# Endnotes explained — The Acquisitive Society

> Chapter companion for The Acquisitive Society by R. H. Tawney.

## What happens

This chapter provides endnotes and references for the main text, including citations from the Coal Industry Commission and data on managers' salaries in the coal industry.

## Themes in this chapter

### Inequality and Waste

The salary data for colliery managers illustrates disparities in compensation within the industry.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Justice Sankey

Referenced via the Coal Industry Commission, which he chaired.

## Key lines

> The Coal Mines Department supplied the following figures to the Coal Industry Commission ( Vol. III , App. 66). They relate to 57 percent of the collieries of the United Kingdom.

The Coal Mines Department provided salary data for managers at 57% of UK collieries to the Coal Industry Commission.

_Statistical evidence on managerial compensation in the coal industry._

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