The Co-Operative Wholesale Societies, Limited, England And Scotland : Annual 1
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The hours are 44, and the rates of piecework are higher than those paid in similar factories. THE HOSIERY FACTORY OCCUPIES the basement of the building. This department was carried on for some time on a small scale in the drapery department in Glasgow, being chiefly confined to producing machine-knitted stockings and pants. Since its removal to Shieldhall the business has been very much extended, the most improved machinery and methods in use in the hosiery trade having been introduced. The wee...kly production is as follows : — Hose and half-hose, 100 dozen ; shirts and pants, 40 dozen ; Jerseys, 20 dozen ; children's combinations, 40 dozen. These goods are all finished on the premises, and give steady employment to a staff of 53 workers, the hours being 53 per week. Perhaps no more beautiful and intricate machinery is to be seen than that occupied in this industry, which has almost supplanted the laborious hand labour of stocking knitting, and transferred it 336 THE SCOTTISH CO-OPERATIVE WHOLESALE SOCIETY from the fireside to the factory.
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