Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1907-10-05
AMERICAN LABOR
BETTER THAN FOREIGN.

BETTER THAN FOREIGN.
While it is a fact that the condition
of workingmen and laborers in some
Of the industries of this country and
in some sections is by no means what
might be desired, nevertheless there
is no doubt that the American laborer
is vastly better off than his brother in
most countries, both as to the amount
of wage that he receives and as far as
the general conditions of life are con-
cerned
By this 1t is not meant that the la
borer does not earn all that ne re-
ceiyes. He certainly does and more,
as rule, and he is not to be blamed
for desiring to procure the greatest
possible share of the frnits of his la
Dor.
1t is a mistake also to suppose for
moment that the cost of labor in
this country is greater than it is
abroad. for ii is not the case. The
greatest efficiency of the American
workman neutralizes the difference in
wage as rule, and his productive
power is so much greater than that
of the foreign workman that in the
end the cost of the labor that enters
into a given commodity is usually less
here than it is in countries where
the workman is paid a much lower
daily sum.
However, there is no doubt Of the
| superior condition of the American
workman, and it is probably that
which makes him so much more eff
cient; that in the power of initiative
and the native intelligence which he
possesses.
The fact of his superiority of con-
dition over the workman abroad is &C
centuated by a report that was re-
Gently received by cable from Hunga-
ry. A ''nobleman," save the mark, in
that country has made the statement
that a sum of money equal in our cur
rency to fifteen cents, is sufficient for
a days wage for any workman, and
because Of the indignation which this
statement has aroused among the la
borers affected, there is the likelihood
of a great strike.
The nobility and the employing
class generally is much concerned
lover Ine InTeaIeneu sJTIKe, ana TrUIn
the tenor of the dispatches they seem
to think it presumption upon the
part Of the workmen to resent the
statement.
Just fancy! Fifteen cents day be
ing seriously proposed as a sufficient
reeompense for the labor of any man!
What a commentary upon the indus,
trial condition of country where
such a statement could possibly. be
!, made. A great number OF American
employers are credited with making
lr,any absurd statements, and there
are undoubtedly number of foolish
people VINO grudge every penny that
/ finds It's way Into the possession Of
La workingman over and above the
! amount of money actually required by
: him for living purposes. But fifteen
I cents a day, Certainly no one IN
America, even the most rabidly op
posed of employers to high priced la
: Dor, would desire any such thing. be
: cause all. of them know that fifteen
< cent labor would produce fifteen-cent
! commodities. and they do not desire
E this kind of economy
+ 1t is no wonder that a country
e where such thing could be seriously
e proposed must be low in the plane o.
: industry. 1t could not be otherwise
Z flor the men. while they probably DE-
D learn somewhat more than such remun
I Grafton and probably receive more
cannot ges a vastly greater sum, o.
no man would have the temerity t.
t make such proposal.
: Men paid at such rate must o
:. necessity be ilAnourished, poori!
t housed. wretchedly clothed and abiec;
n ly miserable in almost every way.
a is probably true that things are cheap
Ter there than they are here. Tha