. Making both ends meet : the income and outlay of New York working girls. d not lift andcarry the heavy weight of cloth to the table, but couldslide the work. The machine was run more task was increased to about 35,000 yards, or fromabout 155 pieces to about 610. The wage withthe bonus was now about $10 on full time, and thehours were lessened 45 minutes, as at the tenteringmachines. The worker stops the yarding machine by throwingher weight on her right foot, on a pedal to the girls interviewed said they did not feel this as astrain, as there was a knack in doing it eas
. Making both ends meet : the income and outlay of New York working girls. d not lift andcarry the heavy weight of cloth to the table, but couldslide the work. The machine was run more task was increased to about 35,000 yards, or fromabout 155 pieces to about 610. The wage withthe bonus was now about $10 on full time, and thehours were lessened 45 minutes, as at the tenteringmachines. The worker stops the yarding machine by throwingher weight on her right foot, on a pedal to the girls interviewed said they did not feel this as astrain, as there was a knack in doing it easily. Onconsulting a neighborhood physician it was found thatwithin the last ten years, however, several women, bothat the yarding and tentering machines, had strainedthemselves, probably by the tread at the yardingmachine and by the slightly twisted seated positionthe older tentering machines necessitated. The num-ber of these cases traceable to any one process of workhad not increased under the new system. The wholenumber of these cases in the factory had, on the other. Courtesy if ?? Imlusirial Enijinccrinij The Usual Method of Providing the BricklayerWITH Material SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT 239 hand, either decreased under the new system, or elsehad not come under this doctors care. He believed,however, that there was a reduction of the cases,and that this reduction was attributable to the bettergeneral health achieved by shorter hours, betterventilation, and better working conditions andappliances. The increased task at the yarding machine seems tohave increased the danger of accidents. A knife ex-tends from the side of the machine; and when thegirls attention is concentrated on her work, she some-times puts her fingers too near the blade, and cutsthem, though no instance was known here of the lossof a finger or of serious injury. The girls stand all day at the yarding machine andat most of the succeeding processes of are various arrangements of inspecting, cou
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