The Factory System and the Factory ActsMethuen, 1894 - 184 pages |
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... success , and several factors established a correspondence with various parts of the Continent . " The proceedings of these factors were noteworthy . " The common arrangement between masters and workmen during the early and ...
... success , and several factors established a correspondence with various parts of the Continent . " The proceedings of these factors were noteworthy . " The common arrangement between masters and workmen during the early and ...
Page 18
... success the decreasing gains from agriculture . But when England became a great Colonial power , distancing all competitors in commerce and commercial enterprise , such was the case no longer . The demand for her fabrics ( and all other ...
... success the decreasing gains from agriculture . But when England became a great Colonial power , distancing all competitors in commerce and commercial enterprise , such was the case no longer . The demand for her fabrics ( and all other ...
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... success . And just about the same time another poor workman , one Thomas Highs , or Hayes , of Leigh , Lancashire , had , in conjunction with a local clock - maker , produced still another , which came under the notice of a Bolton ...
... success . And just about the same time another poor workman , one Thomas Highs , or Hayes , of Leigh , Lancashire , had , in conjunction with a local clock - maker , produced still another , which came under the notice of a Bolton ...
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... success in a previously untried sphere of legislation ; but thirdly and chiefly , that they embody a great practical protest against the base belief , engendered of modern economic philosophy , that the concerns of human beings can ever ...
... success in a previously untried sphere of legislation ; but thirdly and chiefly , that they embody a great practical protest against the base belief , engendered of modern economic philosophy , that the concerns of human beings can ever ...
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... successful ; they were dis- heartened , and had almost broken down for want of support . " At this critical moment , " writes one of them , 2 " the atten- The full text of the Bill is to be found in " A Supplementary Appendix to the ...
... successful ; they were dis- heartened , and had almost broken down for want of support . " At this critical moment , " writes one of them , 2 " the atten- The full text of the Bill is to be found in " A Supplementary Appendix to the ...
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agitation appointed apprentices Author Bakehouses BARING GOULD Bill brought Buckram certificate child children and young cognate Committee cotton factories Crown 8vo domestic E. F. BENSON economic Edition employed employer enacted English enquiry establishments factories and workshops Factory Acts Factory Controversy factory inspectors factory law factory legislation factory or workshop factory reform GIBBINS GORDON BROWNE half Holidays hours of labour House Illustrated industry instance interest J. A. HOBSON Limewashing limited Lord Ashley machinery manufacture MARIE CORELLI master meals ment mills Modern Factory System motive power Non-Textile Factories notice novel occupations operation organzine Parliament particular passed present production proposed protection provisions purpose regulations result Robert Owen Saturday Sir Robert Peel spinning statute story supervision Ten Hours Bill textile factories thirteen tion trade volume W. G. COLLINGWOOD women woollen workers Workshop Act young persons
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