History of the cotton manufacture in Great Britain: with a notice of its early history in the East, and in all the quarters of the globe ... and a view of the present state of the manufacture / By Edward Baines, jun.

  • Baines, Edward, Sir, 1800-1890.
Date:
[1835]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: History of the cotton manufacture in Great Britain: with a notice of its early history in the East, and in all the quarters of the globe ... and a view of the present state of the manufacture / By Edward Baines, jun. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cotton Districts. Descriptions of Work-people. Daily Wages. francs, cents francs, cents At Lille . . , Spinners men . . . 3 0 — women . . . 1 20 to 1 25 Other cotton workers , . . 1 75 to 2 0 Do- Do,. 1 0 to 1 25 children . . . 50 to 60 1 n Alsace . . . Spinners men . . . 1 23 to 3 0 — women . . . 75 to 2 0 children . . . 40 to 50 Calico weavers men . . . 00 to 1 25 — children . . . 25- to 50 fine weavers men . . . 1 25 to 2 50 printers men . . . 1 25 to 3 0 engravers do. . . . 1 50 to 5 0 other operatives do. . . . 1 25 to 1 50 — women . . . 90 to 1 50 — children . . . 25 to 50 bleachers men . . . ] 40 to 1 60 r men . . . 1 50 to 3 0 At St. Quentin town operatives w \ women . . . 90 to 1 25 children . . 50 to 1 25 men . . . 1 0 to 2 0 country operatives 7 women . „ . 70 to 1 0 C. children . . 30 to 60 The progress of the French manufacture within the last twelve years may be judged of from the following table, extracted from the Havre Price Current, corrected and revised by a board of merchants 6