310 REPOKT— 1887. 



being injured after the cop is taken off the spindle, to apply a certain 

 amount of starch. 



The allowance for starching is as follows : — 



Weft Twist 



Blackburn . . . .id. Id. per 100 lbs. 



Hyde . . . .Id. O^d. 



Stockport . . . , 2d. Id. „ 



Bury 2d. Id. 



(h) Cop and bobbin carrier. — The cops or bobbins require to be taken 

 off the mule and carried to the warehouse. If such duty falls on the 

 minder he is entitled to extra pay as follows : — 



Ashton . . . ^d. per 1,000 hanks — i.e., \d. for cop-carrier and ^d. 



for bobbin-carrier 

 Oldham . . l\d. per 100 lbs. \.d. per 1,000 lbs. if hoist be used. 

 Bury . . . li^. per 1,000 hanks 



In the new Bolton Hst the extra payment is determined by the com- 

 mittees of the two associations. 



The New Bolton List. 

 The new Bolton list has been issued so recently that it has been 

 impossible to give it the detailed examination it requires. No other list 

 except the Oldham list contains so many details, or so carefully defines 

 the extra allowances, and it even goes so far as to specify what days are 

 to be recognised as holidays. 



The Oldham List. 



The Oldham list differs in several important points from the lists in 

 other parts of Lancashire. It is based on payment according to the 

 actual length of yam spun as measured by a self-acting indicator affixed 

 to the mule. The standard wage is not a fixed amount per 100 lbs., but 

 a certain normal weekly wage varying with the number of spindles on 

 the mule. This normal wage is supposed to be the amount that could be 

 earned in a normal week, the mules running at a normal speed. For 

 instance, the normal wages per week for a mule containing 100 dozen 

 spindles is '61. 9s. 2(Z., which is supposed to be earned in a normal week 

 of 3,230 minutes, the mule running at a normal rate of three di-aws of 

 63 inches in every 50 seconds. 



It is further implied — 



(a) That the mule is a self-acting mule — i.e., the list does not apply 

 to double-decked mules, odd mules, three mules, or hand mules. 



(6) That the cotton used is of an average quality — i.e., that it is 

 neither of a low quality nor of a superior quality. 



As a rule, the minder will earn the normal wages ; but if he neglects 

 his work or is idle, the amount he will spin in a week will be less than 

 the normal amount, and he is paid less accordingly. 



Two advantages are claimed for the Oldham list as compared with 

 the other lists : (1) that payment by length is more equitable to the 

 operatives than payment by weight, as no mistake is possible as to the 

 amount of yarn produced. Payment by weight without regard to 

 fineness would, as has been pointed out, have this serious result, that 

 the minder who was spinning fine yarns would receive less wages than 

 he who was spinning coarse yarns ; for, though both would spin the same 



