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Page 164
... miners in our own country in the cost of schooling and medical attendance . The price of labour in France had grown with the augmented cost of living . The wages of ordinary labourers had risen in twenty years from 1s . 6d . a day to ...
... miners in our own country in the cost of schooling and medical attendance . The price of labour in France had grown with the augmented cost of living . The wages of ordinary labourers had risen in twenty years from 1s . 6d . a day to ...
Page 166
... miners are supplied with firing and live rent free , which makes their wages worth an additional 1d . per hour , as compared with the earnings of colliers in the United States . In America in 1874 the hewers got 13 cwt . of coal and ...
... miners are supplied with firing and live rent free , which makes their wages worth an additional 1d . per hour , as compared with the earnings of colliers in the United States . In America in 1874 the hewers got 13 cwt . of coal and ...
Page 167
... Miners Puddlers ( 12 hours ) 8. d . 8. d . 48. to 78. 2d . Belgium in 8 hours 38.6d . in 10 Silesia hours 2s . 6d . to 38. 7d . per day 18. 10d . in 8 hours 1st hand 5 6 2nd 1st 2 10 to 3 2 99 4 9 99 2nd 3 2 99 parison in It is ...
... Miners Puddlers ( 12 hours ) 8. d . 8. d . 48. to 78. 2d . Belgium in 8 hours 38.6d . in 10 Silesia hours 2s . 6d . to 38. 7d . per day 18. 10d . in 8 hours 1st hand 5 6 2nd 1st 2 10 to 3 2 99 4 9 99 2nd 3 2 99 parison in It is ...
Page 168
Earl Thomas Brassey Brassey. Output of the coal- miners of Belgium : scale of wages , measured by the day , is much ... miner is not afraid to work his best , ' knowing that his wages will not be questioned ; when demand wanes , and ...
Earl Thomas Brassey Brassey. Output of the coal- miners of Belgium : scale of wages , measured by the day , is much ... miner is not afraid to work his best , ' knowing that his wages will not be questioned ; when demand wanes , and ...
Page 169
... miner under the same conditions . Let us British compare the Belgian figures with some English statis- tics ... miners raised 134,610,000 tons of coal , being an average of 272.4 tons per man . I have also taken from the last ...
... miner under the same conditions . Let us British compare the Belgian figures with some English statis- tics ... miners raised 134,610,000 tons of coal , being an average of 272.4 tons per man . I have also taken from the last ...
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