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Show 290 APPENDIX TO NOTES . , . "'! "'h Cl'minO' to be in nllcr destitution, they of then· susten:\nco. .J LOU,. R. l">sctllc on f:ums. a.ll atartcd for tho ' Vest hu;t. .s. r;;~~~"~~so calamities that can ~cfal the "S~ww storm~ :uo :uno1~>:>1~,-~lihood arc placed beyond Ius r.cach. rag p1ckcr, as lus. means~- s turn out en masse, to sweep the streetIn such cmcrgcncLes, the ~">1 rl fi . , n penny • and three or four cr?a~ingfl, nslfing; each ;mss~~~~r r(}~~liz~d. A ~1ild winter like the slullmgs per day nrc 0 ten s il a) rcciatc prcs,c,nt is n. blessing tl~? c:n~dafcn;,<tiJ/ :uc'm;rhd by an nnnalurnl "I he youth, both 10•1 {S n tho C'ltl a,...0 at which they nrc com-pre> cocity, rc~ul~ing: l?n.~·tly frl~:~~lihood a;'.d f,:1rtly from their ncldiclcdpcllcd to _ass1s~ ~n :;~11:11~1~1~ .... in yl'ar;, m:llly ol' them arc nd(~rs in ~:fcl:l:. to1)~~~i.tutf~~ugiv~s0 tc~1ptaiion an unwonted po,rc1·, an they early l~:u·n t~li.eld :z.~~;ww th•tt some benc"folent and philanthropic . ~·. ~~d18a?:1\~/i~rerestinr. then;,o;clvcs in Lehalf .of this wrctch~t and 10 ' " 1 u,~ '•d 0 )HhtiC:';\. A mission cstnhlu~hed. by the . m·c~r ~t;~ctf;;-.~~c~~terf:u~ Church ltas Ucc1~ for son.10 ti.mc !n oiJert~b~l~j ~~ Avenue D., and other phns a1·c on foot., h:~vmg 1~ \'H~w 1e m c CC· 1 1 !moral benefit of these people, and others hko ~hem. Am~ng ~~~e~"'.~l~ings, n. Sn.b!Jath School ti,; boys has boon cstnlJhshcd, at wluch f 1 ·~o to 9QQ boys hn.vo been 111 :lttcndanee. Judge ~laso~ super· i~~~:td; it p~rsoually, ami. there is much in the enterpl'lsc of an en· 00?,rC~i~tg slU~¥;:~ is one of the few police officers W~lO hnYC ~ntcrcs~cd thcms~~v~s ~~ moYcments of this kind, though thc1r p~cuh::r .du~1es eminently qualify them in mnny respects .to co·o.pcrntc m mi SSJ en.l~Y efforts It is now contemplated to cotabhsh a k:nd o~ workh?usc, m which 'boys thny be kept from idleness, and hculthfulmstruetwn and diseipliuo administered." (2) From the Evaugclical Catllolic, as copU:cl by the 1Y. l~ Clwrclnnan, · of Oct. 25tlt, 1851. "REPORT OF TilE SnmT·S.EwER's Co-oPF.RATIYE U:-itON. "\Vhcn an association commences to carry out nne! put intot7t<:· · measure of reform it seems pt·udent and necCf;:Sary o ny ~~c: s~bJc~t bcfo,·c the puLlic'fo1· their app~O\ a\ an.d sympa~IJ, ~~~t tl~ designs and intentions of. its prot?ctors nHgbht l~t~~~t•~n,~ ~tu\: ~x· J· ~~t8 8e be deemed speenhd•ve-dNHgncd to enc 1 e c 1 of tho many, ami tillls alienate the. f':JIIIJ?athy of tl•o~:~c w ;~· ~·hen they should h:wc a. corJ·cct nndcrst.a~chng oJ tho p~rpose~ e~dt. c proposed reform, would more fully npprcc~at~ tho t)10t!'c~;0~11 th~~ ~~ carr in forward the designs of tho As.s?c•a.twn. n JUS 1 ' ; the bni~n wo hnve con•cncd this mccbng for th.c purpose of l~f.11f before th~ public n. simple statement of the ctr~m~:t:w.~s 'd ~~~ 'educed us to form this Union, and to ask your fr~cn 1Y al an t 1 eration Forced by direct necessity, through want of cmployme~ ~~d 'star;ation wages, when wo had. 'wo~k to do,UBont Xcr~~ilfl:~~;.r ~~~ sent numbers combined together m t 10 mon 1 o • APPENDIX TO ~.fOT ES. 291 organized into an Association stylet!. tho Shirt Sewer's Co-operative Union. Onr a.im:i and objects were, to work together for mutual benefit, to share tho profits accrui ug from our industry, nccordio r. to our indus· try and willingness to do, instead of being, as formerly~ compelled to give tho lion's share of Ott I' labour to an employer. Briefly, it was an exptrimelll, and it has succeeded. ' Vc ltavo tlemonstrn.tcd the fact to our casklown nud suffering sisters, that full double the wn.gcs can be earned by less hours of toil, underouL· new plan of combination, thn.n under lhuold iu·rangcment. When our numbers were limited, and the work light, we were unaLlc to pay our Wtly; but a.s om· members inct·el\sed with the dcmrmd for IJ~bout·, our profit!ol incrcnscd, leaving us at present a. net profit of JO per cent. over the prices paiJ to the members. A 8 tn.tcment of the p1·iccs of work given by employers, n.nd tha.t paid by the Associt\tion, will sorrc lo show tho advantage we h:wc already gained by combination. "Prires of shirts made for large shirt manufactories rnuge from 5 to 50 cents; while our lowest prices arc 25 cents for cheap shirts, nnd 75 cents for the best made a.rticlc. Our prices range thus for the same article, only that ours arc well made, which cannot be said of sale sltil'ts: Cheap Shirts. shop made, 8 to 10 cents. llest Shirhl, shop ma.dc, 31 to 50 " ~!lsCt~h~~~ti;~tAI;~:~~~;i~t1~o::1::d~:lc, 25 to~~ Collars, shop made, 1, 2, n.nd 3 Collars, As.<.;oeia.tion made, 8 to 10 11 From these prices we arc even now enabled to sn.vc 10 per cent., still to bo divided or to bo laid out in stock l'o1· tho mutual advo.ntngc of all. Aside fl·om these :Vh'ant:l.ges, the members arc not overtaskcd as much as unOet· the old system, and we arc sure of our being promptly xn.id, ,,·!Jich very often was not the case in shop work. 'Vc !~~e~f:~~c;~f '~~;:~~t~l~ ~:~r~~i:~r~1~f"u~~~u\~~1ebsl~~ ~~ci~er~~::/~~ ~~~ f:lcilities for employing all who prefer worki ng for thcmsr.lvcf!t and those dependent upun thcm,' to tolling for tho pittance wages grudg· ingly given by employers. Ou~· Association at pre~cnt empl~ys 10 females, among whom fl,rC 15 w10ows-but not steadily, as, until tbe issue of tho appeal for aid, (some three weeks since,) wo had not full ;~;t~~;~::~·d l;!'J~~~~n~Pr~~~~· r:~i~n~:cwT,:·;"'.;.~~~ n.~~~~d 1/~t~~~~~/~u~;-&·i~~~; i11 procuring work, awl now stimu!n.te us further to ltty our cause before the whole public. The time fol' such a lllOY('ment seems to be 11ow. '!'hero is a goneml fCelin.';' of' sympathy and a Ji,·cly interest for tho 6,000 defenceless and deeply wronged shirt-makers of our city. Nobly nrc they striving to earu, in honesty a.nd decent poverty, the breRd that poorly feeds, and tho humble raiment that but pooi1y covers, their wasted formf;:. ~!'hey arc patient sufferers, toil ing unceasingly, ever hopeful of a brig hter future. Very many are widows, descended by reverses to poverty; more of them arc orphans, ''l'oo early thrown On tho cold world, unloved, alone.' |