tion than the education of the present captains of industry. The latter will behave in the future as they have always behaved in the past. They will buy in the cheapest market and make the market as dear to sell in as they can. You should be concerned in the education of revolutionary leaders so that they will not behave in the future as they have in the past. But I am an Irishman and outside your social order, and my beliefs are based more on intuition than reason. (a) RESULTS APPENDICES OF THE " 48-HOURS WEEK" SYSTEM AS WORKED BY HADFIELDS, LTD., SHEFFIELD* Hadfields first made a trial of the 51-hours" week. This system commenced on May 29th, 1891. The employees began work at 6.30 a.m. instead of 6.0 a.m. On April 27th, 1894, Hadfields commenced the 48hours" week. The employees began work at 7.20 a.m. instead of 6.30 a.m. The following gives particulars of the Capital of the Company, price of shares, number of employees and wages paid, before the introduction of the "48-hours" system and at the present time (1914). * These results are added by kind permission of Sir Robert Hadfield, by whom they have been revised. |