NO SLUMS IN GERMANY.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12508, 8 April 1909, Page 1

NO SLUMS IN GERMANY.

, A deputation of workers' represen™\?pm Steadman, and Bowerfor tJ? S) reC( * n , tly visited Germany fo s the purpose of investigating -the State insurance against accident, old age sickness and invalidity. It was i Kk« lar ly st™ck by the comfortable -| "TwT of the-German workers. ■.me absence of slums .in the manufactunng quarters of the towns visitP»r, K e ?sewhere was noticeable. It can be said that nowhere did the deputation see any quarter that conld be classified under the heading 'slum'/ lne : cleanliness prevailing was also remarkable. No. beggars, feeble or emawated men m tatters and rags were encountered in the streets! Hundreds upon hundreds of unemployed were seen by tho deputation, but they seemed to lack that dejection and absolute misery that unfortunateitrii+ S ° U6 .nt|y met with in the «, \ °f .English towns. Workmen throughout Germany do not complain or any compulsory deductions being made by their employers from their wages for the purpose of workmen's insurances. The introduction of the btate insurances has -in no way exercised an injurious effect upon the trade unions of the country. The deputation was much impressed by the excellence of the entire system of