Guild of Shoemakers and Leatherworkers - Revision history

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	'''The Guild of Shoemakers, Cobblers and Leatherworkers''' (in its full redundancy) of Ankh-Morpork apparently maintains very tight control over the price of boots, at least. The cost of a minimal-quality pair of boots good for one year's ill-fitting wear is mentioned as AM$10, rising to $50 for a really good pair. The ten-dollar price corresponds to ten days' wages for an average worker (say a Watchman or junior skilled tradesman.) In modern [[Roundworld]] society (disregarding even cheaper plastic options,) a cheap pair of leather shoes or boots can probably be had for one day's pay. When a dollar a day was a common rate in North America, cheap shoes were about $2 and good ones about $5, as recorded in a common song lyric. Boots, then, seem to cost at least five times what they're "worth", comparatively.		'''The Guild of Shoemakers, Cobblers and Leatherworkers''' (in its full redundancy) of Ankh-Morpork apparently maintains very tight control over the price of boots, at least. The cost of a minimal-quality pair of boots good for one year's ill-fitting wear is mentioned as AM$10, rising to $50 for a really good pair. The ten-dollar price corresponds to ten days' wages for an average worker (say a Watchman or junior skilled tradesman). In modern [[Roundworld]] society (disregarding even cheaper plastic options) a cheap pair of leather shoes or boots can probably be had for one day's pay. When a dollar a day was a common rate in North America, cheap shoes were about $2 and good ones about $5, as recorded in a common song lyric. Boots, then, seem to cost at least five times what they're "worth", comparatively.

	The supply of leather shouldn't be a problem. We hear elsewhere that the Cattle Market supplies various tanneries with hundreds of hides per day. How can the price of ~~footware~~ be maintained at such a premium? We can't imagine the [[Patrician]] imposing duties or restrictions on shoes to support gouging by one guild (especially one whose [[Tuttle Scrope\|leader]] proposed to usurp his position as he lay injured). Other prices in the city tend to follow a reasonable model for an early-industrial society (see [[Cost of Living in Ankh-Morpork]]) but the lower classes must go barefoot a lot. We're sure that the guild has a new president since the events of {{TT}}; perhaps under new leadership they'll see the benefits of mass markets created by lower prices.		The supply of leather shouldn't be a problem. We hear elsewhere that the Cattle Market supplies various tanneries with hundreds of hides per day. How can the price of footwear be maintained at such a premium? We can't imagine the [[Patrician]] imposing duties or restrictions on shoes to support gouging by one guild (especially one whose [[Tuttle Scrope\|leader]] proposed to usurp his position as he lay injured). Other prices in the city tend to follow a reasonable model for an early-industrial society (see [[Cost of Living in Ankh-Morpork]]) but the lower classes must go barefoot a lot. We're sure that the guild has a new president since the events of {{TT}}; perhaps under new leadership they'll see the benefits of mass markets created by lower prices.

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	'''The Guild of Shoemakers, Cobblers and Leatherworkers''' (in its full redundancy) of Ankh-Morpork apparently maintains very tight control over the price of boots, at least. The cost of a minimal-quality pair of boots good for one year's ill-fitting wear is mentioned as AM$10, rising to $50 for a really good pair. The ten-dollar price corresponds to ten days' wages for an average worker (say a Watchman or junior skilled tradesman.) In modern [[Roundworld]] society (disregarding even cheaper plastic options,) a cheap pair of leather shoes or boots can probably be had for one day's pay. When a dollar a day was a common rate in North America, cheap shoes were about $2 and good ones about $5, as recorded in a common song lyric. Boots, then, seem to cost at least five times what they're "worth", comparatively.		'''The Guild of Shoemakers, Cobblers and Leatherworkers''' (in its full redundancy) of Ankh-Morpork apparently maintains very tight control over the price of boots, at least. The cost of a minimal-quality pair of boots good for one year's ill-fitting wear is mentioned as AM$10, rising to $50 for a really good pair. The ten-dollar price corresponds to ten days' wages for an average worker (say a Watchman or junior skilled tradesman.) In modern [[Roundworld]] society (disregarding even cheaper plastic options,) a cheap pair of leather shoes or boots can probably be had for one day's pay. When a dollar a day was a common rate in North America, cheap shoes were about $2 and good ones about $5, as recorded in a common song lyric. Boots, then, seem to cost at least five times what they're "worth", comparatively.

	The supply of leather shouldn't be a problem. We hear elsewhere that the Cattle Market supplies various tanneries with hundreds of hides per day. How can the price of footware be maintained at such a premium? We can't imagine the [[Patrician]] imposing duties or restrictions on shoes to support gouging by one guild (especially one whose [[Tuttle Scrope\|leader]] proposed to usurp his position as he lay injured.) Other prices in the city tend to follow a reasonable model for an early-industrial society (see [[Cost of Living in Ankh-Morpork]]) but the lower classes must go barefoot a lot. We're sure that the guild has a new president since the events of {{TT}}; perhaps under new leadership they'll see the benefits of mass markets created by lower prices.		The supply of leather shouldn't be a problem. We hear elsewhere that the Cattle Market supplies various tanneries with hundreds of hides per day. How can the price of footware be maintained at such a premium? We can't imagine the [[Patrician]] imposing duties or restrictions on shoes to support gouging by one guild (especially one whose [[Tuttle Scrope\|leader]] proposed to usurp his position as he lay injured). Other prices in the city tend to follow a reasonable model for an early-industrial society (see [[Cost of Living in Ankh-Morpork]]) but the lower classes must go barefoot a lot. We're sure that the guild has a new president since the events of {{TT}}; perhaps under new leadership they'll see the benefits of mass markets created by lower prices.


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	[[de:Gilde der Schuhmacher und Lederarbeiter]]		[[de:Gilde der Schuhmacher und Lederarbeiter]]

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	The supply of leather shouldn't be a problem. We hear elsewhere that the Cattle Market supplies various tanneries with hundreds of hides per day. How can the price of footware be maintained at such a premium? We can't imagine the [[Patrician]] imposing duties or restrictions on shoes to support gouging by one guild (especially one whose [[Tuttle Scrope\|leader]] proposed to usurp his position as he lay injured.) Other prices in the city tend to follow a reasonable model for an early-industrial society (see [[Cost of Living in Ankh-Morpork]]) but the lower classes must go barefoot a lot. We're sure that the guild has a new president since the events of {{TT}}; perhaps under new leadership they'll see the benefits of mass markets created by lower prices.		The supply of leather shouldn't be a problem. We hear elsewhere that the Cattle Market supplies various tanneries with hundreds of hides per day. How can the price of footware be maintained at such a premium? We can't imagine the [[Patrician]] imposing duties or restrictions on shoes to support gouging by one guild (especially one whose [[Tuttle Scrope\|leader]] proposed to usurp his position as he lay injured.) Other prices in the city tend to follow a reasonable model for an early-industrial society (see [[Cost of Living in Ankh-Morpork]]) but the lower classes must go barefoot a lot. We're sure that the guild has a new president since the events of {{TT}}; perhaps under new leadership they'll see the benefits of mass markets created by lower prices.

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	[[de:Gilde der Schuhmacher und Lederarbeiter]]		[[de:Gilde der Schuhmacher und Lederarbeiter]]

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'''The Guild of Shoemakers, Cobblers and Leatherworkers''' (in its full redundancy) of Ankh-Morpork apparently maintains very tight control over the price of boots, at least. The cost of a minimal-quality pair of boots good for one year's ill-fitting wear is mentioned as AM$10, rising to $50 for a really good pair. The ten-dollar price corresponds to ten days' wages for an average worker (say a Watchman or junior skilled tradesman.) In modern [[Roundworld]] society (disregarding even cheaper plastic options,) a cheap pair of leather shoes or boots can probably be had for one day's pay. When a dollar a day was a common rate in North America, cheap shoes were about $2 and good ones about $5, as recorded in a common song lyric. Boots, then, seem to cost at least five times what they're "worth", comparatively.

The supply of leather shouldn't be a problem. We hear elsewhere that the Cattle Market supplies various tanneries with hundreds of hides per day. How can the price of footware be maintained at such a premium? We can't imagine the [[Patrician]] imposing duties or restrictions on shoes to support gouging by one guild (especially one whose [[Tuttle Scrope|leader]] proposed to usurp his position as he lay injured.) Other prices in the city tend to follow a reasonable model for an early-industrial society (see [[Cost of Living in Ankh-Morpork]]) but the lower classes must go barefoot a lot. We're sure that the guild has a new president since the events of {{TT}}; perhaps under new leadership they'll see the benefits of mass markets created by lower prices.

[[Category:Ankh-Morpork Businesses]]
[[Category:Guilds]]
[[de:Gilde der Schuhmacher und Lederarbeiter]]