The physical advantages
of thus carrying on the whole work in one chamber are great:
in the improved health of the people, the security against
dangerous accidents for women and youth. and the reduced
fatigue resulting from not having to ascend and descend and
carry materials to the higher rooms. But the moral advantages
resulting from superior inspection and general observation are
not less important: the child works under the eye of the
parent, the parent under that of the superior workman; the
inspector or employer at a glance can behold all.
When the workpeople of Mr Trafford left his factory they were
not forgotten. Deeply had he pondered on the influence of the
employer on the health and content of his workpeople. He knew
well that the domestic virtues are dependent on the existence
of a home, and one of his first efforts had been to build a
village where every family might be well lodged. Though he
was the principal proprietor, and proud of that character, he
nevertheless encouraged his workmen to purchase the fee: there
were some who had saved sufficient money to effect this: proud
of their house and their little garden, and of the
horticultural society, where its produce permitted them to be
annual competitors.
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