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" Experience had already shewn how much could be done by the industry of children, and the advantages of early employing them in such branches of manufactures as they are capable to execute. The extension of schools of industry was also an object of material... "
The speeches of ... William Pitt in the House of commons [ed. by W.S. Hathaway]. - Page 135
by William Pitt - 1817
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The Speeches of the Right Honourable William Pitt, in the House of ..., Volume 2

William Pitt - Great Britain - 1808 - 474 pages
...relief according to the number of children, preventing removals at the caprice of the parish officer, and making them subscribe to friendly societies, would...employing them in such branches of manufactures as they ara capable to execute. The extension of schools of industry was also an object of material importance....
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 6

Tobias Smollett - Books - 1814 - 718 pages
...iniK -;- of children, and the advantages of early employing them in s'.:.(i 1 riiches of manufacture, as they are capable to execute. The extension of schools...object of material importance. If any one would take theti-cub!« to compute the amount of all the earnings of the children who are already educated in...
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The History of the Factory Movement: From the Year 1802, to the ..., Volume 1

Samuel Kydd - Child labor - 1857 - 368 pages
...the second reading of the Labourers' Wages Bill, William Pitt said — " Experience had already shown how much could be done by the industry of children, and the advantage of early employing them in such branches of manufacture as they were capable to execute....
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A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, Volume 6

William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Great Britain - 1887 - 648 pages
...speech on the depressed condition of the labouring classes he observed : ' Experience has already shown how much could be done by the industry of children,...capable to execute. The extension of schools of industry is also an object of material importance. If anyone would take the trouble to compute the amount of...
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The Modern Factory System: By R. Whately Cooke Taylor

Richard Whately Cooke-Taylor - Factory laws and legislation - 1891 - 556 pages
...second reading of the Labourers' Wages Bill," Pitt spoke as follows : — " Experience has already shown how much could be done by the industry of children, and the advantage of early employing them in such branches of manufacture as they were capable to execute....
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English Economic History: Select Documents

Alfred Edward Bland, Philip Anthony Brown, Richard Henry Tawney - Business & Economics - 1914 - 776 pages
...every complaint to which the present partial remedy could be applied. Experience had already shown how much could be done by the industry of children...advantages of early employing them in such branches of manufacture as they are capable to execute. The extension of schools of industry was also an object...
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The Rise of Modern Industry

John Lawrence Hammond - Commerce - 1926 - 306 pages
...to reject Whitbread's Minimum Wage Bill on Feb. 12, 1796, Pitt said: "Experience had already shown how much could be done by the industry of children,...branches of manufactures as they are capable to execute." General Smith, speaking later, said: "As to employing the industry of children, such a measure, however...
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Theories and Themes

Carlo M. Cipolla - Business & Economics - 2006 - 346 pages
...Whitbread's Minimum Wage Bill on Feb. 12, 1796, Pitt said: "Experience had already shown how much could bo done by the industry of children, and the advantages...branches of manufactures as they are capable to execute." General Smith, speaking later, said : " As to employing the industry of children, such a measure, however...
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Child Workers in England, 1780-1820: Parish Apprentices and the Making of ...

Katrina Honeyman - History - 2007 - 362 pages
...of children was emphasised by William Pitt in 1796, when he wrote that experience has already shown how much could be done by the industry of children, and the advantage of early employing them in such branches of manufacture as they were capable to execute ......
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