 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1904 - 624 pages
...miserably ; and many, induced temporarily to quit it, have returned to it agam, when work was to be had." "Employment is much more constant," continues Adam...computed earnings of the greater part of manufacturers, accordmgly, are nearly upon a Isvel with the day wages of common labourers, those of masons and bricklayers... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1904 - 626 pages
...constant," continues ¿Лат Smith, "in some trades than in others. In the greater part of manufacturée, a journeyman may be pretty sure of employment almost...sometimes occasion. When the computed earnings of th* greater part of manufacturers, accordingly, are nearly upon a level with the day wages of common... | |
 | Fred Manville Taylor - Economics - 1907 - 242 pages
...a journeyman may be pretty sure of employment almost every day in the year that he is able to work. A mason or bricklayer, on the contrary, can work neither...so precarious a situation must sometimes occasion. . . . ******* Fourthly, The wages of labour vary according to the small or great trust which must be... | |
 | Charles Jesse Bullock - Economics - 1907 - 732 pages
...frequently without any. What he earns, therefore, while he is employed, must not only maintain him when he is idle, but make him some compensation for those...so precarious a situation must sometimes occasion. Where the computed earnings of the greater part of manufacturers, accordingly, are nearly upon a level... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1909 - 676 pages
...his customers. He is liable, in consequence, to be frequently without any. What he earns, Ijherefore, while he is employed, must not only maintain him while...desponding moments which the thought of so precarious i situation must sometimes occasion. Where the computed earnings of the greater part of manufacturers,... | |
 | Sidney Webb, Arnold James Freeman - Casual labor - 1912 - 436 pages
...a journeyman may be pretty sure of employment almost every day of the year that he is able to work. A mason or bricklayer, on the contrary, can work neither...so precarious a situation must sometimes occasion. Where the computed earnings of the greater part of manufactures, accordingly, are nearly upon a level... | |
 | Sidney Webb, Arnold James Freeman - Casual labor - 1912 - 462 pages
...with Dr. Smith that the wages of irregular workers should afford them " some compensation for their anxious and desponding moments which the thought of so precarious a situation must sometimes occasion."1 Nassau Senior, who also repeats Adam Smith, believes that the anxious and desponding moments... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1916 - 788 pages
...different occupations vary with V constancy and inconstancy of employment. What the bricklayer earns " while he is employed, must not only maintain him while...so precarious a situation must sometimes occasion." He compared the skill and earnings of bricklayers with those of other wageearners, and concluded that... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1916 - 770 pages
...different occupations vary with constancy and inconstancy of employment. What the bricklayer earns " while he is employed, must not only maintain him while...so precarious a situation must sometimes occasion." He compared the skill and earnings of bricklayers with those of other wageearners, and concluded that... | |
 | Lorinda Perry, Susan Myra Kingsbury - Hats - 1916 - 170 pages
...4 4 — — 1 2 9 16 22 12 7 8 11 4 2.2 9.9 17.6 24.1 13.2 7.7 8.8 12.1 4.4 Total 66 12 13 91 100.0 he is employed, must not only maintain him while he...so precarious a situation must sometimes occasion. ' ' 1 This requirement can not be met by millinery makers, as a study of the average weekly wage throughout... | |
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A mason or bricklayer, on the contrary, can work neither in hard frost nor in foul weather, and his employment at all other times depends upon the occasional calls of his customers. He is liable, in consequence, to be frequently without any. What he earns,... 
