What is wrong with capitalism? Capitalism is the control of many by very few greedy, property owning, men who own the labor of others. What is a child’s life like in the 1840’s. An interview with an average working-class child will remind in detail. It goes as follows:What age are you?--Fourteen. What is your occupation?--A blanket manufacturer. Have you ever been employed in a factory? If so, at what age did you start?--Yes, at age eight.Will you state the hours of labor at the period when you first went to the factory, in ordinary times?--From 6 in the morning to 8 at night. How long was your break for lunch and rest?--An hour at noon. When trade was brisk what were your hours?--From 5 in the morning to 9 in the evening. How long was your break for dinner?--An hour. How far did you live from the mill?--About two miles. During those long hours of labor could you be punctual; how did you awake?--I seldom did awake spontaneously; I was most generally awoke or lifted out of bed, sometimes asleep, by my parents. Were you always in time?--No. What was the consequence if you had been too late?--I was most commonly beaten. Severely?--Very severely, I thought. In those mills is punishment towards the latter part of the day going on repeatedly?--Yes, repeatedly. So that you can hardly be in a mill without hearing constant crying?--Never an hour, I believe. At the time when you were beaten for not keeping up with your work, were you anxious to have done it if you possibly could?--Yes; the dread of being beaten if we could not keep up with our work was a sufficient impulse to keep us to it if we could. When you got home at night after this labor, did you feel much fatigued?--Very much so. Had you any time to be with your parents, and to receive instruction from them?--No. And if you had been too late you were under the apprehension of being cruelly beaten?--I generally was beaten when I happened to be too late; and when I got u...