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70 OPEN COUNCIL.
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Ladi Has es, it occurred to any one that...
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70 Open Council.
70 OPEN COUNCIL .
Ladi Has Es, It Occurred To Any One That...
Ladi Has es , it occurred to any one that" the operative who is paid by the piece is better off than he or she who receives a regular salary ?
on Let equal us terms take the , it is simp quite le facts certain of that both som cases e will . Where be worth several more are than emp others loyed _,, not only in skill but in promptitude , attention and " faithfulness . " There
own will be and some who , who will will use make every their exertion emp to loyers prevent ' interests them suffering identical even with from their the heedlessness , and " -service" of their fellow work-le . Upon such
eye peop fall all those " odds and ends" of work , which can scarcely be noticed by their sup What eriors , is but their which reward go very ? Even far to that make of up the a hard idle and day's the labour careless . . In one
them case out for of it , ten and , a when just and promotion vigilant is emp possible loyer detects , accords their it to real them worth . , In honours other _, instances , they are passed by , and perhaps family interests or . a " high
before recommendation Piece , it -work may j he on " , alas raises the ! other until some han they incapable d , too offers , grow over a direct indifferent their premium heads and , and callous to they diligence . toil on and
asin them skill the . all cours Put one e six emp of g six irls loyment month in a , room pay s there ing together each will be for , on a the great an amount apparent difference of hex equality between own , work and them , g and ive ..
-One will probably be " thorough" in her labours . Two or three more will be leader c good onvinced , workers only that they — if quick are they naturall , are stead to y y get , less and a clever living reliable . they The ; they must rem will ainder seek some it will in day be another practicall equal walk the y
of life . Had these been paid a weekly salary , , the leader , unless a conscienthe tious worst girl , would would have have filled been their but p an laces indifferent year after worker year , never and those dreaming who that are
they Piecework were unfitted , besides for doing them . full justice , to the talent , and promptitude of operativesalso laces them on a much better position towards their loyers ..
, p emp 1 can When Under comp strength such lain circumstances when fails the , as sufferer fail would it som pauses Mary etimes , non Walhley will e can , in raise _Jiave the the toiled midst taunt on of during of work " sham , none that . "
Saturday evening preceding , her untimely death ? It is also a fact that no three emp It loyer offers good regards advantages loyes a piece than to cap -worker six ital indifferent as exactl well as y to as ones labour a dep thoug endant . It h is the reall . earnings y cheaper of to those
havethree quite emp absorb the salaries of the six . It is , much more pleasant to havethree well-to-do households connected with one ' s establishment , than six pauperized families . It is a comfort to know that one ' s assistants' welfare is *
so customer plainly or bound patron up they with suffer one ' s as own much , that as th if eir their master inattenti . And on thoug lose h a sin it is _gle a blessed at once thing more just to have and , a more servant merciful who is so faith to provi through de that none temptation shall fan c it y it .
, p habits to iece I be know - their work I that think interest is fluctuating some that to will those offer , raise and mere who objections liable know " eye- they serv to to engender ice rny . " theory need thoug their . They htless savings will , extr next urge ava week g that ant
will during commonl be . the more whole economical year extravagant . than Is it others not always than who the hope urged may rich to gain that ? And a in _definite their who degree mxm are every the , the week iece poor
are y more p wealth workers y — tradesman the porter , the , th lawyer e shopm , the an , ph the ysician clerk , and , and the the author dressmaker ? , or the belief that ieceworkis the
key I may to the be mora thoug l ht intellectu enthusiastic aland , but social _jt is elevation my of the working " p- classes " . , ,
I remain , Ladies Yours , obedientl y ,
I . F .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1863, page 70, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091863/page/70/
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