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Identifier: dawnofamericanhi00nida (find matches)
Title: The dawn of American history in Europe
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Nida, William Lewis
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Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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re imposed also for put-ting better goods at the top of a bale or basket than below,for moistening groceries to make them weigh heavier, forselling second-hand furs for new, for soldering brokenswords, for selling sheep leather for doe leather, and formixing poor wool with good. There were fines for all kindsof dishonesty in work and business. Labor and Capital. — The guilds were unHke our laborunions in this, that both laborers and employers belongedto them. There was always a friendly spirit between theworkers and the owners of the shops, for both had a voicein fixing the wages of labor as well as the price at whichgoods were to be sold. Thus there was no such thing asa strike or a lockout. The man with money to use, andthe man with labor to sell, joined hands to get the bestmarket for both. Such good feeling is sadly needed to-day. Laborers then took a deeper interest in their craft,and they turned out high-class products of which they might 182 DAWN OF AMERICAN HISTORY IN EUROPE
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COMMERCE IN THE DARK AGES 183 well feel proud. There was a high sense of honor andhonesty in good work that the world misses now. Merchants Guilds. — Merchants had formed guilds fortheir protection long before the craftsmen did. Theirguilds came about in this way. The dangers from therobbers and outlaws forced them to form bands when theywent on journeys, like the caravans of to-day in countriesof the East. They made such rules as these: Every onewas obliged to carry armor, a bow and twelve arrows, onpenalty of a fine. They must stand by to help one anotherwhen they set out upon a journey. In case one memberhad not sold his wares, the others must wait for him one day.If one was imprisoned, the others must ransom him. Thesebands of traders grew into merchants guilds, or unions,which came to be a part of town government, and the townused the guilds in pushing its trade against its rival towns. Rights of Trade Guilds. — To these trade guilds belongedall merchants, butchers, and fishe

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