TARIFF REFORM.
A COMPARISON WITH GERMANY. BRITISH PAUPERR United Pres9 Association — By Electric Telegraph— Copy right . LONDON, March 24. A report of the Tariff Reform Commission, in comparing the German trade union, membership of 1,435,000 with the British total of 639,000, shows that the percentage of unemployed in Germany is 23.5, while the average for the past year is only 11.2, while the corresponding percentages in Great Britain are Gl.lO and 41.5. The indoor paupers in England and Wales in January numbered 8000 more than in January, 1907, and 40,000 beyond the average of the decade. ,The outdoor paupers numbered 6000 more in January than in January, 1907, and 28,000 more than the average of the decade. The announcement of the closing of large steel works for several months ! owing to scarcity of orders has caused consternation at Barrow-in-Furness.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9194, 25 March 1908, Page 1
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