...half hour for dinner, and then we worked until the stars were out. From September 20 until March 20, we went to work at five o'clock in the morning and...same hours for meals as in the summer time. For my service I was allowed forty-two cents per week — seven cents per day, or one-half cent per hour....

...half-hour for dinner, and then we worked until the stars were out From September 20 until March 20 we went to work at five o'clock in the morning and...at night, having the same hours for meals as in the summer-time. For my services I was allowed forty-two cents per week, which, being analyzed, was seven...

...at least by comparison with another boy who worked as a bobbin boy in a Rhode Island mill in 1835. "For my services I was allowed forty-two cents per...was seven cents per day, or one-half cent per hour." 13 There were great variations, both in pay and in work conditions. The Lowell mills, of Lowell, Massachusetts,...

...dinner and then we worked until the stars were out. From September twentieth until March twentieth, we went to work at five o'clock in the morning and...which, being analyzed, was seven cents per day, or one half cent per hour. The proprietor of that mill was accustomed to make a contract with his help...

...half-hour for dinner, and then we worked until the stars were out. From September 20 until March 20, we went to work at five o'clock in the morning and...my services I was allowed forty-two cents per week, whirfi, being analyzed, was seven cents per day, or one-half cent per hour. The proprietor of that...

...week — seven cents per day, or one-halfcent per hour. The proprietor of that mil! was icrustomed to make a contract with his help on the first day of April, for the coming year. That contract was supposed to be sacred and it was looked upon as a disgrace to Ignore...