THE LABOR MARKET.
To the Editor
Slß,—ln Mr Skene’s report on the labor market, in your Saturday’s issue, he states that the supply of p ople suited for farms is short. What is the meaning of “suited?” I know plenty of first-class fanners in this place that cannot obtain employment, for the reason that they have two or three children. If that ia. the disqualification Mr Skene refers to, why not say so ? How true is the remark in your leader of Saturday, “ Wanted a married couple, with out encumbrance.’’ What must be the feeling of a father who cannot procure employment because he has the mi-fortune to have little children? This state of things is enough to make parents forsake or destroy their offspring. Mr - kene also states that the building trade is active, and that car. enters’ wages are from 10s to 16s per day. Will he be kind enough to state who the carpenters are that have 16s per day, or the employers that pay that amount to their men or man per day,—l am, Uc ~ Inquires. Dunedin, September 20,
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Evening Star, Issue 3923, 20 September 1875, Page 3
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183THE LABOR MARKET. Evening Star, Issue 3923, 20 September 1875, Page 3
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