The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-08-20 00:00:00

TILE AIANCIIES7'ER SPINNERS.

The operative spinners of this p!nre are still at
serialises. with their owit iriterest. Fur the .2.,
years tiny have esijoyed uu uninterrupted state of
prosperity to Kimura comdmit eistioloyineiit. at •Itioc-
tior wai4el to shut of other worktir4 I I,sw, moil
even 1., !he drrallfolly d isressell Ar Or ti tole which
I;;.1!ILVIINflell the years 1816 and 1817. 11,11.
t.,14.1.1 of Wt•WVerr, Bce. were sulferiaii; the grimiest
Frain the want of employment, awl
Irlisl low wages, they Were still found 11.4:11y and
comfortable. The same happiness cootioneit,
they liner voluntarily relinquished it. is true they
have sidled to the public tlidt they hiss.. 1101 been
sulTiviessily remunerated for their laboiird, and by
their rf presets's, ))))) s have prrsuitskil
to think so too ; Intl is ref.-wilco to facts will roe-
vict them oiextreine folly, to cal! their " turn out"
by no harsher a name. It is welt kfi-ivit that when
woolossetr me paid by the gis.sotity and quality of
work done. that a disparity in the amnion:l of their
esrensigs most resuit ; but an averag- isitiotrat per
hand will furnish DUlfi,:irot data to ;sr. ve that their
sisasalioss sus not such as to justify t:se fouslestre of
the measure% to wisich they have r..nh •rl. It up.
pears that in the cotton tottio, hunt ohlemi the sput-
ter. have seceded, that the men, on the average,
firm the month cif Jana:try lust to 'the Middle of
JOi;e, WWII they left toff labour, earned upwards of
31s. per week ; and th..t boys mud gtils, who are
earned, during that time, onwards of se.
%video' olollingir per week, cleir of all chargesialiftl
derlsictisois ishistsuever.
'From ilus sostrment, compared Willi the earnings'
of other working classes, we (linnet but think tlt:tt
the a • ers Ore acting most inconsis cnlly, 51:11 are
de: n 4 injustice to themselves tool families by the
pertinacity with which they adhere to a .let nand of
an hit-reuse of wages; even without eilvertifts„; to
the loss sustained by their late employers, shose•
mills are at this moment of little uxotialw to iliem
from the continued interest of capital einisioi%e.),
us
rent, insiirafice, conducting eery:pits' salaries, thil
depreciation iss the value of inarinitery shirt') is refs
guilt fool progressive whether in we or not ; and •
without coos:tiering, that Lout those causes, t•s say
nothing of more generous !waives, the on user of a
cotton mill is obliged to continue it at wank, Wileti
She market it in such a stair that it is not is,.ible
to sell «1111 14 profit, and sometimes whim sales
cannot he mule without an Acnral loss. Forty `years
ago, spinoin4 was iu the histsits of is few woineu rod
cliiliiren. The ingenuity s.f ins (*baffles, and the
spirit awl enterprise of caisttaltsts, have given em-
ployment to thousands of men ; it is not lit that a
matinfictory of such lineal Ottfl odtiondl tin Ilerialtre
shosilfl Ire swept away by a e himittoo. mole to
the very fire of au express Statute, viz. that of
the 3911 sand 40th of Geo. 111. v. 106, s c. s,
wherein it is enacted,

" that no person (mrhet!ter employed is sloorneyrivan or
vorkm in in any manufacture, trade or business, or not),
shall at any time afar the paming of this Art, 'tautly pay
or tire any •ato of money, as a stilneription or
for the on remor of pa C%prIIRY• incurred, or to I.:
nnnr-
by any prison or pi Nuns acting contrary to tit: pri:vi-
bl.lll/ l't'i Art, by payment of to met?. or other means,
solvent sir maintain any jonrurylnan, or':1/1.1.1. or other
prrs-ii, sir c towards his suirpotl or maiiiiimaiice,
fir l'i^ porpsise of inducing hits to r. fuse to wink or
hired ar employril, ill nuy mania Kinn., trade or list•iiiess;
and a-y to'rsusi who shall be guilty of any such offence,
s'iall forfeit and lose ally sum not exceeding the t.. 1
wan and eve. y journeyntan, workman, sir other ',entail,
who shall rollrel or receive any
any of II purposes aforesaid, shall forfeit •uil lu.. any sum
nut exceeding the slim of five pounds; finch t. oc.liv MI
plis,Tl,l4 an I five pounds rlltpelllVtly to lie f.'. wie
M.) e.y to his Nlajesty, and the other mon ly to the informer
and Iw poor of the parish where such otbmee has hero e.im.
suit be tin4lly divided between them "—(3laaciterfta•
lie.-af 1.)

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