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PITY THE POOR

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 11, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 6.

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PITY THE POOR.

THE pathos of Hood’s “Song of the Shirt” may be heard in the following figures of prices paid seamstresses in New York City:—
Cambric dresses, with lined waists and some trimming, are being made at $1.20 a dozen.
Nightgowns, with tucked yokes (thread furnished by the maker) and insertion (cut out by the maker), are being made at $1.00 a dozen.
Silk waists are being made at 98 cents a dozen.
Women’s wrappers are being made at 49 cents a dozen.
Coats are being “finished” at 36 cents a dozen.
Shirts are being made at 30 cents a dozen.
Aprons are being made at 22 cents a dozen.
Fine French nightgowns are being pressed in the living rooms of tenement houses at 5 cents a dozen.
Neckties are being made at $1.25 a gross.
Can we wonder that there is discontent among the poor? Can we wonder that ready-made goods rip? Can we wonder that God has said over and over again, “Wo unto them that oppress the hireling in his wages”? And his word is true.