Industrial arguments
Legislation for the protection of women and minors had the support of liberal circles and of many industrialists, especially in the St. Petersburg region, where the level of wages was higher than in the densely populated area around Moscow. The St. Petersburg manufacturers, therefore, had good reason to believe that the unrestricted employment of women and children worked to the advantage of their Moscow competitors, who, as a group, opposed all labor legislation.
Micheal Florinsky "Russia. History and interpretation"
Could you intepret the bolded-I can't connect the fact that in Petersburg the wages were highrer than in Moscow and unrestricted employment of women and children worked to the advantage of Moscow. Please comment. Thanks.
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Manufacturers want to reduce their costs as much as possible. That way they can make a greater profit on the goods they sell. This general principle of capitalism applies to the cost of labor.
- Manufacturers want to reduce their costs as much as possible.
- That way they can make a greater profit on the goods they sell.
- This general principle of capitalism applies to the cost of labor.
- If St.
- Petersburg is proposing laws that encourage hiring women and children, and paying them higher wages than Moscow, costs in St.
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Manufacturers want to reduce their costs as much as possible. That way they can make a greater profit on the goods they sell. This general principle of capitalism applies to the cost of labor.
If St. Petersburg is proposing laws that encourage hiring women and children, and paying them higher wages than Moscow, costs in St. Petersburg will increase and profits will decrease in comparis
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