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The protective system considered in connection with the present tariff, in a series of twelve essays, originally published in the Washington union over the signature of "Bundelcund." - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 Excerpt: ... In a few p-enp t lnni witness the same scenes of distress and suffering in the large manufacturing comirii, r on® we srvaW but not so long as the oppressed workingman has cheap nkc land to flee to on whi"l vf lS ft0TO'yself and become independent--which land the Government should make still A an plant him growth of men and women--of independent freemen--is far more valuable to th5?"' A luxurious revenue, gleaned from the sale of its domains. But, to return. e tnau a paltrv In this country the date in relation to these facts are not so full and copious ai' 1? some whig authority to show the amount paid to the operatives in the United St? &Jand; yet I Wean extract from a letter written by the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, member «c7i l have beforp n,„ dated August 8, 1844, in which he gives the following as the "nett wages n/iHt C?"£ress from BostTM board," (#1 25,) in the following factories in New Hampshire, to.wit: P Sl 'after Payir S Jackson Company, May, 1844-,-,,.. 1 „„ Nassau" ".-.:".-.. " oO per week. Amoskeag,« " ".:,. '...J. If Stark Mills" ";-,. '.... v (" This letter of Mr. Winthrop was written for electioneering purposes and tW»r„,.-.. ', sumed, he made out as fair a case for the factory proprietors a! ffiKClS' "1s t0 I have, from another and more authentic source--the returns of th» fix.TM.;--«i. 1! ',. Wages of females-,,.... » " Decrease. males " '.--7 50 6 70 80" The wages of the females are clear of board The males board themselves. Deducting the price charged m Lowell for the boardmg men, $1 75,) and their wages per week would be 4 95 In makmg a comparison between the wages' paid to factor...
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Edmund Burke, III is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the editor of "Rethinking World History: Essays on Europe, Islam and World History" by Marshall G.S. Hodgson (1993) and co-editor (with Ira Lapidus) of "Islam, Politics, and Social Movements" (California, 1988).
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