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Show SHORTER HOURS AND LESS PAY. An English manufacturer, in a letter to tho London Times, shows the fallacy of the idea which too often takpa hold of laboring men in that country and thia, that when trade becomes dull a reduction in the houra of labor should bo made. Nothing No-thing Bbould be plainer than that a diminishing of the working time decreases de-creases tho pay proportionately. When men cut down their time they necessarily cut down their wages, their only gain beiDg more leisure, which ia a questionable gain to too many laborer?, ceptctnliy those iu Urge cities, where the opportunities and inducements to spend timo and : money nnprofitably are numerous.' The manufacturer referred lo uuder-Btaqds uuder-Btaqds the true olluation ol the British industries. He realizes the great competition with which the Euglish have to contend, and also appreciates the (act that trade can be ro.aiued in the country only by xtraordinary exertions. He says they must turn out good woik at low cost, und this can be done only by working longer hour?, which means economy and thrift. He reasons that abort houra and restricted output only tend to make matters worse by increasing in-creasing the expense and lessening the product. His own expirience is interesting, and shows the correctness of his reasoning. Wo qut te from his letter, remarking that he ia a manufacturer manu-facturer of goods which arc clotely run by competition boih at borne acd abrcuJ: Twolvo m r.'.iis spo my stores wre craii'.:ned ilh manLiaelural stocks and tho d.iuaiul was Yery iar.guid. ily fjre-nian fjre-nian scTijixt ibort lim and rcs'.rijled output. IL-weviT, :il I saw tl.it this mi;?t result in increased cost, 1 determined deter-mined ei'J.or lo e'oe my factory or to turu o-Al more stud' at a chosfxT rate. 1 cailod my mon toge'-iicr ai.d put before I hem t!ie aiU'rnalivo f a stoppago of the works or a ri.Jiiition of 16 per cent, in their waes- They accept J the latter a:;d have si ceo earned quito as much money as beforo, luit, of course, by in-croastJ in-croastJ li'Urs. 1 have, tlie.-t fjre, con-Skit: con-Skit: ably reduced ilia cut of luy manu- (nctiirr-ci K-yjd-, ae, Lcd-a reduced whkus, Lh'j lix'.d ii.pi.nsce ii-. inlreat on on plant ar.f rna''liinf-y, furernao'd wim ar.dcoet of fuel) aro du-tribiiUd ov;r mora jjood.. Ua making tho i.-hann 1 at uccd kv my ju.-,tum.TS all tba boD-'tlt "f it anu t ocee Umml au increased do-rnarid, do-rnarid, Aly ttovka havu yrpaLly di-:roa'-d, my men aro all in full wo:k, ind 1 hive evun incr a-ird tbdif r.umbur. They ! ien ei time ai.d are uioro iivber Ihan ever b'.-fjru. |