UNEMPLOYED.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 681, 4 December 1909, Page 5

UNEMPLOYED.

V' A-RELIEF-FUND -AT.NEWCASTLE. in» Telegrapli.-rrcaa Aa.iociniliin.-Oiiuyrlelit.l ■ ■■:.•*; v .' ; London, December 2.';. ...The'. Lord: Mayor,-of Newcastle-on-Tyne, has liriaugurated a fund for tho relief of, tho unemployed. ...He Btates there are 40,000 sufferers by,the;present depressions ■UNEMPLOYED -MD -THE ELECTIONS.'; ,'■" Referring , to-..the., approaching■ elections in Britain,;;■ an. American paper 'says: "•'.*.' Besides the! Constitutional "question,: tho ■ effect' of. the proposed legislation and the present commercial :cohditiori of the couutiy will be the im- . portent issues.',. The,. Conservatives' will, try to'scare-the people by alleging that tho Liberals are. going to -lead ,the country ■• into Socialism. The iLiborals, 'on tho other hand, .will hold,up the'policy,of a tariff as the aliternative proposed.by 'the; Conservatives, to : thoir;pending 'measure.' Both parties will np. peal tovtha existence' of,,the'large' and grow-\ ; ing' class: of: unemployed in support: of. their policy.-"Theineed of 'some romedy ,ior ' this ■ eviliisiunfortunatoly 'quite, too 'patent:'. The .registers of the, Relief■; Committees in London word opened : four,days',earlier than- last year and .have -recorded 40 per cent.: more applications ;'for'^assistance.;': If ;this!'- increase : con-, tinues -the. total -number - : of registered ■ nneni-. ployed will amount;'during the 'winter to a total-of 67,000 men and women. ..-The London County Council'and other bodies .are making arrangements for ,the:greatest possible extension of labour facilities on'publio'works.":-;.' ' .-'- ; '