Feb 12 1819 Reduction in Weavers' Wages - Cumberland and Westmorland Newspaper Transcriptions

Feb 12 1819 Reduction in Weavers' Wages

The Times, Friday, Feb 12, 1819; pg. 3; Issue 10595; col A

We are extremely sorry to hear, that the manufacturers of Carlisle have been
obliged to deduct from the wages of the poor distressed weavers 1s. a cut on
weaving gingham cloth, owing to the stagnation of trade. The times have a very
serious aspect; and we have heard from respectable authority, that one half of
the weavers in this city and vicinity will, before a month elapse, be out of
employment. How does this tally with the absurd statement of Mr. BROWNLOW, who,
on seconding in Parliament, the address to the Prince Regent, asserted that
trade was never more flourishing, and that the mechanic was amply remunerated
for his labour? Such gross ignorance in a Senator is a disgrace - it is
disgusting to the people, and an affront to the nation. It was asserted by
Junius, "that a rapid decay of trade in any country pronounced that the
Government of that country is weak, distracted, and corrupt." - Carlisle
Journal.