Word: laborer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...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 end in view, he has rented a hall near the place where the workingmen live, and holds free discussions there every Thursday evening on such subjects as the tariff, trade-unions, convict and Chinese...
...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 are 35 cents a day in Germany and $1.50 here, without a tariff...
President Eliot spoke yesterday afternoon before the State legislative committee on the Private School and Child Labor questions...
...obliged to announce yesterday the resignation of Mr. Pfeiffer from the captaincy of the University Crew. Mr. Pfeiffer was forced to take this step by circumstances over which he had no control. In behalf of the University we extend to him our sincere thanks for his efficient and faithful labor. In choosing Mr. Storrow to fill the position made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Pfeiffer, the committee has acted wisely, and we hope that, under his management, the crew may meet with the success it deserves...
...recent changes in the historical department involved a considerable change in Mr. Young's work. It is believed that the severe labor bestowed in preparing his lectures on the early constitutional history of France, a course given by him for the first time this year, has much to do with bringing on the mental derangement which resulted in his death...