The paper tried to rise above all this, but it made a new rule: If you sack a compositor, get him off the premises immediately.
Which Paper? The London Times
When? 1882
Why? Well, it turns out for very good reasons ...
When I was a lad, there was a Genesis song ...
"Get 'em out by Friday!
You don't get paid till the last one's well on his way.
Get 'em out by Friday!
It's important that we keep to schedule, there must be no delay."
... it would seem even in 1882, this was too slow ...