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Little Mike , twelve years old , earns eight cents an hour . 6 . Group of cotton loom
girls , 7 . Only thirteen , and works all night in a machine sh Then when the “
cracker off " boy broke sends his son to the glass works to make off the blow pipe
...
Little Mike , twelve years old , earns eight cents an hour . 6 . Group of cotton loom
girls , 7 . Only thirteen , and works all night in a machine sh Then when the “
cracker off " boy broke sends his son to the glass works to make off the blow pipe
...
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They are stunted , undeveloped long , dreary hours their little half - develand
dumb . The most striking thing about these little martyrs of industry is the way in
which they mechanically go through their tasks , quickly , but without a sound .
They are stunted , undeveloped long , dreary hours their little half - develand
dumb . The most striking thing about these little martyrs of industry is the way in
which they mechanically go through their tasks , quickly , but without a sound .
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... in case there were any initial expense of putting them in . This among the
Government ' s estimate who army of twenty thousand little slate grubbers work
nine and ten hours a day . The Superintendent THE TECHNICAL WORLD
MAGAZINE.
... in case there were any initial expense of putting them in . This among the
Government ' s estimate who army of twenty thousand little slate grubbers work
nine and ten hours a day . The Superintendent THE TECHNICAL WORLD
MAGAZINE.
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bers work nine and ten hours a day . The Superintendent of the coal mining de -
partment of a large Eastern railroad re - ports to the Commissioner of Labor : “
Breaker boys at the coal mines re - ceive from five to ten cent ; an hour ; How ...
bers work nine and ten hours a day . The Superintendent of the coal mining de -
partment of a large Eastern railroad re - ports to the Commissioner of Labor : “
Breaker boys at the coal mines re - ceive from five to ten cent ; an hour ; How ...
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It was but a lapse of a few nine or ten hours a day at the hardest minutes before
everything in the building kind of labor , and they have the true was silent - every
bit of machinery hav - home - born , American stamina which ing stopped - and ...
It was but a lapse of a few nine or ten hours a day at the hardest minutes before
everything in the building kind of labor , and they have the true was silent - every
bit of machinery hav - home - born , American stamina which ing stopped - and ...
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