The Archive · 1939

Working Days Per Month

With regard to the number of days worked per month, workers In. the Tour industry worked as many 03.29 Jéays and those in. the all pressing, x78 to the month. 'They had prac: tically no Ume to rear. 'Phe number Jef days worked in the silk reeling, Hosiery' knitting, machinery, tobacco printing industries was much 1es, varying' from "18 (0.20 days. number of industries, production, father uneven, particularly. ix this fue'in the match making, tobacco, ud, sith reeling. industries." Weather conditions and shortage of raw ma-Terials, among other things, are the chief tauses of irregularity. Uneven Dreduction causes uncertain income 10 workers. "It is the. view of experts that the rate of production in Chinese undertakings could be remularised and that the question is one of sound administration, which management. can in part control In 1038, the number of days worked greatly exceeded those 1037, which shows a general re-every' of business, parily as a result for the abaorinal iniux.o¢ population {fo this city" during recent months The small number of working days i the sil reeling Industry in 1087 ex: plains the extremely low earings. that industry during the same year.

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