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Free Trade Misery Peep at Poverty in London
A report comparing English and American wages, detailing London's lodging houses and Manchester squalor. It highlights extreme poverty among workers, low wages for chain makers and miners, and calls for preserving American wages against tariff-driven imports. It cites Manchester Bradford Birmingham and London scenes with vivid, harsh portraits of courtyards, casual wards, and crowded housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Wood
Miller's Court
New York
Manchester
Angel Meadow
Great Britain
Queen's Hotel
Exchange
United States
McNhinley
Bryan
America
McKinley Foo
London Times
Bradford
P Dent
United 1
India
Meeker
State Department
Birmingham
Leeds
Sheffield
England
Clara Boxley
Polly Fawkes
Cradley Heath
Wigan
Eland
Chi I L. Snowden
Browns Pa
Friend Ecclesies
Great Britay
House of Amons
London
Sec
Amurten
Angle Iron
Democratic Party
Augie Iron Smiths
Hous
Pas An
Rivers
Eng
Centr
Northwestern
T da Aneas
Hodcarriers
Liverpool
Don
Bees
London Docks
Rey Machini
Lauge
Sel el Lee
Repub
Lican National Committee
Nathaniel MekXa