The Economic Position of the British LabourerMacmillan and Company, 1865 - 256 σελίδες |
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... week ; he works hard , he is often exposed to inclement weather , and with these wages he cannot procure for himself and his children a sufficiency of the necessaries of life . He rarely if ever tastes meat more than once a week . I ...
... week ; he works hard , he is often exposed to inclement weather , and with these wages he cannot procure for himself and his children a sufficiency of the necessaries of life . He rarely if ever tastes meat more than once a week . I ...
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... weekly contributions to enable them to purchase , on the same terms as the wholesale trader , a few simple commodities , such as tea and sugar . In the first instance each of these twenty - eight weavers agreed to give twopence a week ...
... weekly contributions to enable them to purchase , on the same terms as the wholesale trader , a few simple commodities , such as tea and sugar . In the first instance each of these twenty - eight weavers agreed to give twopence a week ...
Σελίδα 78
Henry Fawcett. that it was not without a struggle that this weekly contribution was raised to threepence a week . At length the amount thus collected somewhat ex- ceeded £ 20 , and trading operations were com- menced . A room was taken ...
Henry Fawcett. that it was not without a struggle that this weekly contribution was raised to threepence a week . At length the amount thus collected somewhat ex- ceeded £ 20 , and trading operations were com- menced . A room was taken ...
Σελίδα 79
... weekly receipts were £ 180 . The progress from this time was rapid . In 1850 the number of members amounted to 600 , they possessed a capital of £ 2299 , and their weekly returns were £ 338 . Each year seemed to bring continually ...
... weekly receipts were £ 180 . The progress from this time was rapid . In 1850 the number of members amounted to 600 , they possessed a capital of £ 2299 , and their weekly returns were £ 338 . Each year seemed to bring continually ...
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... weekly subscription of twopence from twenty - eight mem- bers . Perhaps the most satisfactory feature con- nected with these institutions is , that the scale on which they are conducted does not apparently af- fect either the success ...
... weekly subscription of twopence from twenty - eight mem- bers . Perhaps the most satisfactory feature con- nected with these institutions is , that the scale on which they are conducted does not apparently af- fect either the success ...
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