THE ALLEGED REDUCTION OF WAGES
... FROM orit MANCHESTER COR5ESPONDENT. I The XorniiZq Posts assertion that the wages of the operatives in this district had fallen 12i per cent., as a consequence of free trade (or as a consequence of anything), was certain~ly a most audacious falsehood. Since my previous letter on this subject, I have ex- tended my inquiries not only to all the various branches of the cotton trade in Manchester, ...