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6 v/oman's work in the world's clothing.
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b world y the ' s more clothing rapid , and action the of machinery lacement of t become edious hand an absolu labour te
t necess hing it in y t he world has ' s hist become ory from which accom there plished is no fac poss t , a ibili done ty - of return or retrogressionhowever it mi'ht be desired . But
need we regret that is it so , Was there g just ground for the dread and aversion with which our ancestors regarded
theirresis th advances ey could tible of - , j for a power on onl the y reluc which answer tantl they to y y this strugg ielded question led to when agains depends they t as found whether long as it *
w ano e in ther development day should hail of the wit same h gladness power , called lamen for t wi so th impera dismay
tively by the requirements of the age , that it has been needed conquering almost as sorel inning y , and machine is advancing- as surely as the
_distaif-The opinion sp , as to the influence . of machinery being injurious to the labourer isas we have seenno new onebut knowing
how tenaciously man , kind will cling , , generation after ; generation , to the most absurd notions simply because they were held by
not den their gain over forefathers it the acceptance Eng , and lish f mind ur with thermore , any the reasonable mere , the fac special t of mind it power s ; and tiquit of indeed prece y will
it on so firs far the t from arose contrary its p being roves , more more it open to respectable have to susp been icion on a accoun prejudice , since t , the _^ i a ts t j age udg , when m it is _,,
formed erience before as mus there t h ave been been the any case room in for that the first testimon decision y of the exp question , when Elizabeth refused her patronage
to-William Lee ' s stocking queen loom . The grounds of objection then assinedand which have so often been reeated since on each
g , p would new app lica thrown tion of machinery of emp , loyment were that if the living work they labourers had
h B e t f ore to the done tria w l h ad b been e performed made i b t y w inanimate as not unreasona constructions ble to .
. _lajDse suppose of that centuries this , mi when ght probabl mechanical y be t contrivances he case , but have after been the _.
in d ev iminu t roduced instance tion in of to their the almos number adoption t ever o y has f de p partment er led sons to an increase of ployed industry , instead suc , h and fears of in a _> - -
been substitution ought proved surely of that ne machinery ver the again more to for be hand _idl enter an labour tained artic . l w e i It th has re b g ard invariabl rod to u ced y y
the more cheaply it can be rap sold y and as the price has p been loweredconsumtion has always , increased in such ortion
that it , has required p more individuals to take charge prop of the machines than were before occupied in peforming the whole of '
the labour ; for no combination of wood or metal has yet been
6 V/Oman's Work In The World's Clothing.
6 v _/ oman _' s work in the world ' s clothing .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1864, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031864/page/6/
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