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THE NEEDLE AND THE SEWING MACHINE. 88
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Yet More Far Ancient From Having Than Ev...
bod the making of workers - of which bat is wi in th its this elf a at business present we emp have loying nothing a large to
the and do . y seeds perhap These of s boxes civiliza their , of contents tion collars when find may it is their cl remembered aim way to be all reckoned over how the the among savage world ,
visi hi chief ther tors , to in and been recen add dispensed tly to discovered his , importance th , anxious regions a in , t once his where t s ubjects comp clothing limen ' eyes t his by
cumber appearing his before them with inconvenient in European drapery costume adop , yet ted unwilling as his fu to ll
cour The t suit trade the person in simp this le article toilet lias of a expanded pair of spurs enormousl , and a y shirt , within _collai the \
collars last decade was , thoug for whereas ht a , but a few ectable years amoun ag * o , several t of stock dozens for of a
very p good would hosier hardl ' s h shop ave less to keep than this hand to , show the his pett customers iest dealer ; and
some idea y be conceived of the extent of business carried on bthis may one firmwhen it is mentioned that twelve thousand
manufac I miles _STew y Y ork tory sewing and and back co no , tton less again , i . e . t , , enoug are annual h to reach l dozens y consumed from of collars London in sent this to
, , ou t by them now in how the will course the of workers the year in . this establishment , the
wi chief th t process he same in class which of persons is carried previous on by to mach the introduction inery , compare of t
machines was accus ? tomed When to the pay business half-a-crown was firs per t founded dozen h , to the the proprie continued needle
un women til 1853 who or st som itched ewh the at collars later , he and now this hig but payment three-half-pence dozen t , the workers who use ; the machines pays yet at this rate of
wages per they not only earn more , but in earning , it , actually work who a less number lied the of needle hours . by one The -third number , than emp did loyed their predecessor has greatly s
increased p for when about eight years ago he first adopted the fi machine fty and system , sixty , he had in con bu s t tant five at use work , t each ; whereas machine who now immedia keep between ing tel six
presides or seven over persons its operations occupied . , besides New " hands t k " wi thou mos t tly recom uir y -
i mended nto their by ch arac ones ter , for none as sk illed a hands en are not ye en t q to be y ; htlto be
f taug ound ht in their sufficien business t num . b For er , f this resh they comers pay ten mos shillin y gs and their first week ' s workthe secontl week they receive whatever
fifteen a they ttain may shillings proficiency earn , and per ; week b such y the being as end are of discharged found the fortni unable as gh never t are to earn ex likel pec at y ted to least be to
efficient .
The Needle And The Sewing Machine. 88
THE NEEDLE AND THE SEWING MACHINE . 88
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1864, page 83, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041864/page/11/
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