Unless you have visited the manufacturing towns and seen the workers of manchester, you cannot appreciate the physical and moral degradation of this class of the population. most workers lack clothing, bed, furniture, fuel wholesome food–even potatoes! they spend from twelve to fourteen hours each day shut up in low-ceilinged rooms where with every breath of foul air they absorb fibers of cotton, wool or flax, or particles of copper, lead or iron. they live suspended between an insufficiency of food and an excess of strong drink; they are all wizened, sickly and emaciated, their bodies thin and frail, their limbs feeble, their complexions pale, their eyes dead. if you visit a factory, it is easy to see that the comfort and welfare of the workers have never entered the builder's head. god! can progress be bought only at the cost of men's lives? read the passage again, and focus on the line that begins with “if you visit a factory. . ” what was the author implying when she wrote the sentence? a) the conditions of the employees are of no concern to the employer. b) the conditions of the factory are adequate for the employees. c) the conditions in the factory have never been questioned by the employee. d) the conditions in the factory are of no concern to the employee.