Appendix B.—I.—Cases in which PkofiT-sharing has been abandoned—(contd.). 
Duration of 
Profit- 
sharing. 
Name and Address of Firm. 
(Certain firms who wished to remain anonymous 
are indicated by letters, chosen at random.) 
Nature of Business and Number of 
Employees at date of 
abandonment of Profit-sharing. 
How Bonus 
was paid. 
(See note 
at head of 
Table.) 
Cause of Cessation of Profit-sharing. 
1867—? 
Wardle, Blythe & Co., Denaby Co-operative 
Pottery. 
Pottery manufacture (•) 
c. 
Not known. 
1867-70 
John & Henry GWynne, Hammersmith 
Ironworks, London. 
Engineering works (*) ... 
c. 
Dissatisfaction of employers with 
results. 
1868-72 
Price’s Patent Candle Co., Ltd., London ... 
Candle manufacture (900) 
c. 
Substitution of shorter hours. 
1870-? 
.North of England Industrial Coal & Iron 
Co., Ltd., Middlesbrough. 
Coal and iron mining, and iron smelt 
ing (*). 
c. 
Dissatisfaction of employers with 
results. 
1871-74 
Lord George Manners, Ditton Lodge Farm, 
near Newmarket. 
Farming (•) 
c. 
Death of employer. 
1871-77 
Benjamin Collins, London 
Bookbinding (200) 
c. 
Dissatisfaction of employer with 
results. 
1872 
Troughton & Simms, London and Charlton. 
Mathematical instrument making (*).. 
c. 
Apathy of employees. 
1872-84 
Spottiswoode & Co., New Street Square, 
London. 
Printing (over 350) 
c. 
Diminution of profits, chiefly through 
competition. 
1872-79 
Gimson & Co., Leicester 
Engineering works (150) 
c. 
Diminution of profits. 
?1872-? 
W. Hill & Son, London 
Baking (*) ... ... 
c. 
Dissatisfaction of employers with 
results. 
1873-77 
John Thomasson & Son, Bolton 
Cotton spinning (160) ... 
c. 
Diminution of profits and dissatisfac 
tion of employers with results. 
1874 
M. Wright & Sons, Leicester 
Elastic web manufacture (*) ... 
c. 
Dissatisfaction of employers with 
results. 
1876-1900 
Goodall & Suddick, Leeds 
Printers and stationers (300) ... 
c. 
Changes in business. 
1876-91 
Hamilton & Co., Ltd. (previously Hamilton 
& Co.), London. 
Shirt, collar, and underlinen manufac 
ture, dressmaking and millinery (50). 
C.P. 
Liquidation. 
1880- 
1907 (?) 
W. Jacks & Co , Glasgow 
Iron merchants (38) ... 
c. 
Substitution of bonus giving. 
1880-92(?) 
Co-operative Needlewomen’s Society, 
Holborn, London. 
Needlework (25) 
Not 
known. 
Dissolution. 
1881-99 
Holmes & Co., Lichfield 
Ooachmaking (14) ... 
C.P. 
Want of financial success. 
1881-1906 
Birmingham Coffee House Co., Ltd., 
Birmingham. 
Temperance caterers and hotel pro 
prietors (279). 
C. 
Diminution of profits. 
1882-90 
Bolton King, Gaydon, Warwick 
Farming (*) 
C. 
Losses. 
1883-93 
Decorative Co-operators’ Association, Ltd., 
(afterwards D’Oyly & Co., Ltd.), London. 
House painting and decorating (60-70) 
S.P. & c. 
Liquidation. 
1883-89 
Tangyes, Ltd., Birmingham 
Engineering works (1,500) 
c. 
Substitution of fixed rate of interest, 
to avoid undue publicity. 
1884-1900 
Perrott & Perrott, Ltd., Tenter Street, 
Moorfields. 
Packers, clothworkers and finishers, 
&c. (110-120). 
C.P. 
Dissatisfaction with results and 
apathy of employees. 
1885-87 
Working Women’s Co-operative Associa 
tion, Ltd., London. 
Shirt and dressmaking (*) 
s. 
Want of success ; business transferred. 
1885-94 
Needlewomen’s Co-operative Association, 
Ltd., London. 
Underlinen, <£c., manufacture (60) ... 
s.c. 
Want of success ; dissolution. 
1886-1907 
J. W. Arrowsmith, Quay Place, Bristol ... 
Printing and publishing (68) 
c. 
Substitution of increased wages. 
1886-99 
Burroughs Wellcome & Co., London, E.C. 
Manufacturing chemists (394) 
c. 
Dissatisfaction of employers with 
results. 
1886-97 
Earl Spencer, Althorp House, Northampton 
Farming (11) ... 
c.s. 
Want of success. 
1886-1903 
Earl Grey, Howick, Lesbury, Northumber 
land. 
Farming (85) ... 
C.P. 
Farms let ; or transition from one 
form of cultivation to another. 
1887-1905 
John Boyd Kinnear, Kinloch, Fifeshire ... 
Farming (24) 
c. 
Occupation of farm given up. 
1887-91 
Waterman & Co., Bristol ... 
Boot manufacturers (46) 
c. 
Firm gave up manufacturing. 
1887-95 
H. D. Young & Sons, High Street, Edin 
burgh. 
“G. R.” 
Leather merchants, &c, (22) ... 
c. 
Dissatisfaction of employers with 
results. 
1887-1909 
Engineers (100) 
C. or P. 
as em 
ployees 
decide. 
Not known. 
1887-96 
Circle Co-operative Printers’ Society, Ltd., 
Barking Road, (formerly Circle Co 
operative Printing Co. of Belfast). 
Workwomen’s Co-operative Association, 
Ltd., London. 
Printing and publishing (5) 
S.P. 
Dissolution. 
1887-91 
Shirtmaking and tailoring (80) 
C. 
Want of success ; liquidation, 
1888-97 
S. & E. Collier, Ltd., Grovelands, Reading. 
Coventry Gas Fitting, Electrical, and En 
gineering Co., Ltd. (formerly Coventry 
Gas Fittings Co., Ltd.), Coventry. 
Brick, pottery, &c. making (150-160) 
C. 
Substitution of old-age pensions. 
1888-1900 
Gas, electrical and general engineers 
(41). 
C.P, 
Liquidation. 
* Number of employees not known. 
104 105