The Fall River List of Prices for Mule Spinning
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Wage price list for mule spinners in the Fall River, Massachusetts cotton mills, agreed between the Manufacturers' Board of Trade and the Mule Spinners' Association effective January 1, 1889. Most pages are tables giving piece rates for weft yarn by number of spindles (about 350 to 1000) and yarn count (18s to 50s), followed by a shorter warp table for yarns 22s to 37s. Introductory notes explain how fractional yarn numbers are rounded, the extra 5 percent for spinning weft on warp mules, and the deduction of back boys' wages from spinners' earnings. A handwritten note on one page records a 10 percent increase made Dec. 11, 1899.
- Type
- Other
- Date
- 1889
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 20
- Archive notes
- Scanned from micro-fiche
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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