The New England magazine . TYPICAL GIRL WORKERS OF MANCHESTER are scarcely organized at all. 1 he pres-sure of family necessities and the de-sire for a home of their own drivethem to work at the earliest possibleage, and it is on this labor that the largest margin of profit appears. Butthe inevitable progress of civilizationmust steadily reduce the availabilityof labor at these wages, and themanufacturers of the United States. CHEAPENING DAY IN A MANCHESTER MARKET GUINEAS AND HAPENNIES -^27

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