Unemployment; the results of an investigation made in Lancashire and an examination of the Report of the Poor Law Commission . 56 UNEMPLOYMENT. KXTiiNT OF I ^•^:MPL()^?.\Il?^^ 57 American rompctition. TIic cxttMision of tlio Americansystem of sul)stitutinj4- steel for wood in huildinp^s, si^enin the ij^rowinu^ use of steel framing and iron pfirders,and the use of fireproof fl(H)rs, have naturallv aff(!(tedthe joiners and carpenters, who have felt also thereaction of the collapse in ship-building alreadyexplained. In connection with boiler-maUing, we maynotice the increasing use made of gas eng
Unemployment; the results of an investigation made in Lancashire and an examination of the Report of the Poor Law Commission . 56 UNEMPLOYMENT. KXTiiNT OF I ^•^:MPL()^?.\Il?^^ 57 American rompctition. TIic cxttMision of tlio Americansystem of sul)stitutinj4- steel for wood in huildinp^s, si^enin the ij^rowinu^ use of steel framing and iron pfirders,and the use of fireproof fl(H)rs, have naturallv aff(!(tedthe joiners and carpenters, who have felt also thereaction of the collapse in ship-building alreadyexplained. In connection with boiler-maUing, we maynotice the increasing use made of gas engines and ofhydraulic and electric power. Coachmakers are goingthrough a sp<.cial depression after the exceptionaldemand for tramcars and motor-cars. A new machinepartly accounts for the high percentage of unemplov-ment among beamers, twisters, and drawers, in contrastwith the percentage for other cotton looms scarcely need be mentioned, as thereare as yet only about 5,000 or 6,000 running in employers have argued, in conversation and inreplies to our inquiries, that the Workmens Compensa-tion
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