Reviews : LLOYD, G. I. H. The Cutlery Trades: An Historical Essay in the Economics of Small-Scale Production. Pp. xvi, 493. Price, $3.50. New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1913
| Author | R. Malcolm Keir |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271621405300146 |
| Published date | 01 May 1914 |
| Date | 01 May 1914 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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restrictions
on
the
issuance
of
injunctions
by
the
federal
courts,
this
volume
on
boycotts
is
especially
timely.
Nothing
is
left
to
be
desired
in
this
clear,
scholarly
and
unbiased
study.
Although
mention
is
made
of
the
practice
in
other
countries,
it is
essentially
a
study
of
the
boycott
as
utilized
by
labor
in
the
United
States.
The
first
part
of
the
book,
dealing
with
the
economic
side,
discusses
the
early
boycotts
and
the
railway
cases,
with
special
emphasis
on
the
Pullman
strike.
It
analyzes
in
detail
the
Bucks
Stove
and
Range
boycott
and
that
in
the
Danbury
Hatters’
case.
The
legal
aspects
are
considered
in
the
second
part:
laws
and
decisions
are
carefully
summarized.
The
questions
of
malice,
of
the
law
of
combination,
of
illegal
means
and
of
illegal
ends
are
considered.
The
lack
of
uniformity
is
noted
as
well
as
t.he
growing
emphasis
on
the
discussion
of
the
particulars
in
the
individual
case.
The
boycott
is
but
seldom
a
thing
by
itself,
but
is
con-
sidered
in
relation
to
the
end
sought
and
the
means
by
which
it
is
sought.
In
view
of
the
unfairness
of
manufacturers
and
the
increasing
hostility
between
the
opponents
in
the
labor
struggle,
the
author
feels
that
the
time
has
come
when
we
must
recognize
this
method
in
the
industrial
struggle.
The
fear
that
greater
danger
to
the
community
will
come
if
we
continue
to
frown
on
the
boycott,
is
another
reason
for
the
legalization
of
this
method.
Of
the
peaceful
methods
utilized
by
labor
to
accomplish
the
reasonable
ends
of
rais-
ing
the
standards
of
wages
and
of
working
conditions,
the
boycott
alone
is
illegal.
The
material
has
been
thoroughly
covered.
The
bibliography
is
sugges-
tive
and
the
list
of
cases
invaluable.
The
appendix
summarizes
and
digests
the
important
decisions
in
various
jurisdictions.
The
introduction
by
Pro-
fessor
Seager
is
particularly
illuminating
and
suggestive.
Philadelphia.
ALEXANDER
FLEISHER.
LLOYD,
G.
I.
H.
The
Cutlery
Trades:
An
Historical
Essay
in
the
Economics
of
Small-Scale
Production.
Pp.
xvi,
493.
Price,
$3.50.
New
York:
Long-
mans,
Green
and
Company,
1913.
Mr.
Lloyd’s
purpose
in
writing
this
book
was
to
trace
the
course
of
indus-
trial
evolution
from
handicraft
to
machine
industry
as
exemplified
by
the
cut-
lery
trades
of
England,
since
they
furnish
an
excellent
example
of
the
continued
survival
of
the
characteristic
features
of
the
domestic
system.
He
points
out
the
fact
that
the
great
alteration
in
industrial
form
which
we
call
the
indus-
trial
revolution
must
be
considered
a
product
of
the
nineteenth
century
and
not
of
the
eighteenth
as
is
generally
stated.
It
was
only
in
the
manufacture
of
cotton
that
the
change
took
place
so
early,
and
so
completely.
All
other
indus-
tries
have
lagged
behind,
some
retaining
the
chief
features
of
the
domestic
system
even
down
to
the
present
day.
Among
these
last,
the
English
cutlery
group
should
be
ranked.
Therefore
the
book
traces
the
minute
history
of
the
cutlery
trades.
Especial
attention
is
given
to
the
efforts
at
concentrating
the
work,
and
the
attempts
at
combination
on
the
part
both
of
the
employees
and
the
employers.
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