ON THE REGULATION OF WAGES IN THE COTTON INDUSTBY. 309 



The allowance allowed by some of the lists is as follows : — 



Ashton . . Average wages that would otherwise have been earned. 

 Hyde . . 2^<^. per 100 spindles. 



Bolton . . 2s. Ofrf. for 600 spindles or under, with 2ifZ. for every 50 spindles 



additional 



(c) Besetting mules, Sfc. — When the machinery is being repaired the 

 presence of the minder is necessary, owing to his special knowledge of the 

 mule. For his assistance on such occasions he is paid : — 



£ ». d. 



Under Blackburn list 3 0a day. 



„ Bolton „ 21s. per week if both mules 

 stopped ; if one mule only 

 stopped, 30c?. per week, but 

 no payment for yarn spun 



„ Ashton „ 110 per week. 



„ Oldham „ 6 an hour. 



,, „ „ mules from 57-76 doz. . . 65 „ 



,, ,, „ larger mules . . . .006,, 



If the piecer be also employed he is paid by the employer. 



(f?) Benewah. — A renewal is to be distinguished from a resetting. 

 The latter refers to the overhauling of the entire mule ; the former 

 means a temporary stoppage by the overseer in order to replace some 

 particular part of the mule. 



The Blackburn and Bolton lists provide that the minder is to be paid, 

 if required, the same rate as for resetting, provided the stoppage be for 

 2^ hours. 



(e) Stripping. — •' Stripping,' or ' breaking out,' means taking the 

 bobbins with a certain kind of cotton ofi" the mule in order to replace 

 them with bobbins of another kind of cotton, so as to spin a different 

 quality or fineness of yarn. 



The Blackburn, Burnley, Preston, and Bury lists allow l.s. Gd. for a 

 mule containing 400 to SrjO rovings in each wheel, and for every 100 

 rovings above 500, 6d. per 100 extra. The Preston and Bury lists provide 

 for stripping wheels containing under 400 rovings, and allow Is. Sd. 

 The Ashton and Stockport lists allow 2d., and the Hyde list 2|d., for every 

 100 bobbins ; whilst the Bolton list allows at the rate of 3s. 3d. per 600 

 spindles or under, with 3d. for every additional 50 spindles. 



(/) Tubing. — Tubing means the placing of a tube on the spindle on 

 ■which the yarn is spun. 



The Blackburn and Preston lists allow 4d. for every 100 lbs. of weft 

 and 2d. for every 100 lbs. of twist for tubing with the apparatus. 



For tubing by the hand the Preston list allows 6d. a doffing. 



The Bury list has no rule. 



The Hyde and Stockport pay for tubing according to the weight of 

 the yarn. The former list allows Sd. per 100 lbs. weft, and 6d. per 100 lbs. 

 twist ; the latter M. per 100 lbs. weft, and 2d. per 100 lbs. twist. 



For tubing pin cops. — The Burnley list allows one-eighth of a penny 

 per set per lb. weight of such set when spinning GO's to lOO's, with a 

 penny per set added for every 10 hanks finer than lOO's, and a reduction 

 of one halfpenny per set for every 10 banks when spinning 60's to 20's. 



For large cops the amount allowed depends on the counts and number 

 of spindles. 



(g) Starching. — When the yarn is not spun on tubes it is necessary, in 

 order to prevent the thread at the end of the cop from becoming loose or 



