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Show The La!oj.er Considered taut. ' 1 ithout seeking to excite prejudice rat employers, it is evident to the Rinded observer that tho question ' "rightful" or righteous wage rarely 'is into the employer's mind. Out-! Out-! the factory he may be a philan-?ist. philan-?ist. Iu the counting room he is a -nittee of one on ways and nieaas. competes with his own employes. Pays the customary or obligatory Ile4 for by the general usage or "ial conditions of trade. As trade is lllnS brisk, quiet or very quiet, iesalteniato. But it is a business erb of universal application that sea are the first to go down, the last r.p. first item in the general account jiteest ou active capital. This must swt itent and certain fixed charges a as insurance must be paid. Then w the wage earner. There is doubt- normal standard. But if trade be Jt wages are reduced; if very quiet stives are dismissed. No use heap-ip heap-ip a stock of goods for which there wdemwd. When trade revives me-Mus me-Mus and operatives are taken on; "rushing" wages are slightly ad-f' ad-f' but generally on "request," J rarely indeed as a voluntary act of or liberality. New York Labor eW Report. |