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a week ; in the United States $20 30. English dish 

 makers make $9 62 ; Americans $19 43. English 

 cup makers, $9 92 ; Americans $19 67. And so on 

 through the list. It is not so much in the skilled 

 work that the British workman has cause to com- 

 plain, but I have found throughout England that 

 great suffering exists among the laboring classes and 

 those whose work does not require much skill. For 

 example, in the English potteries, according to the 

 masters, the hollow ware presser, the oven man, and 

 the printer (representing over three fourths of the 

 skilled labor) receive $8 14, $6 86, and $6 55 respec- 

 tively ; while in the United States they receive $17 90, 

 $13 18, and $13 56 respectively. In short, with the 

 additional high pay in the United States for the un- 

 skilled labor, and for the lads and girls, it puts what 

 I may call the bone and sinew of the trade on a living 

 basis, where they can live comfortably and save money, 

 own their homes, and be men and women. It is this 

 class that feel more severely than any other a reduc- 

 tion of wages, and it is this class, for they are after 

 all the many, that give strength, character and pros- 

 perity to a country. It is an undoubted fact that 

 three fourths of the people of the entire pottery dis- 

 trict live on 25s. ($6) or less a week per man. What 

 can that buy them ? Consul Lane has kindly given me 

 an average estimate of the weekly expenses of a man 

 with a wife and two children (a small family in Eng- 

 land), whose income for the year round averages 

 ($6) a week. Here it is, and a perusal shows the 



'i' -ness of the cry of cheap cloths. Admitting 

 tin TO is any difference in the price of the common 



