ABSTRACT
I shall now give an account of the earnings and condition of each of the different classes of sawyers ... beginning with those engaged in the cutting of timber and hard wood .... To this I shall append a statement ... concerning the effect of machinery upon the working classes generally. In doing this I trust I need not remind the reader that the opinions there expressed are those of the working men themselves, who have been allowed to state their sentiments, because, suffering severely from machinery, it was considered to be but fair to express their thoughts and feelings upon this subject. It is right I should add, that I have found not one man in the trade opposed to machinery, in the abstract. The main objection of the operatives appears to be, that machinery benefits the capitalist, at the expense of the working man.
