But if the workman is not able to pay for it, he will not have the speed and steam, that is all.

The proof of it is when the English workman comes to America.

He will lay more bricks in New York than he will in London, still more bricks in St.Louis, and still more bricks when he gets to San Francisco.

{3} His standard of living has been rising all the time.
Early in the morning, along the streets frequented by workmen on the way to work, many women sit on the sidewalk with sacks of bread beside them.
No end of workmen purchase these, and eat them as they walk along.

They do not even wash the dry bread down with the tea to be obtained for a penny in the coffee-houses.