The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-09-23
For Me Snu.

Mr. Editor Seeing statement purporing TO be
copied from the Springfield Democrat Miss Louisa
Borden wove l42 yards of cloth and received for the
same $3.50, Misses Susan Sticking and Charlotte New
comb each 2008 yards for which they each recev
ed $500. two other girls (names not mentioned J
wOve ,974 yards each. The whole amount woven by
the five girls heng 10, LOG yards, in week, IN the
month of August in the mills at Colerain This is spo-
ken of ordinary rather than extraordinary per-
formauce. All this will not dispute, but will
state what has been donen this place, Stonevle MILL
in Auburn, Worcester County, Mass.
We will take the work of five girls and for three sue
cessve weeks each viz Miss Emclane Tiffany wove
in two weeks in June, say week 1888 yards and
ceived for the weaving 5000; the next week, she
lll3 yards and received for the same $3.50; the next
week 10 July 1000 yards and pay for the same IS 60 ;
for the next week 1862 yards You will see by this that
Miss Borden in the :" Corain NIill' wove in one week
g l42 yards. pay for the same $3.50 while Miss Tiffany
Of the "Stonevic MlP' but | l58 and was paid
&c 60. Thus Miss Borden 984 yards more than
Miss Tiffany aud received cents less in amount Of
pay. Miss Vlelta NJ Tiffany in three weeks wove as
follows one week, 1902 yards pay for the same $3.50
week 1910 yards, and received $780, week
ll05 yards pay for the $500 Miss Nancy A.
Tiffany in three weeks, as follows one week. iii yds
pay for the same SO 90 one week, 994 yds. paw for
The same $3.50. Miss Olive Culworth three weeks as
follows: one week 1858 yards, pay orthe same SO 90;
one week 909 yards pay IS 90 ohe week $40 yards
pay $3.50 Mss Ellen McClinr in three weeks as fol-
lowS one week, 1911 yards pay for the same $500 !;
week 852 yards, pay 1920, one week, 93l yards
pay $3.50. All the cloth wove IN the Stonevle Mill is
yard WIDE and will number twenty yards xty-fou picks
10 the inch. Weavers paid by the cut in the Stone
vile mill, rec5ptulaton.
Miss E. Tiffany in 3 weeks 3l7l yards pay $3.50
V. NJ. Tiffany in wks. 3077 1880
N A. Tiffany in wks 1860 " 1860
O. Cudworh il 3 wks, 2942 1880
E McCln.ir in wks 1914 [" 1880
Cloth 1924 yards, paid for weavinc, S8l 60
which is equivalent to paying girl S84,60, for Is
weeks work S564 per week the usual earned
by the in the oneyIlc Mil is from S3 10 g. so
per week. weavers pay for their board in this place ST.
% per week. The variations in the price paid 10 the
several weayers is, owing TO getting off cuts
than others. The question may be asked, who is this
| will answer some are young aud not well expert
enced in the business Others and persons will
do work than others, in any kind Of business 5
some men will chop more wood in a day than Others ;
Lawyers" will talk than Others and of course
will receive more pay.
Many OF your readers may be gratiGed in reading the
above statements, of the industry of the Stonevile Mill
operatives, and other mills proclaim what they have
dole let it be known, through your columns, that there
is another mill in Massachusetts besides that at Colerain
where the operatives good deal of cloth and
ceive good pay for the
DENNIS TIFFANY.
StanvIlle, Auburn Worcester Co., Sept. 20 1916.