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...Glee Club has received invitations to sing in Manchester, Brockton, Lowell and Pawtucket. It is probable that none of these invitations will be accepted...
...April 28, Harvard vs. Longwood, at Longwood: May 5, Harvard vs. Lawrence, at Lawrence; May 12, Harvard vs. South Worcester, at South Worcester; May 19, Harvard vs. Longwood, at Longwood; May 26, Harvard vs. Mystic, at Medford; May 30, Harvard vs. Longwood, at Holmes Field; June 2, Harvard vs. Brockton, at Brockton; June 6, Harvard vs. Fall River, at Fall River; October 6, Harvard vs. Mystic at Medford; October 13, Harvard vs. Longwood, at Longwood; October 20, Harvard vs. Lowell at Lowell...
...John G. Brooks of Brockton, who has spoken in Cambridge several times this year, spoke in Boston, Wednesday evening, on "Wages and the Tariff." He gave the average daily wages of the different nations as follows: United States, $1.25; England, 68 cents; Holland, 42 cents; France, 40 cents; Switzerland, 35 cents; Italy, 22 cents; Russia, 20 cents: Turkey, 20 cents...
...pastor of a church in Roxbury, he came in contact with the working classes, and devoted himself actively to bettering their condition. After some time he went abroad, and studied ethics and political economy for several years. On his return he accepted a call from a church in Brockton, where he is now settled. A large number of shoe factories are situated in Brockton, and the population is almost entirely composed of workingmen. Mr. Brooks is making vigorous efforts to educate the laborers so that they may be less blind to the labor problems of the day. With this...
...spite of the storm, a large audience assembled in Sever 11 last night to hear the strongest argument for free trade that has been made here for some time. The lecturer, Rev. John G. Brooks of Brockton, said that the argument that a high tariff raises wages is entirely untenable, and that private self-interest, not anxiety about the condition of the laborer, was the real motive of the protectionist. The general average of wages is entirely unaffected by protection, since the rate of wages depends only on the amount produced by the laborer. It is said that when wages...