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For some reason or other the miner aims at an eight hours day, and when, as in 1872 and 1873, the conditions of industry and of the Coal Market enabled him to gain his wages easily, he pre- ferred to reduce his hours to that limit rather than to increase his wages.
§ 4. Horn the Output is affected.
But this period, 1872 and 1S73, is also valuable for en- abUng us to determine how far the reduction of working hours influences the output of each individual. The follow- HOW THE OUTPUT IS AFFECTED....
107 ing table shows the average output of each man employed during the five years 1S68 to 1872 ^ — Number of Men.
Average yearly output per man in Tons.
1868 1869 1870 I87I 1872 346, 820 345. 446 350, 894 370, 881 413, 334 302 316 321 299 From this table it appears that between the years 1871 and 1872 the average output was diminished by eighteen tons per man per annum, and the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed " to inquire into the causes of the present dearness and scarcity of coal, " make the following remarks upon the above figures : " The comparison between 1872 and former years is aftected by the facts that the previous returns were not compulsory, and did not include in all cases the whole of the persons employed in the mine and about the colliery, nor do the returns admit of any account being taken of the saving of labour, either in the mines or above ground, in consequence of improved arrange- ments for working the collieries, or delivering the coal into the waggons for transport.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
For some reason or other the miner aims at an eight hours day, and when, as in 1872 and 1873, the conditions of industry and of the Coal Market enabled him to gain his wages easily, he pre- ferred to reduce his hours to that limit rather than to increase his wages.
§ 4. Horn the Output is affected.
But this period, 1872 and 1S73, is also valuable for en- abUng us to determine how far the reduction of working hours influences the output of each individual. The follow- HOW THE OUTPUT IS AFFECTED....
107 ing table shows the average output of each man employed during the five years 1S68 to 1872 ^ — Number of Men.
Average yearly output per man in Tons.
1868 1869 1870 I87I 1872 346, 820 345. 446 350, 894 370, 881 413, 334 302 316 321 299 From this table it appears that between the years 1871 and 1872 the average output was diminished by eighteen tons per man per annum, and the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed " to inquire into the causes of the present dearness and scarcity of coal, " make the following remarks upon the above figures : " The comparison between 1872 and former years is aftected by the facts that the previous returns were not compulsory, and did not include in all cases the whole of the persons employed in the mine and about the colliery, nor do the returns admit of any account being taken of the saving of labour, either in the mines or above ground, in consequence of improved arrange- ments for working the collieries, or delivering the coal into the waggons for transport.
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