ON THE REGULATION OF WAGES IN THE COTTON INDUSTRY. 313 



An actual illustration may be given. Suppose a mule of 100 dozen 

 of spindles (1,200) to be spinning 32's, and running 3 draws of 63 inches 

 in 45 seconds, the number of doffings being 10 in the week : 



W=£3 9s. 2d. 



a=.%s. 5d., as the list gives an allowance of S^d. for every second on 

 mnles of 100 spindles. 



a!=:2s. 6d., assuming no bobbin-carrier is employed, as will appear 

 lower down. 



.-. W + a + x=3l. 15s. Id. 



S=the number of spindles — i.e., 200. 



d=45 seconds. 



m^3,230 seconds. 



Prom 56^ hours deduct the usual 1^ hours for cleaning. For the 10 

 doffings deduct 7 minutes per doffing according to the list, and the result 

 is the normal week given above. 



561-11-1^=3230 seconds. 



K=840xl2x3. 



There are 840 yards in a hank. 



Then 1200x63x3 ^ ggg^ ^ \ = 32300. 



45 840x12x3 



.•. 32300x2=64600, or the number of hanks spun from a pair of 

 mules in a normal week. 



— = 2018 = number of lbs. spun in normal week from which the 



allowance for bobbin carrier is calculated at the rate of l^d. per 100 lbs. 

 From 64600 deduct 2^ per cent, for breakages. This leaves 62985 ; 



dl }5s Id 



and ' . ' '- = 14'30d., or the rate per hank to be paid for the actual 



62985 

 amount spun. 



The actual amount spun is shown by the indicator, and this multiplied 

 by 14'30c^. gives the wages paid to the minder. 



Vaeution of Wages under Oldham List. 



Origin of the Lists. 



The first list known in the spinning trade was that adopted at Preston 

 in 1859. Mr. Banks, of Preston, who has been a member of the Cotton 

 Spinners' Association for over fifty years, gives the following account of 

 the origin of the list : — 



' As far back as 1836 I remember that every mill had its own list 

 of wages based on a certain sum per 1,000 draws, say, for 36 weft, 660 

 spindles, 2s., the woi'king day being 12 hours, 25 000 to 25,500 draws a 

 ■week being produced. In 1859 there was a strike at Simpson's Park 



