. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . 32 to 36 per cent,more than he required ; and from 1443 to 1485, from 149to 153 per cent., or froui 49 to 53 per cent, more than herecpiired. To put the same statement into another form,skilled artisans could, from 1401 to 14«5, live comfortably,and save on an average 30s. or 40s. a year. But there weresharp contrasts between one year and another, and a thriftless INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE. 54o person might eas
. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . 32 to 36 per cent,more than he required ; and from 1443 to 1485, from 149to 153 per cent., or froui 49 to 53 per cent, more than herecpiired. To put the same statement into another form,skilled artisans could, from 1401 to 14«5, live comfortably,and save on an average 30s. or 40s. a year. But there weresharp contrasts between one year and another, and a thriftless INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE. 54o person might easily be invulved in great ditHeulties in liadtimes. Ill this estimate the addition to the resonrees of thefamih which the .small hohhiig miglit atiord is entirely neg-lected, as also are the possible earnings of othei- members ofthe family besides the father. At tliis period the furnitnreof the wealthiest merchants was poor and mean, and anartisan conld probally have fuvnislud his house condnrtably,in accordance with the ideas of the time, for £3 or £4. Inferior artisans and most of the agricnltural labonrers Lowerwere paid at a rate between 80 and 40 per cent, lnwer than ;S AT WcKK (.MS. ll;nl. 227,-). that of the skilled craftsman, bnt there was a slightly greaterproportional increase in their wages (hiring the period. It isclear that they conld not have lived so well as the betterclass of workman, nor had they the same opportunities ofsaving. Their employment was less regnlar, and the\ musthave felt the pim-h of dear years more acutely. Hut thestandard of comfort here supposed in the case of skilledworkmen might be considerably , and there wouldstill be more than enough for comfortable subsistence. It isplain from the numcrons entries in Thorold liogerss tablesof the allowance for food to labourers when they wereboarded, that this class lived well, and that a dciidcd im-provement in tliiir conditiiin took place dming the tifteeiith79 546 TJfE tW
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