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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：节俭·摘录 103
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》· Thrift · 投资
Iron-workers are paid a still higher rate of wages. A plate-roller easily makes three hundred a year.[2] The rollers in rail mills often make much more. In busy times they have made as much as from seven to ten guineas a week, or equal to from three to five hundred a year.[3] But, like the workers in cotton mills, the iron workers are often helped by their sons, who are also paid high wages. Thus, the under-hands are usually boys from fourteen years of age and upwards, who earn about nineteen shillings a week, and the helpers are boys of under fourteen, who earn about nine shillings a week.
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铁工工资更高，轧板工一年轻松挣三百镑，钢轨轧机工人有时一周七到十基尼，合一年三到五百镑。但和棉纺厂一样，铁工常靠儿子帮忙，儿子工资也高。下手是十四岁以上的男孩，一周约十九先令；帮手是十四岁以下的男孩，一周约九先令。这说明高工资家庭往往全家齐上阵，孩子也早早挣钱。可钱来得容易时，更要想清楚：这些收入是暂时的，还是能攒下来变成家底？别把全家高收入都花在日常开销上，先留出储蓄和教育的钱。
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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《节俭》一书，19世纪英国工业革命时期，讨论工人收入与储蓄。
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