In chapter 13 of Lyddie, why doesn't Lyddie sign the petition?

is a very
determined girl, focused on reuniting her family on their farm. Her plan, which she pursues
relentlessly, is to earn enough money to pay off the debts on the farm, then return there with
Charlie, her sisters, and her mother. Lyddie views the petition as a threat to those plans. The
petition being circulated by the Female Labor Reform Association seeks to force the textile
manufacturers to reduce the work days at the factories from thirteen hours per day to ten.
Lyddie is pleased with how much money she is making compared to what she made at the tavern, and
she believes that in just a year or two of working and saving, she "could go homehome
free." To her, the petition threatens to "meddle with the system and bring it all
clanging down to ruin." Lyddie has become very competent at running the machines, even when
they speed up, and she has not had any health problems yet, unlike many of the girls who have
worked there longer than she has. Because she has a specific goal in mind that she thinks the
long work days will help her achieve, and because she herself has suffered no ill effects from
the poor working conditions yet, she refuses to sign the petition.