THE TEN-HOUR DAY.
DECREASE IN COST OF PRODUCTION.
The effect upon competition of the recently adopted ten-hour day in German industry is being discussed by the Trade Press in connection with the independing commercial treaty negotations with Britain, says the London Chronicle. Finnish newspapers describe Germany’s advantage from this system as “social dumping” and demand the adoption of the Australian plan to impose special duties on imports from countries which do not observe the eight-hour day. German Protectionist newspapers declare that Germany’s own duties on industrial products are too low under the existing tariff, which dates from 1902. Duties are assessed in marks per unit of weight, and the rise in prices since 1914 lias automatically reduced the incidence of the duties. that the recent lengthening of the All German trade journals admit working day has enormously reduced production cost.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 December 1924, Page 3
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140THE TEN-HOUR DAY. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 December 1924, Page 3
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