Question

Why did some industrialists in the nineteenth century Europe prefer hand labour over machines?

Answer 1

(i) Expensive new technology: New technologies and machines were expensive, so the pioducers and the industrialists were cautious about using them.

(ii) Costlier repair: The machines often

broke down and the repair was costly.

(iii) Less effective: They were not as effective as their inventors and manufacturers claimed.

(iv) Availability of cheap workers: Poor peasants and migrants moved to cities in large numbers in search of jobs. So the supply of workers was more than the demand. Therefore, workers were available at low wages.

(v) Uniform machine-made goods: A range of products could be produced only with hand labour. Machines were oriented to producing uniforms, standardized goods for a mass market. But the demand in the market was often for goods with intricate designs and specific shapes.

In the mid-nineteenth century. Britain, for instance. 500 varieties of hammers were produced, and 15 kinds of axes. This required human skill, not mechanical technology.

Answer 2

Correct Question :

Why did some industrialists in the nineteenth century Europe prefer hand labour over machines?

Answer :

Some industrialists in nineteenth-century Europe prefer hand labour over machines

Reason:-

Machines were costly, ineffective, difficult to repair, and needed huge capital investments. Market demands of variety of designs and colour and specific type could not be fulfilled by machine-made clothes.

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