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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ... following table shows the number and amounts of the reductions in the wages of the Northumberland miners from the commencement of 1874 to the present time (June, 1878): The great extent of the depression in the coal trade since 1873 will be seen at once by the following comparative table: Northumberland coal trade. During the period of prosperity, the great demand for men to work in the pits and the high wages paid induced a large number, especially of agricultural laborers, to seek employment in the coal trade; and in 1873 the number of men working underground reached 16,000; but when the depression of trade set in, and was followed by reduced wages, 4,000 of these men we're obliged to return to their former employment or look to some other branch of industry for means of livelihood. The number of men working underground now (June, 1878) is 12,000. The average wages during the good times was $2.16 per day. The hewers worked five out of the six working days, thus earning $10.80 per week. Three days and a half is the average number of days worked in the Northumberland collieries now, which, at, say, $1.20 per day, reduces earnings now to $4.20 per week against $10.80 per week in 1873. The depressed state of the coal trade is further illustrated by the fact that during the last two years and a half several collieries have stopped working, and during the same period the sum of $73,000 has been distributed by the Northumberland Miners' Association to support men thrown out of employment or in furnishing them with transportation to other parts of the kingdom. A single reference to the habits of the miners and I have done with this part of my report. Mr. John Stuart Mill says that "the majority of Englishmen have no life but in their work; that alone stands...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781130641462
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 176
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1130641465
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 327 gr


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