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der Baumwollfabriken und der darin beschäftigten Arbeiter 
war viel grösser als die aller anderen Fabriken zusammen und 
die Arbeitszeit in den ersteren am längsten *). 
Viele Fabrikanten berichteten mit Wohlgefallen, dass für 
ihre Fabrikkinder durch Schulen ganz besonders gut gesorgt 
sei und manche Fabriken unterhielten auch Schulen für die 
Kinder (die aber nicht viel werth waren) und Aerzte für ihre 
Arbeiter ?).. Oefter wurden Schulen nicht durch die Fabri- 
kanten selbst unterhalten, sondern es wurden durch Subscription 
Sonntagsschulen gegründet?), Man konnte in den Schulen 
Jeutlich sehen, wie die Fabrikkinder gegenüber den anderen 
schlecht aussehen und ermüdet sind %). Jedenfalls besuchten 
keineswegs alle Fabrikkinder Schulen 5. 
aa, 0, S. 241, 308; auch Gaskell, The manufacturing Population 
of England sagt, die Baumwollarbeiter seien °/, aller Fabrikarbeiter. 
?) Report von 1816 S. 10, 84, 
Ya. a. 0.58. 97. 
4a. a 0. 8. 100. 
5) a. a. O0. S. 323 df., 369; S. 387 spricht sich Gould darüber fol- 
gendermaassen aus: 
The Witness delivered in the paper, which was read: — „It is with 
good reason conjectured, that, at the least, 23,000 persons work in spin- 
ning factories situated in Manchester an its immediate neighbourhood: 
That this number is fully one-fifth of the population of the said town and 
neighbourhood: That three-fifths of those who work in factories are under 
eighteen years of age: That of these only 3317 were found to be present 
in all the Sunday-schools. It has been stated, that the children in general 
who work in spinning factories have no other means of instruction than 
what the Sundayischools afford. It has also been stated, that the annual 
sontributions towards the support of all the Sunday-schools amount to 
about 2400 I. or 2500 1. I beg leave now to observe, that on carefully 
perusing the yearly reports of the several Sunday-schools, it appears to 
me highly probable, that the owners of the spinning factories, who it is 
conjectured employ at the least 23,000 persons, scarcely contribute one- 
twentieth part of the money raised towards the support of these schools. 
In examining the several reports, I had the assistance of an intelligent 
gentleman, who is better acquainted the town of Manchester than I 
myself am; and, on extracting a list of subscriptions of the owners of 
spinning factories, we found the united amount of them was not 90 1. 
I am the more conversant in these accounts from having been many years