 | 1888 - Страниц: 262
...earn by such work as match-box making, for which 2}d. a gross la paid, the maker having to find hia own fire for drying the boxes, and his own paste and string? Before be can gain as much as the young thief, he must make 56 gross of match-boxes a week, or 1,296 a day.... | |
 | 1884 - Страниц: 254
...Ids. 6d. a week by thieving, but what can he earn by such work as match-box making, for which 2jrf. a gross is paid, the maker having to find his own...thief he must make 56 gross of match-boxes a week, or 1296 a day. It is needless to say that this is impossible, for even adults can rarely make more than... | |
 | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ). National Committee, 1884-1888 - 1884 - Страниц: 252
...10«. r,,ia week by thieving, but what can he earn by such work as match-box making, for which 2}rf. a gross is paid, the maker having to find his own...the young thief he must make 56 gross of match-boxes ing a week, or 1996 a day. It is needless to say that tola is impossible, for even adults can rarely... | |
 | Richmond Athenaeum - 1886 - Страниц: 388
...which 2|d. a gross is paid, the maker having to find his own fire for drying his boxes and his uwn paste and string '. Before he can gain as much as...make 56 gross of matchboxes a week, or 1,296 a day. Thoughtless braggarts may boast of our national social economy, but how can that be economic which... | |
 | Republican National Committee (U.S.) - 1888 - Страниц: 408
...and hie own paste and string? Before he can gain as much ae the young thief, he must make 50 groes of match-boxes a week, or 1,296 a day. It is needless to eay that this is impossible, for even adults can rarely make more than an average of half that number.... | |
 | Montagu Stephen Williams - 1891 - Страниц: 454
...10s. Qd. a week by thieving ; but what can he earn by such work as match-box making, for which 2^d. a gross is paid, the maker having to find his own...for drying the boxes, and his own paste and string ? . . . Women, for the work of trouser-finishing (ie, sewing in linings, making button-holes, and stitching... | |
 | Montagu Stephen Williams - 1891 - Страниц: 458
...Gd. a week by thieving ; but what can he earn l>y such work as match-box making, for which 2^. a gros is paid, the maker having to find his own fire for drying the boxes, and his own paste and string? . • • Women, for the work of trouser-finishing (ie, sewing in linings, making button-holes, and... | |
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Jd. a gross is paid, the maker having to find his own fire for drying the boxes, and his own paste and string? Before he can gain as much as the young thief he must make 56 gross of match-boxes a week, or 1,296 a day. It is needless to say that this is... 