▁girls , ▁earned ▁ 4 0 ▁c ents ▁a ▁day . ▁In ▁New ▁England ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 0 s , ▁the ▁do ff ers , ▁pie cers ▁and ▁back ▁boys ▁had ▁their ▁own ▁union , ▁and ▁were ▁not ▁admitted ▁to ▁the ▁m ule ▁sp inners ' ▁union , ▁even ▁though ▁they ▁often ▁asp ired ▁to ▁become ▁m ule ▁sp inners . ▁Many ▁left ▁the ▁industry ▁rather ▁than ▁toler ate ▁the ▁conditions . ▁William ▁Mad ison ▁Wood , ▁the ▁manager ▁at ▁the ▁Washington ▁Mill ▁in ▁Lawrence , ▁Massachusetts , ▁instit uted ▁a ▁system ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 5 ▁where ▁employees ▁gained ▁bon uses ▁for ▁meeting ▁production ▁quot as , ▁as ▁long ▁as ▁they ▁missed ▁no ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁day ▁per ▁month . ▁The ▁effect ▁was ▁that ▁we a vers ▁drove ▁sp inners ▁to ▁produce , ▁sp inners ▁drove ▁do ff ers ▁and ▁so ▁on , ▁and ▁that ▁workers ▁came ▁in ▁even ▁when ▁sick ▁or ▁injured . ▁Wood ▁then ▁used ▁the ▁increased ▁pay ▁to ▁justify ▁running ▁the ▁lo oms ▁at ▁ever ▁faster ▁spe eds . ▁ ▁R ags ▁to ▁rich es ▁A ▁do f fer ▁could ▁achieve ▁success ▁if ▁he ▁had ▁enough ▁energy ▁and ▁ability . ▁Stephen ▁Dav ol , ▁born ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 8 0 7 , ▁joined ▁his ▁elder ▁brothers ▁as ▁a ▁do f fer ▁in ▁the ▁T roy ▁mill ▁in ▁Fall ▁River , ▁Massachusetts ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 8 . ▁After ▁rising ▁through ▁the ▁ranks , ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 3 ▁he ▁became ▁super int