How the Domestic System Changed essays

How the Domestic System Changed essays The domestic system was the name given to the way most goods were made in 1750. The mothers and children would stay in their homes to produce the goods for an employer. They would use spindles to make the goods and could work for as long as they wanted to. They would get paid by how many products they made. However, due to the rise in population, machinery stated to be used to speed up the process. Now instead of the people working at home, they worked in a factory using these machines. The first industry to use the machines was the textile industry. The machine was called the Spinning Jenny and was invented by a man called James Hargreaves. If the Spinning Jenny ever jams, the people would send a child under the machine to fix it...while it is still running! The children would have many accidents like loosing fingers or having their hair pulled out. Also they worked by the clock, they would have to work 14 hours a day. And if any of the workers were not working well or not producing enough goods a strapper would strap them until they started working properly. In the Domestic System the people would get paid by peace work. In other words the amount they got paid depended on how much goods they would make. Yet in the factory they got paid 25% more than in the home but they got paid by how much time they worked and how many days they showed up for work. The jobs that were given in the goods production business were:- The knocker-up: this person would, in a morning, go around peoples houses banging his stick on peoples houses to wake them up and he would continue to bang his stick until he saw a person in the house awake. The Strappers: this person would walk around the factory watching people work and if someone was to under work, the strapper would strap them. The employees: both men and women would work in the factory unlike in the Domestic System where just the women and children (mainly girls) wou...