As the result of an informal census taken in England in 1884 by the Amalgamated Society of Tailors, it was discovered that fifteen thousand tailors, out of a total of twenty thousand were employed under the sweating system. A report by Mr. John Burnett, the labor correspondent of the Board, to the Board of Trade, on the subject of sweating in the East of London, was issued in 1887, and in 1888, on the motion of Lord Dunra-ven, a committee of the House of Lords was appointed to inquire into the sweating system of the East of London. The scope of the committee was on its report the same year, enlarged to take evidence on the sweating system in the United Kingdom generally. The committee was reappointed in 1889, and took evidence respecting the sweating system in numerous trades, and also in respect of government contracts. A report was presented in the House of Lords in 1890, establishing the fact that the sweating system prevailed in many trades, and that among its causes were the inefficiency of many of the workpeople, early marriages and the excessive supply of unskilled labor.

Recommendations for parliamentary interference were made, especially in respect of the improvement of the sanitary condition of many factories, workshops, and domestic workshops where work of a sweating character was performed. Additional inspectors with enlarged powers were also declared requisite. Of late attention has been called to the same practices in the large cities in our own country. A congressional committee has been investigating the matter with a view to legislation.

Caste Among The Hindoos. Caste is a term applied to the division into social classes in India. To each of these classes certain pursuits are limited by the Laws of Manu, B.C. 960. 1. The Brahmans or sacerdotal class, which "issued from the mouth of Brahma."

2. The Chuttree or military class, which "sprang from the arm of Brahma."

3. The Bais or mercantile class, which "sprang from the thigh of Brahma."

4. The Sudras or servile class, which "sprang from the foot of Brahma."

The Pariahs and Chandalas are nobodies, or worse, for it is pollution to be touched by such "scum of the earth."