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CHAPTER VIII. 



WAGES, EDUCATION, AND THE JINGO. 



ON the Help Question that bugbear of 

 American householders, male and female 

 follows inevitably that matter of wages, the 

 terror of the householding stranger. It may 

 appear like a contradiction in terms to add 

 that one of the favourite war-cries of the 

 late political campaign was the down-trodden 

 working man and low wages. Taking this 

 fact into consideration, it will not be amiss 

 to present to the reader a few experiences 

 reaped in actual daily life too limited, indeed, 

 to lay claim to any importance so far as 

 refuting theories, statistics, or a more exten- 

 sive acquaintance with the subject are con- 

 cerned, and yet occupying a certain position 

 of their own. 



On establishing himself in the Territory of 



