THE ERA
... THE P.A. -I fEARLY EDITION.] SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 1845. The cause of the Poor, to use a Commercial phrase, is looking up. Among the many benevolent plans which the year 1844 has introduced for their benefit, are the im- provement of their condition in the Mines and Factories, the shortening of their hours of toil, the establishment of Baths and Wash-houses, and, lastly, the association which ...