In Japan, the Industrial Revolution started in 1868 and made a boom in jobs. Japan was far behind Europe in the Industrial Revolution and tried to catch up by establishing different industries. One of these was the textile industry, where women and children found employment in the silk factories. It was debated on whether or not the benefits of working there outweighed the costs. By looking at the female worker’s life in the silk factory, it is clear that working there is too costly. Wages, working conditions, and managers all show why working in the silk factory is not worth it.
Back in the Industrial Age, many factories were unsanitary and had poor working conditions. In the work space, it was very crowded and women could easily get burned …show more content…
The parents of a girl could sign a contract saying that their daughter will only and only work at the silk factory. If the parents signed this contract they got a large sum of money. The money may be nice at first but they daughter can not leave the silk factory unless she wants her whole family to pay 20x the amount they originally got as stated in Document E. The daughter is stuck working and the silk factory and nowhere else. The daughter’s family could build a new house or afford food but they could easily be poor if the daughter wants to leave. Not only could this contract make a family poor but it can also affect how the daughter feels. “ Because I'm poor, at age twelve I was sold to this factory. When my parents told me, ‘Now it is time to go’. My very heart wept tears of blood.” (Document G). Document G shows that people would feel as if they were sold so their parents could get more money. This author didn’t know that she was leaving until the day. This contracts can hurt the family and the …show more content…
Document C is a chart showing the amount of money women and men get in different jobs. Some might think that women should work in silk factories because they earn the most money than other jobs. While that might be true women still do not have enough money to pay for necessities. A pair of sandals and a bunch of radishes cost 7 sen and a pound of sugar costs 15 sen yet women only make 13 sen a day. If women needed shoes, that was all they could buy for the day because they couldn’t afford anything else. With the poor working conditions, sandals would be good to wear to get away from any diseases or sickness. Also, if at any moment they needed sugar they would have to work 28 hours until they had enough money to buy it. These long hours and small wages are similar to how it was like in slavery. A slave had long hours and little to no pay. So while some say it is worth the costs because of the money, it is not because women still don't have
Back in the Industrial Age, many factories were unsanitary and had poor working conditions. In the work space, it was very crowded and women could easily get burned …show more content…
The parents of a girl could sign a contract saying that their daughter will only and only work at the silk factory. If the parents signed this contract they got a large sum of money. The money may be nice at first but they daughter can not leave the silk factory unless she wants her whole family to pay 20x the amount they originally got as stated in Document E. The daughter is stuck working and the silk factory and nowhere else. The daughter’s family could build a new house or afford food but they could easily be poor if the daughter wants to leave. Not only could this contract make a family poor but it can also affect how the daughter feels. “ Because I'm poor, at age twelve I was sold to this factory. When my parents told me, ‘Now it is time to go’. My very heart wept tears of blood.” (Document G). Document G shows that people would feel as if they were sold so their parents could get more money. This author didn’t know that she was leaving until the day. This contracts can hurt the family and the …show more content…
Document C is a chart showing the amount of money women and men get in different jobs. Some might think that women should work in silk factories because they earn the most money than other jobs. While that might be true women still do not have enough money to pay for necessities. A pair of sandals and a bunch of radishes cost 7 sen and a pound of sugar costs 15 sen yet women only make 13 sen a day. If women needed shoes, that was all they could buy for the day because they couldn’t afford anything else. With the poor working conditions, sandals would be good to wear to get away from any diseases or sickness. Also, if at any moment they needed sugar they would have to work 28 hours until they had enough money to buy it. These long hours and small wages are similar to how it was like in slavery. A slave had long hours and little to no pay. So while some say it is worth the costs because of the money, it is not because women still don't have