Raynor HCA 2013-07
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/18/2013
Congressional imprint “Letter from the Secretary of War, Communicating, In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 1, 1872, statements from the commandants of the armories at Springfield, Massachusetts, and Rock Island, Illinois, showing the operation of the eight hour law.” 19pp. octavo, and reads in part: “…The operation of the eight-hour system at this arsenal has shown that generally a man who works eight hours per day performs only eight-tenths as much labor as the same man would do if he worked ten hours per day…I believe it was expected that under the eight hour system employees would work more willingly, more intelligently, and with more strength and dispatch than under the ten-hour system…This expectation has not been realized…” More. Complete with tables comparing performances at various tasks under the eight and ten-hour systems. Very interesting. Fine.
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