The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-04-29

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tbe Aasntic Millh u La1.snes. supleyin.
4 800 hasdsN tsstifsds ~ Sollovine. Y
. 6ds, rby arvsngsnsst I've esns d6wn d
eleven bourss We did not ,by thn rsdue-
tiOu permanently iose ID bssE halp. Tbs
cost a prodpctson .ross iittls for vhils,
bui ID has since bssoaA pess Eises Juua
1897. W bsss sun tesl i0afs . day. Fo,
about two years We loef sbopt 6vs - cenk
prodnct. Tie raasOn VIZ W dd nst loss
nipss ! psf Y Eesnk vas aic strisl
disipliss end sahersnes u every misuts
of We time, together via IN incrsass d
sped VI macbinsry, Tie average 1sost q
manufacturing sines i lss thsn q - -
fsss by ninsAssn loss huodrs1ths of 10 ssul
Per yard The fsct b We sre mskinr soss
cloth now thsp W dn under tbs eleven
hopr systHm. The Atlantic Miils are ths
only .enss which went down . tsn hours y
that tins. The other corporations psid
higher wager, aud We hbored under diisd-
vanages ]. trying the new sxpsnnsnt
Our best hslp. whsn trained, yvsala do ~
elsewhera srHHsaal aHlaf isHgi ia \.
/ was satisfied that we could produce q,
much a. before If We improved our macbin
cry. Esgksh mssafaetwsss scld ms tbsl
their ten-bour rule gays stipaleus 10 In
vention. and 80 it did with 10, Il now cost
us my Thousand dollars per asnum fee 10
psirA snd about % mssh mnrs fos renew
ing machinery. / denst believe TIE man.
ufsctures viii generally come down 70 tsr
hours. except BY compulsory Legislation. ]
made every eff6rt % lsdsss other csrperal
tons to adopt zen hours with M, and wss
unsuccessful. A tsRrhow systsm vosid
give leisure which might Be vrongfully
employed By many at hrst, but soon oper.
atises woaid use their spare time to develor
the hest fasAldss Sod has given them. In
answer % Ma EGardnsr hs asssrtsd most
positively that his Mills produce more in
ten than they formerly did in eleven hours
He referred to the excellent advantages fcr
schooling afforded q Ia~rsnce; some l 500
operatives attend, and u vas clear to him
that they would learn more If they were W
leived from the eleventh hours work
He believed that y reduction To ten houfr
vouid improvs the moral physical and In.
telleceaslI faenl6ss Of the spsrahocs. h .rI
Thomas Ridgsvay wished to deny thsl
the Pacific Mills had not discharged men
for ten-hout agitation. BE, togethsr, with
Mr.. Bower Of the committee, we're dis
charged fov srequest 70 have Nd time -
Hduced 10 sixty beurs q week MrsaWsds
the Superintendent sent . eompulsery Or
der ~ my oyerseer that should Be dis
charged forthwith because I had iinsuIted
bisni in asking the managing agent and no,
himsslf. l went 30 the msnssiue aeeut n,
one Of . cemmittse Of the werkingmen q.
make the above request. Itn false to den,
that n,ea do not suEsr On sscount of ths
ssnlbcur movement. am restrained hou
actively sgitasing this subject for fear thai
my family shall lose theis daily bread.
hope Nr. Wade viii suffer ~ much ~ h
has made some Of US suffer. N. R. Frepcb
an ove-seer Of weaving at the Atlantic
Mn, of Lawrence, eAdcrsed the statement,
Of Mr. Gray in every particular. Ny m;l
shows decided increase Of product, and
believe any mill can, 10 time, make none,
By adopting the ten hour rule- Under
standing that We must devise every mean
to'uaks . product Of ten equal 70 that .
eleven hours We soon e1scatsd our bell
10 perfect promptness, ipcFsassd alaerity ani
complete discipline The last hour 10 III,
day is not as good for work as The, other,
In the season Of t6e year when we have d
light up the work sfter dark isnos as goo,
% thatat daylight, The absence from sick
mean is now less than one per cent. per an
mum. he wishes to deny that the mill helm
in Lawrence, at least are q degraded Sc,
Their leisure is generally wen employed
Experienced hands cone % me from etbe
mills, unwilling To workeleves hours Il tb
Pacific. though at higher vages ] consid
or the ten-hour system advantageous to bot
enPlcyese and employees, and would mos
csrssinly adopt that sysssn If / wess 10 wi
a. mill of my own We increased on
speed four per cent. when we adopred tn
ten hour rule. james H. Larrabee, owe,
sser Of carding at the Atlantic Mills, Il sa
isesd that . ten hour system n The bes
The reduction was attended by ne psrms
neat los Of The best belA and tbs predu'
ton i certainly larger. .f,r.