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Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 23 No. 3 1909

The Sliding Scale of Wages in the Cotton Industry

Jonathan Thayer Lincoln

New England Center for Clinical Research

Abstract

Labor disputes formerly bitter in Fall River, 450.—The mule-spinners' union, 451.—The strike of 1904 and the first sliding scale, 455.—Dissatisfaction of employees, 456.—The new sliding scale of 1907, 459.—Higher wages in 1907–08, 461.—Lower wages in 1908, 464.—Acceptance of reduction by the labor unions, 465.—Further slight revision in 1908, 468.

DOI
10.2307/1884774
Volume
23
Issue
3
Pages
450
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