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saries of life,' 5 ; ' Board is not so good,' 2 ; * Wages less, and 

 cost of living not reduced in proportion,' 3 ; ' Lost money in 

 savings bank,' 1 ; * Times are hard,' 1 ; ' Worse off in mind and 

 stomach,' 1 ; ' Have cut short the extras,' 2 ; ' Can't save any- 

 thing,' 4 ; * No meat, and less of every thing,' 2 ; * No work, and 

 credit gone,' 2 ; ' Worse off as regards house, food, and clothing,' 

 11; 'Unreasonably low wages,' 3; * Can't pay my bills,' 1; 

 ' Fewer clothes,' 2 ; ' Cheaper food,' 2 ; * Lost my house,' 1 ; * No 

 meat, butter, or sugar,' 1 ; ' Less of every thing but food,' 1. 



" 9. c. Have you been obliged to reduce your outlay for rent, 

 food, clothing, and other necessities ? or have you only been forced 

 to deprive yourself of what might properly be called 'extras,' or 

 luxuries? 



" To this question 120 answered that they have been obliged 

 to reduce all expenses ; 23 have made reductions in either food, 

 or rent, or clothing ; and 14 have dispensed with * extras. 1 A 

 factory operative, who has been in the business thirty years, 

 says he is obliged to live on one meal a day in order to keep 

 along." Pages 109-10. 



Here is the concurrent testimony of both employers 

 and workmen that it is only for a small portion of the 

 year that work can be found for much the larger part 

 of those who get any employment ; that the mills are 

 running with a smaller number of hands than ever be- 

 fore ; that wages will not permit of any further reduc- 

 tion, even to those having constant work, except at the 

 cost of misery and starvation ; that very few live as 

 well as they did nine years ago ; that in every way 

 has the condition of the industrial classes become 

 worse, even to the want of the barest necessaries of 

 life, and the living on one meal a day. These state- 

 ments are well worth the most careful study and com- 

 parison, not only with the condition of things nine 



