Lamb's textile industry of the United States, embracing biographical sketches of prominment men and a historical résumé of the progress of textile manufacture from the earliest records to the present time; . red for sixteen hours a day, Mr. Slater found time and thoughtfor those in his employ. On the establishment of the old mill in Pawtucket,he introduced such rules and regulations as he thought expedient for theenforcement of order and regularity, and also opened Sunday schools afterthe manner of those established by Mr. Raikes in England, for theinstruction of the young people employed in t
Lamb's textile industry of the United States, embracing biographical sketches of prominment men and a historical résumé of the progress of textile manufacture from the earliest records to the present time; . red for sixteen hours a day, Mr. Slater found time and thoughtfor those in his employ. On the establishment of the old mill in Pawtucket,he introduced such rules and regulations as he thought expedient for theenforcement of order and regularity, and also opened Sunday schools afterthe manner of those established by Mr. Raikes in England, for theinstruction of the young people employed in the mills; in addition to these,day schools were promoted by Mr. Slater at all of the manufactories inwhich he was interested, in some cases the teachers salaries being paid byMr. Slater himself, and his relations with his employees were cordial andpleasant. He took a paternal and. kindly interest in their welfare, whichwas extended to their social and domestic concerns, and to his care andeffort for a period extending over forty years, was due the relativelysuperior condition of the manufacturing villages of Rhode Island in theirmoral and social aspects as compared with similar manufacturing villages.
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