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§  6.  Does  Division  of  Labour  give  Security  of

In  modern  manufacturing  industry  the  labour  of  employees

labour  in  the  care  of  machinery  and  superintendence  of

When  the  increased  transferability  of  labour  is  asserted

into  account.  It  is  evident  that  the  work  of  superintending ­
  labour  is  mostly  of  a  “  general  ”  character  and  can
be  transferred  without  much  loss  from  one  trade  to
another.  So,  too,  the  engines  and  general  machinery  for
producing  power,  and  some  of  the  machinery  for  transdustries

  ;  so  that  a  good  deal  of  labour  in  the  engineering
and  in  the  machine  and  tool  making  trades  will  be
transferable.  A  man  who  looks  after  engines  in  a  cottonspinning
  mill  can  find  employment  in  any  other  kind  of
mill  which  uses  similar  engines.  A  smith,  or  a  carpenter,
or  a  fitter  can  adapt  himself  to  a  good  many  different
trades.  It  is  obvious  that  many  trades  have  some  "  comupon

  such  work  have  great  transferability.  Again  in  the
metal  or  the  textile  trades  there  will  be  certain  special
skilled  processes,  which,  since  they  deal  with  similar