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Title: Factory and industrial management
Year: 1891 (1890s)
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Subjects: Engineering Factory management Industrial efficiency
Publisher: New York (etc.) McGraw-Hill (etc.)
Contributing Library: Engineering - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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has been a great increasein wages. However, a year ago the managers came together and ar-ranged a reduction, and later in the year a further reduction wasmade, so that at present the rates paid are not excessive. At certainseasons of the year the supply falls very short, notably in the spring,when the natives are called home for ploughing, and later for harvest-ing. Then again, in case any tribe is at war, the boys belongingto such tribes are called home by their chiefs. For instance, whenthe Shangaans, who live in Portuguese East Africa, were at war withthe Portuguese, the industry was crippled by their being called hometo fight. The natives are docile and intelligent, and it is remarkable howlittle time it takes to teach them to work, especially to drill. Theyare used for all kinds of unskilled and manual labour. Of course, thenumber of untrained boys is very large, for the reason that themines are increasing their working forces, and many of the old 274 MINING ON THE WITWATERSRAND.
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A DKII.I, IN CHAK(;K ok NAllVK WoRKMK.N. * boys, when they have made enough money, go home, buy wives,and do not return. The cost of collecting the boys and sending them to the minesis considerable. Some companies have their own collectors ; othersobtain their natives from independent labour agents; while most relyon the Kand native lal)our department under the (ontrol of thechamber of mines. This association has its agents scattered through-out South Africa, and on the main roads leading to Johannesburg MINING ON THE VVJTWATIiRSRAND. 275

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