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PASSING EVENTS. 859
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the press poor , which dressmakers lias alread , that y evinced power such will , be a willingness binding on to the advocate Legislature the cause to pass of
a law which shall without strike at renewe the very d efforts root of in the such evil a . reli Therefore ious cause , let that not this the poor year pass girls away may not at its close be enabled to utter a g reproach of Hol at , Writ our
indifference and their neglected condition in the language y — i We harvest ive a letter is past from , the summer the Manchester is ended , Guardian and we are of not May saved 29 . which '" will g
speak for itself . , FEMALE SLAVERY .
To the Editor of the Manchester Guardian , valuable Sir , —I shall feel relative obliged to the by your system insertion of oppression of the following adopted in letter our trade in your of
mantle making paper , , being an exposure of the treatment we receive ; and I wish to operatives know if in the a same factory protection under the is Ten not extended Hours Bill to . us I mantle am a maker makers of as mantles to the ,
and work at one of the first establishments in Manchester . Our wages are ei 8 dinner s . ht per our ( week not day allowed , is for over which off the But we premises beg at in six at or ) , ei half seven ght in an in the hour the morning evening for tea , ; half and a lot at an of half hour mantles -past for
order are g broug is , ht u You in , must and marked . make overtime , " order , s , " ladies which , to must -night be ; comp " for , leted which ; and we the are paid should If d be . an discharged hour , and . kept On till Saturday eleven at , I ni refused ght . If to we stay refused after to half stop - , past we hard
hour close e ei arned ght , room on and wages Saturday from would . Even ei . not ht The in wait the the system strong longer morning is man , oppressive when till is allowed I eleven was . sent There at to ni g home ive ht are ( over onl fourteen without paid at an my of overtime us earlier in a -
of ti and ll Manchester hal not b f- such b past y those ten will , ) who g before emp destroy loy and we dressmakers hav drive the e live to put s of establishments to away thousands have the recourse things of g virtuous conducted . to Surel the y g streets irl y b the s y in ladies ladies for the a , oppressionmany
livelihood year y of freedomwho , would have been respectable members of society . iiv We ' clock e are guineas on not Saturday pai . d I after say , and , the surel not rate y have we of poor lOd two . females for hour making s and are a entitled a half garment taken to give off that the over sell day at s six for for
it o from our 8 s . when , stalwart able men are considered hardldealt with walking about a large , shop in the drapery trade , and closing y at half-past , name seven of every the firm evening I work . You for , sir or , are I at beg liberty of to publish in benevolence my name to , us and if my the
; may you , , fact facts uneducated near yourself all letter . are Mrs hurry is . not T . ing is fit in to to a a app deep premature ear decline in your , grave sp paper its . blood , All to ; write we Miss want one H . , is coug stating , to hs beg " ; the in in
at eig , ht in the morning , from twelve to one for dinner , half an hour for tea , overtime and Then give we shoul over but at d not not half to be - be past receiving compelled seven o 2 ' d clock to . work an at hour nig . Surel ht ; And and this we on ask is Saturday not 2 d . too per at much hour six .
; . y , sir after serving s & c . a ixve years' apprenticeship and _} _3 aying a premium _Ellen . — M I . am , , your , P . S . We find our own provisions .
_Greenheys , May 24 , 1858 . The needle very general introduction at the present of moment the sewing is destined machine , we thoug believe h bearing to hard
upon of alread sede women human been . - " women In introduced slop many -workers dress the , - " number making and to effect of establishments hands a , great emp change loyed , where , has in the the been emp machin lessene , loyments super e d has by
one ha y lf , —the machine , , and a woman trained to work it , being found efn-
Passing Events. 859
PASSING EVENTS . 859
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1858, page 359, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071858/page/71/
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