Of the mother IS
rss go So 70 be the home. ana when the mother
~. oSS-lse1 10 earn money II was thought best
sS,t sne stApuid work at home. where she could
-, sVh so ne children and not have 10 put them
" In n day nurseries
a. b.- b's an CaA nc poor mother do, obliged 10 SIT
asryo,-' 'sl sliline Tor ten or more hours a day,
tous t.-s u the children come near her work
gfsisg-an9 an9 stitching for dear life, and fearful
does tLs snort "a her appointed task for II she
Etus,,o. .L-dFen VIII be short Of bread2 The
ted mi. - one which is causing the lawmakers
tn6 A. Hi ioplsts of Germany much concern,
toabst !, :, ssl-zation has recently been formed 10
Gs Gs1. ne evil Il has given two exhibitions Of
iar the -. - industries, and has had laws passed
tiss ss- 'yIecllon Of children in the home indus
iar e1s s wei as In the factories and for proyjd-
RorssTs sc and invalid insurance for adult
o. pene- rue. most Of these reforms exist only
o. As 1s,lL ~ the association has the good Will
alta r-s.I.slef or Education. and other infiu-
eat tbsv y'Sohs' and little by little II is hoped
VIII become reauues."