Word: laborer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Labor association is indispensable and in general is beneficial alike to laborers and the community: Thorold Rogers, Work and Wages, p. 36 and 523; Mill's Political Economy...
...studied so widely at Harvard as History: and thus a descriptive pamphlet of this department would benefit an exceptionally large number of men. We therefore second the request made in the communication, certain that the usefulness of the pamphlet would more than make up for the labor of the compiler...
...this be done? Has the country been injured by the present system? In 1860 the wealth per capita of the United States was $415; in 1887, $1000. Can anyone look at these figures and deny that protection and prosperity have gone hand in hand? It is said that the laborers suffer from the tariff, even if they do not perceive it, because, although wages are higher, the cost of living is raised by protection. Colonel Wright's careful statistics prove that while the cost of living is 17 per cent. greater here than in England, wages are 50 cent. higher...
...ships exclusively.- (1) Because only in so doing can we gain the whole profit of our carrying trade: "Shall Americans build ships?" No. Am. Review, May, 1881, pp. 473-4; "American Shipping Interests," (pamphlet), pp. 6, 44, 48-51.- (2) Because, by so doing, we employ American labor, and use American materials: "American Shipping Interests," (pam.), p. 20.- (3) Because, in the long run, we can build as cheaply at home as we can buy or build abroad: John Roach, speech before Boston Board of Trade (pam); No. Am. Review, May, 1881, pp. 471, 473, 469; Letter to Hon. Samuel...
...present system of voting is inadequate: some change is necessary to prevent corruption and intimidation. N. A. Rev. 143: 628; Labor's Encyclopedia Art "Ballot"; Reports of contested election cases for past ten years in U. S. Documents; Public Opinion, December...