At the end of the nineteenth century the cry arose for compelling the masters to employ their men a less number of hours in the day: this cry gathered volume quickly, and the masters had to yield to it.

在 19 世纪末，要求老板们减少每天雇用他们的员工的呼声越来越高：这种呼声很快就越来越大，老板们不得不屈服。