Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1879 — Industrial Distress in England. [ARTICLE]

Industrial Distress in England.

Press reports from London state that in line middle of July, there were in Burnley 5,70 a out ot ;>3,0(1t) and 307,870 spindles out of 00,0,006. In the Blackburn district 11,30 V looms were idle out of 52,000 ; fy,o<)6 spkidles were Working eii sliqit time, and 48,000. had slopped altogether. In the Ch or ley’-district 1,60.0 looms, owned by two firms, were working tin short

-thne. Ne:eHy twenty—othji-r Trfi;is w ire r u 1111 ing part of tludrnTiF~ chincry on short time; several had Hopped theirs entirely. In the Bury district both the woolen ami eoltuu trades were very depressed. The average time of working in the _Mjjlii;ii manufactories was only four dayst'ent of the week, and 406,000 spindles and 3,720 looms were working dti short time. In Stockport the [h-wpecfjcspematly'm'thi’ weal - ing department, was almost hopeless. It was computed tli.-.l S{UJJjOO spindies and 300 looms were working, agnii.-t hytpayttutß spindles and 7,000 ioinns five years I<l Bi/clidale, it. was said, 7>iily fire mills were workingsfull time; 500 houses that were tenant less. The Manchester 6’euw«n grade statistTcs to show that tire condition of trade ih the Rossendale district, where the machinery of factories is adapted for India cotton, was even worse. Out of 100 mill only six—and these compurativi ly insignificant-were working full lime ; tbirlyJiVe-were.: cntirely sllq 3>c d, a 11d tlre-neugimd Cr were only running on an average three and a quarter days a week.