Dirty Jobs Of Mill Workers

An early nineteenth-century textile mill was a dangerous and unhealthy place to work. People worked in factories with small windows and lack of ventilation this made the factory air hard to breathe, which caused dust and other residue from the cotton to find their way into in to the worker’s lungs, causing severe illness. Workers constant bending and working in cramped conditions often led to physical deformities in factory workers, workers were abandoned from the moment than an accident occurred, their wages are stopped, no medical attendance is given and whatever the extent of the injury no compensation is offered. Overseers would punish anyone responsible for slowing or stopping the machines for any reason, machines had no safety fences or guards around them, so workers were always at risk of injury. People worked a fourteen to sixteen-hour day only getting paid $8-$10 a week, only getting about 10c an hour. Women received one-third or sometimes one-half the pay that men received, children received even less. workers were not allowed to have a watch or anything that could show them the time. Factories were not the best place to work, the only light present was the light from the sun through the

First, the wealth of someone is often judged by other people. The characters who work at the mill have a very low wage. Every member of a mill family has to work in order to get the basic necessities. Will Tweedy, the main character, says about the mill workers, “Just being around

As a result of these unethical business practices and low wages most laborers were malnourished, overworked, and generally in poor health; and this problem was further exacerbated by the fact that many of these workers not only worked in factories with poor conditions, but also lived in poor working-class neighborhoods which were also plagued with a plethora of health and safety hazards. This was due to the fact that poor neighborhoods at this time were often overcrowded and unsanitary, which then resulted in rampant spread of diseases such

So the wife looked dirty and was working under bad and unsafe conditions. Living conditions and public health did not lead to progress therefore workers got sick because they would share things not knowing the other people were sick and workers worked in places that would make them sick as

In document D Edward Baines states “Above all, it is alleged that the children who labor in mills are often cruelly beaten by overlookers, that their feeble limbs become distorted by continual standing and stooping, that in many mills they are forced to work thirteen, fourteen, or fifteen hours per day, and that they have not time either for play or for education” the author is provide examples of the children that were suffering in the factories, they didn't have the same opportunities that other children of their age had, there were no laws to protect their lives, also they were losing the chance to attempt to school; this definitely affected their life because with the lack of education they had to spend the rest of their lives working for evil factories.

In this time period it was common for children to work in factories. This paper will argue that factory life was not safe. In the interview with Dr.Ward he stated,” The state of the health of the cotton-factory children is much worse than that of children employed in other manufactories.” He’s strictly stating that factory life was/is unhealthy and or unsafe for children. Although, Dr.Holme’s testifies that 363 children were in good health his statement can’t be trusted, because Mr.Pooley’s conducted on interviewed paying Dr.Holme to be dishonest and say the children were healthy. In the interview with Hebergam he had said,” i have damaged my lungs. My lungs. My leg muscles do not function properly and will not support the weight of my bones.”

The Industrial Revolution may have changed the way America functioned all together, but not all of that change was for the better. The book “The Grapes of Wrath” is a great example of the negative toll that industrialization took on poor laborers. The main character, Tom Joad, describes all that is happening around him after his return from McAlester state penitentiary. During this time the rising of big industrial farms puts his family out of work. Throughout the story there is a sort of harmful domino effect towards the skilled workers of this time.

Furthermore, the owners of the harsh factories damaged the workers dignity/mental health. A former cotton worker described a “dreadful punishment,” girls

Being a woman or child, and having the ability to work and get paid was astounding. Both of these types of people were seen as lesser than the common man during this time, but when they could get a job and get paid for it, it was almost as though they were seen as equals in many respects. In a sense, no two factories were the same, indicating that some of the excerpts detailing factories as a place where the common worker would enjoy the time spent there is either a counterfeit made to hinder the advancing press from making the company look bad, or were in fact genuine emotions and ideas shared throughout the factories and mills,”Of these there are 500 children who are entirely fed, clothed, and educated by Mr. Dale.”(Document 5). Many people went to see the condition the factory was in, as well as the condition of its minor workers, both male and female. And once they saw how well the children were treated, they had second thoughts on the idea that the factories were harmful for the occupants,”It is moreover my firm conviction [opinion] that children would thrive better when employed in our modern factories, then if left at home in apartments too often ill-aired, damp, and cold.”(Document 3). It was not only seen as a blessing to the workers, but also to the surrounding inhabitants of the area. The sudden influx of workers working in the factory meant a boosted economy, which meant more money for all of the inhabitants,

Factories are unsafe for working class families because there is evidence of abuse and neglect in the factories, as well as disease and illness. Dr. Ward, a physician who observed and noted children’s well-being in the factory, admitted that, “Cotton factories are highly unfavourable both to the health and morals of those employed in them. They are really nurseries of disease and vice.” (H.O.L Interview with Dr. Ward). Dr. Ward seems to be a credible source because of his experience in the medical field and how he differentiates between healthy/unhealthy living conditions. He recognized the state of health of the children and saw how it affected them. Dr. Ward found that it was needed to discuss the health of the children so that maybe work

The working conditions in the factories were very bad to the point where people can die. Hebergram further said that nearly a dozen people died during the two and a half years he was working in the factory. In William Cooper`s testimonial to the Sadler Committee he was questioned about the working hours and he stated that he would work form five in the morning till nine at night. Most of the children that worked in the factories didn’t have time to do anything else besides sleep and work. These children weren’t educated and most of them didn’t know how to read or write.

Dangerous working conditions along with long hours cursed many people in the working class; factory work was arduous and hazard-filled due to unsafe machines and lack of ventilation. Yet, these conditions

These conditions had negative health consequences on individuals which made them weak and unable to provide efficient labour. The textile mills had a single small door from which workers were allowed to enter and exit, which created a heated atmosphere unfit for survival (Gaskell, 1833). As described, the atmosphere

I believe that the conditions of these textile factories and cotton mills were: unsanitary, long hours,and multiple kinds of debris causing it to be hazardous and finally dangerous.The House of Lords interviewed many people including Dr.Ward.During this interview Dr.Ward had stated the following,’’The state of health of the cotton factory children is much worse than that of children employed in other manufacturors’’.In summary he meant that there are dozens of health issues with factories but far more issues of those coming from the cotton factories.This evidence can be trusted because he personally visited these factories with Dr.Clough and Mr.Preston.All three of these men began to struggle for breathe while inside these mills.There were

people don’t believe that factory jobs for kids are safe because some kids could get hurt and or even worst they could die. also unsafe because they were hurt by being beaten that could hurt the kids emotionally the people in control of the kids emptily. the people in control of the kids wouldn't let them eat as they say in doc c no time allowed for breakfast no sitting for dinner or time for tea the kids had to work extreme hours like five to nine in the hot mill. the kids were lied to as it says in doc c “we should have play and pleasure. he said we should have “plenty of roast beef” but the kids never received `any of that, in document cooper says that he could read but cannot write why? because with there time of work five in the morning