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I have decided that if I can create a fair and
comfortable working system then it will be easier to get a rational,
good and humane working system for all of the people not only the
children.
I am a strong opponent of physical punishment and
it has been banned in my mills and the schools that I have set up in
the workers villages like the school at New Lanark. I set these up,
as I believe that education is the key to creating the type of
people that I want the work for in my mill.
For Children under the age of ten years I have
reduced the working hours for those children under the age of ten. I
hope that the way I treat the children in my care will encourage the
other mill owners to follow my example, because I have found an
equilibrium in which everybody is happy because they receive
education and fair treatment as well as good living conditions.
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