Show GOVERNMENT PARSIMONY PARSIMONY The needle women in the clothing fac factories factor tories tones tor s of r the New York navy yard whose wages have already been re Fe by bJ the competition orf oe o labor lab r sav hav having savIng saving ing machinery are about to be ground g down by a recent order of ot the navy pay de dc department d The women are widows and daughters of Union veterans and Jor or several years Jears past th he have made the th jackles uniforms numbering from to t per per month According to recent r cent dispatches the thena navy na department has ordered a reduction tion of ot 10 cents a garment arment for the and the contractors contract rs with equal and characteristic generosity will wilt reduce the wages of ot the sewing women to cover the cut made by the e govern government government government ment mentIe If Ie the United States is hard Up tip P and it is necessary to practice economy It does seem as though some other avenue of or retrenchment might be found in instead Instead instead stead of ot reducing these widows and daughters laughters of ot veterans to the point of ot starvation For instance the army of or federal office holders whose work Is i being performed by clerks might be in induced Induced Induced under proper pressure to attend to their duties and a great saving there ther thereby thereby by effected In this era of high prices It Is little e short of ot a crime for tor the secretary of ot the th navy to make this reduction and we ve trust the humble petition of ot these poor needle women will prove effective when it reaches Washington The lt nation of or these unfortunate creatures creatures will bring vividly to the mind of ot the reader The Song of the Shirt by b Thomas Thom s Hood when With Ith fingers weary wear and worn om With eyelids heavy hen y and red redA redA A woman sat In unwomanly rags Plying her needle and thread |