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t*t to join t hi*»f these hypo« -FLOWERS OF CAPITALISM.7,thing it is to for years, amir» ri preaching uncial reform, ml putting on lip till* tTlllllUs, greasy mona-ls r tallies of the ! Of roursc—jcar. Hut von ed—not actu-nd. even t not In* I id ter • way, titan to as /h* v would are not bitter, ill of pity ami uont timt it in L’h it rmistcou-1 a far distant: .17!'• rt -» /% l!!o\ire p*'!tee nmt-itics, iheir ein-• MHiUgll. IS op-i*’ prcMnt otti-tnibor of thesays: ••Tic ut iy intend to asible to carry { the bill ap-*e matrons m h alleged difli-tllent id their here are ••no e tin ui ;f 11 lev .•ir duties.*’ In Legislature luts intmcnt •*: p„. ucip.b a..t’• • *r• evade for til * uuticit: to tietin- mere d..s :tioii to the api a : 1 • and.Ml I) . ill \ »M ILntiinumee lit tl) turret and hurlin eontUM't.on i'f, tlt;« l.;i\e tlie ward or girltvI mplos hi• * 1;i* HYrgi lectured in\\ •• heard 1. * is in t i . ami try enough to dun !i as u •t pleased ui hi—iclua.on. limeAmerica and lamluinl Vicing in the Degradation of » nnicii.While the papers of t Im ago and of tin country iu genera! were describing the poverty, misery and helple-s dependence ill which the working girls of t hieago lived, and the systematic ill treutment to wliieli they were subjected, the papers of London, F.riglund, were teeming with the detailed horrors of match factory life in that city. Tim exposures .m ident to the investigation of♦ he strike in llryant «v May’s match fa- *ory had arouse.! public indignation. About l,4ot» women arid girls went out on a strike. The wages paid were wretchedly low, ami the hours of labor degrad:ngly long. Hern 1 cs. they were titied on the slightest provocation oi shortcoming. The Women averaged, according to the company’s statement. mi per week, and the girls from L* cents to -v 1 per week, Many of the little girls were found lobe bald on account of carrying boxes on their heads. They were compelled to cat their meals in the faetory in the fumes of phosphorous, which re-suited -11 many COKI'S ill ulceration of the jawbone, lint the protits of the company w»Te inagniticeiit, even if .t was mad.* out • tin ^,\\[lt; n d bodies of the U.ilUell 011*1 g rirt. I.U-t year the dividend was twetity-fdiree per cent. And among tie sto. k-ho!b r- are three Members of 1'iirlia-inent and fifty-live clergv men of the c’hurdi of Knglatid. \II good people, of course. And other highly r* spi'i table stockholders were found to be (He'ki'ting the prolitfrom the• . . \ii •|»t t hose h’glt V feSp' ct a! tie OW !• rs * f the match factor* thought they Wen* doing those women and girls fpiitc a favor in furnishing tie m wah good steady work. \Y hat!' the a r 1mb’*, d off the le-oda o* tin i.ttlc g r»s H hat do--so factory gir;. w! . i.as to work from i f-pi^t s:\ in tin morning till eijir it night, want with hair on her he.il‘r she has no time t*» gel suIjsti k, • vet?see is bn d. \V hat :f tin* jaw-b‘*ues ..f the women ulcerate and drop out r What does a woman, earning od.v from -si.'. • to i perw. r\ w.itil with either teeth or jiw-^ And b. • des, .•'la :s forb’d-■ !•», to talk in the factory. Th: V-‘ the jiWhtec- jg only.the natu-mlaplatkci to environments, w-It e- -tat.I Itu-vdan expert so I id if v in.tr pet r• ») he.it iiu it a one t'l three |*e ler dissolv*-. in eooliug lorm the appeal'lliii * •isteriee i if I. ditlieull to Hithum** -low I\ ;n oping a logli• •ill) two petnum.—SromttitMIGHT Gl11 )U hm s bill \ ieu of libMr. Smith. w| his wile 'low p• he#*|‘fii| imle• \ erylNidyJfitxhmifl I11 ih Yes.IJusl»tlt;nl \ pleasant ■nv/.* Y»-I nil \Y lie’ll give hillthuml.I IffbfltyJltl til, N.) . w alter. I i • •I tni I* on»11m—• * t hing- m Innrfi II Yu Sound • itil)«*/ oii * i am -••her vi.'it to M-, you know lie enj'-y ht-rseif.0U\Mtin/— I »on‘t man talk slm yon *.ft fit ?1 -Ind* ing -lioj* I** ) •• tforv * di. stri-' t »*nr »viin I» l ;-r) t.get-. utT liis 'In./■ OO. W It; '/-Sit elnfri'i f t Or* t If v «u -;*v% man - |N.cki t. iti.-fead |. Ltire.»sh I W ft - cc;l\ tl. I ai/ ,r.lt;! S(i.t'•••*•« Mr NV-fi Us I) f uni!) :i’ lt;u4\
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New Haven Workmens Advocate
New Haven, Connecticut, US
Sat, Sep 15, 1888
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