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Introduction. In every important industrial country, two movements looking toward the betterment of the material and economic condition of the laboring classes are constantly at work. The first looks toward the introduction of fundamental changes in the political organization or policy of the country; the second, to the improvement of the particular conditions under which workingmen are required to labor. The latter constitutes the field of practical reform. In this province each country and period has its particular problems which are of special urgency and importance. In the United States at the present time there can be no doubt that the one condition of labor most in need of improvement is that of the circumstances of the work surrounding what is called the sweating system.
It is remarkable that a term the general meaning of which is so well understood is so difficult of definition. This is due to the fact that the expression "sweating system" is used to designate not only a certain system of work, but certain conditions under which work is carried on. The first, however, is its only legitimate use. In this sense, the term "sweating system" denotes that system whereby certain classes of work are let out at certain rates to contractors, who in turn sublet them to subcontractors, or bosses or "sweaters", and these sweaters hire rooms and employ workingmen and women to do the work, usually paying them according to the amount of work performed. Though this is the meaning of the term, its real significance is due to the conditions under which the system is operated.
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Introduction. In every important industrial country, two movements looking toward the betterment of the material and economic condition of the laboring classes are constantly at work. The first looks toward the introduction of fundamental changes in the political organization or policy of the country; the second, to the improvement of the particular conditions under which workingmen are required to labor. The latter constitutes the field of practical reform. In this province each country and period has its particular problems which are of special urgency and importance. In the United States at the present time there can be no doubt that the one condition of labor most in need of improvement is that of the circumstances of the work surrounding what is called the sweating system.
It is remarkable that a term the general meaning of which is so well understood is so difficult of definition. This is due to the fact that the expression "sweating system" is used to designate not only a certain system of work, but certain conditions under which work is carried on. The first, however, is its only legitimate use. In this sense, the term "sweating system" denotes that system whereby certain classes of work are let out at certain rates to contractors, who in turn sublet them to subcontractors, or bosses or "sweaters", and these sweaters hire rooms and employ workingmen and women to do the work, usually paying them according to the amount of work performed. Though this is the meaning of the term, its real significance is due to the conditions under which the system is operated.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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