Excerpt from A Memoir of Charles Mayne Young, Tragedian, 1871, Vol. 2: With Extracts From His Son's Journal Note. The above is taken from my journal written thirty - two years ago. Since 18 38 the taxes on tea and sugar have been greatly reduced, and increased consider ation for the poor has been shown by each successive government; but still, I must think that the wages of the agricultural labourer are too low. My opinion is based on data derived from respectable sources in several parishes. The two following statements I ...
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Excerpt from A Memoir of Charles Mayne Young, Tragedian, 1871, Vol. 2: With Extracts From His Son's Journal Note. The above is taken from my journal written thirty - two years ago. Since 18 38 the taxes on tea and sugar have been greatly reduced, and increased consider ation for the poor has been shown by each successive government; but still, I must think that the wages of the agricultural labourer are too low. My opinion is based on data derived from respectable sources in several parishes. The two following statements I select at random from many that I have by me. I took them down from the lips of two of the thriftiest and best-con ducted families in the parish of F airlight, near Hastings, when wages were not 75. Per week, as at Lyneham, but 1zs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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