The Economic Position of the British LabourerMacmillan and Company, 1865 - 256 páginas |
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... manufacturing districts , the wages of an agricultural labourer during the winter months do not exceed ten shillings a week ; he works hard , he is often exposed to inclement weather , and with these wages he cannot procure for himself ...
... manufacturing districts , the wages of an agricultural labourer during the winter months do not exceed ten shillings a week ; he works hard , he is often exposed to inclement weather , and with these wages he cannot procure for himself ...
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... manufactures in their own homes , were inevitably destined to succumb to the new order of things which was created by such modern inventions as those which were achieved by the genius of Ark- wright and Watt . When lace was made on a ...
... manufactures in their own homes , were inevitably destined to succumb to the new order of things which was created by such modern inventions as those which were achieved by the genius of Ark- wright and Watt . When lace was made on a ...
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... manufacturing cotton on his own account ; he might of course undertake some small business , say , a retail shop , but he would then be embarking in a business which he did not understand , and all that wonderful skill which has only ...
... manufacturing cotton on his own account ; he might of course undertake some small business , say , a retail shop , but he would then be embarking in a business which he did not understand , and all that wonderful skill which has only ...
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... un- dertakings . Whilst the American Civil War con- tinued , the industry of Lancashire was paralysed ; few indeed of the wealthiest manufacturers could work their mills whole time , and many were obliged of the British Labourer . 93.
... un- dertakings . Whilst the American Civil War con- tinued , the industry of Lancashire was paralysed ; few indeed of the wealthiest manufacturers could work their mills whole time , and many were obliged of the British Labourer . 93.
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... manufacturers never perform such acts of generosity ; the money thus voluntarily appropriated is our own property ; we have every right to enjoy it ; and it would ma- terially increase the returns yielded to the capital , which we were ...
... manufacturers never perform such acts of generosity ; the money thus voluntarily appropriated is our own property ; we have every right to enjoy it ; and it would ma- terially increase the returns yielded to the capital , which we were ...
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