Actions for "We ought never to forget that in alleviating the immediate sufferings of the poor (women), we are only palliating, not eradicating the evils of poverty [electronic resource] : We must never forget that the low rate of wages is the root of the mischief. ..." : I deeply regret to state, that after all the pains I have taken, and the heavy expense I have incurred, in the effort to effect some mitigation of the penury and oppression of the seamstresses, spoolers, &c. whose cause I have been pleading since Nov. 1828, I am, with inexpressible reluctance, forced to the conclusion, that all has been nearly in vain. ...