158
For proof I give as an instance the quarterly production relationsof a spinning-mill at Oldham with 75,000 spindles.
Quarterly Production, 082,115 lb. 32’s twist and 50’s weft
Total cost of
Per lb.
production.
yarn.
£ s. d.
Wages
2,767 18 4
l*14d.
Working expenses, total
Including:—
Directors’ salaries and travelling ex-
1,273 12 2
0-49d.
penses ..
£30
5
2
Coal .
323
15
0
Oil and tallow
70
19
11
Taxes
74
15
5
Roller covering (leather and materials)
47
10
0
Cord, strapping, etc.
91
1
6
Repairs
214
4
10
Insurance
78
13
9
Ground rent
44
14
5
Employers’ Association, etc.
18
16
8
3. Cotton waste as far as not used (sold for .£219 10s.) 1,151 0 0 0 o7d
4. Depreciation .. .. .. .. .. 750 0 0 0-08d.
Totals .£5,942 10 6 2-28d.
This instance shows how technical skill has already stepped beyondthose typical cases; the low depreciation is due to the circumstancethat the establishment is no longer in the books at full value.
Similar are the relations in weaving, although here no typicalcases can be given. The relations of production in a weaving-shedat Burnley, with 600 looms, in the summer of 1891 were thefollowing: Ordinary Burnley goods—i.e., printers’ calicoes, wereproduced in a width of 30 in. to 34 in. (28’s to 45’s twist, 30’s to60’s weft, 14 to 18 picks per quarter-inch, 56’s to 58’s reed) : —
Half-yearly Production, 3,900,000 yds.
Total cost ofproduction.£ s. d.
Wages ..Working expenses
Including:—
Directors’ salaries, auditors’fees, travelling expenses,etc.
£31
0
0
Rent for room and power (2£per cent, for buildings, and7J per cent, for power) ..
624
3
4
Cartage
301
15
H
Iron and repairs
127
3
9
Taxes (mostly paid by thelandlord of the building)
0
10
9
Gas and water
38
9
5
Healds, heald yarn, and reeds
85
7
7
Shuttles
19
6
5
Strapping
115
1
5
Depreciation (7J per cent, on the value of theworking machinery)
5,487 2 01.410 7 0
216 16 0
Per 1,000yds.s. d.27 7j7 3
1 7J
Totals
£7,114 5 0 36 6