"Tauper Labor." The success, says
the MorningNews.wiih which the eastern:
manufacturers, used to cry of 'foreign
pauper labor,' in compelling consumers
lo pay taxes to manufacturers, is already
being turned against themselves. The
I'ribune ,has been the most persevering
utlerer of ihe unmtaning cry, and we find
in lhal paper of Thursday ihe following
reasons for supposed distress of shoe ma
kers in N. York :
"The boots and shoes made in tbe ci
ty, are principally 'Custom made, ' lhal is
made in order. 1 he more common arti
cle sold here, is chiefly manufactured in
the Eastern States, where the. workmen
can Hi e for almost less than half the
turn it costs our city mechanics. Trans
portation from those places here amounts
to a mere song, and consequently our
market is filled with this kind of work :
nnd the laborer on this branch of indus
try in our city is compelled to submit to
the grinding competition engendered, anil
give all his labor, his time and his health
to earn food and clothes."
The pauper labor of New England is
now the great evil it seems. The pau
per labor of old England was lo be kept
out by a tariff. W hat remedy is to bv
applied lo the pauper labor of New Eng
land f A protective tariff? AU ibe Rail
roads to be pulled up and a Custom
House set astride of the Hudson I Lou.
Democrat.
A down east chap, walking with a la
dy, accidentally stumbled and foil. The
lady, thinking to commiserate his mishap.
observed that she "rgretled hie unluckyy
"I (Iidrt'l Diurtrny fo'
paws," replied he, "it wa-
bat sa..a, .- tt a. -, t't
aaaajjislaaia.
