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... machinery having thrown out hand- labor . Q. Have they introduced machinery for cutting stones ? -A . Not for cutting it ; for sawing them and polishing . They saw them with a diamond saw . Q. There has been a large amount of hand ...
... machinery having thrown out hand- labor . Q. Have they introduced machinery for cutting stones ? -A . Not for cutting it ; for sawing them and polishing . They saw them with a diamond saw . Q. There has been a large amount of hand ...
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... machinery . Q. Is not that the interest of the owner ? The architects ' object is to make it cheaper for the owner ? -A . It is hard to tell what their object is ; hand labor is cheaper than machinery now . Q. You say that the wages of ...
... machinery . Q. Is not that the interest of the owner ? The architects ' object is to make it cheaper for the owner ? -A . It is hard to tell what their object is ; hand labor is cheaper than machinery now . Q. You say that the wages of ...
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... machinery employed to make them ? -A . No , sir . Seeing that men , by the means of machinery , can produce so much more to - day than what they could twenty or fifty years ago ; seeing that there are all the elements of wealth in the ...
... machinery employed to make them ? -A . No , sir . Seeing that men , by the means of machinery , can produce so much more to - day than what they could twenty or fifty years ago ; seeing that there are all the elements of wealth in the ...
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... machinery . It has been steady , going on continually all the time . Now , at a certain time war broke out in the United States , making a dis- turbance ; money was put in circulation . There was great destruction of property ; that had ...
... machinery . It has been steady , going on continually all the time . Now , at a certain time war broke out in the United States , making a dis- turbance ; money was put in circulation . There was great destruction of property ; that had ...
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... machinery into its possession . You say it is the machinery now which employs labor ? -A . Yes , sir . Q. Displaces some and employs the balance . Would it not then employ all the labor practically - A . Yes ; but I don't wish you to ...
... machinery into its possession . You say it is the machinery now which employs labor ? -A . Yes , sir . Q. Displaces some and employs the balance . Would it not then employ all the labor practically - A . Yes ; but I don't wish you to ...
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