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" I shall now present the outline of a system which appears to me to be pregnant with the most important results, both to the class of workmen and to the country at large; and which, if acted upon, would, in my opinion, permanently raise the working classes,... "
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures - Page 245
by Charles Babbage - 1835 - 408 pages
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 18

Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1833 - 502 pages
...which Mr. B. proposes to rectify this state of things, is unfolded in the following extract : — " I shall now present the outline of a system which...the proposed system is founded, are — 1st. That n considerable part of the washes received by each person employed, should depend on the profit s made...
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The Civil, Ecclesiastical, Literary, Commercial, and Miscellaneous ..., Volume 2

Edward Parsons - Bradford (West Yorkshire, England) - 1834 - 528 pages
...Manufactures, because it is of the greatest possible importance to the manufacturers of this vicinity. I shall now present the outline of a system which...principles on which the proposed system is founded, arc — 1st. That a considerable part of the wages received by each person employed should depend on...
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Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications ..., Volume 2

John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1849 - 588 pages
...manufacturing industry generally. I venture to quote the principal part of his observations on the subject. " The general principles on which the proposed system...—1st. That a considerable part of the wages received by each person employed, should depend on the profits made by the establishment; and 2nd. That every...
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Methods of Social Reform: And Other Papers

William Stanley Jevons - Great Britain - 1883 - 404 pages
...Admirable results have followed wherever this mode of payment was adopted. " I shall now," he continues, " present the outline of a system which appears to me...upon, would, in my opinion, permanently raise the working-classes and greatly extend the manufacturing system. " The general principles on which the...
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Methods of Social Reform: And Other Papers

William Stanley Jevons - Great Britain - 1883 - 430 pages
...Admirable results have followed wherever this mode of payment was adopted. " I shall now," he continues, " present the outline of a system which appears to me...upon, would, in my opinion, permanently raise the working-classes and greatly extend the manufacturing system. " The general principles on which the...
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Science and Reform: Selected Works of Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage - Mathematics - 1989 - 386 pages
...lead mines of Flintshire, into those at Skipton in Yorkshire, and into some of the copper mines of Cumberland; and it is desirable that it should become...principles on which the proposed system is founded, are — i St. That a considerable part of the wages received by each person employed should depend on the...
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