Lancashire Cotton Industry
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A one-page 1897 editorial on the troubled state of the Lancashire cotton industry. It blames foreign competition (India, Japan, China), famine and plague in India, the fall in silver, uncertain exchange and hostile tariffs. It reports a proposed wage cut of 5 percent in spinning mills and 10 percent in weaving factories, and the operatives' preference for reduced output to raise prices. It also discusses the risk of a large labour dispute.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- October 15, 1897
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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