Reports on labour and social conditions in Germany . n. FRANKFURT. Left Stuttgart. for Frankfurt, where we arrived We saw more un-^mployed men standing about in thisplace than in any other town we had been to. COLOGNE. Left Franlvfurt for Cologne, arriving ,but next day being Sunday, we were unable to see anyfactories or shops; but were told that there was not muchunemployment, and that wages were about the same as at otherfactories we saw. Left Cologne for the Hook ofHolland and Harwich. Arriving there, we took train forLiverpool Street. After bre
Reports on labour and social conditions in Germany . n. FRANKFURT. Left Stuttgart. for Frankfurt, where we arrived We saw more un-^mployed men standing about in thisplace than in any other town we had been to. COLOGNE. Left Franlvfurt for Cologne, arriving ,but next day being Sunday, we were unable to see anyfactories or shops; but were told that there was not muchunemployment, and that wages were about the same as at otherfactories we saw. Left Cologne for the Hook ofHolland and Harwich. Arriving there, we took train forLiverpool Street. After breakfast we were taken roundLondon in brakes, where we saw more slums and more abjectpoverty in one hour than we had seen in all our travelstliroughout Germany. My impression of the German work-man is that he woiks longer hours for less nay than us at is a lie to say he is compelled to eat horseflesh and blackbread. He does eat it, but it is custom and not compulsion;in fact, several told me thev often have this horse- DUSSELDORF. The Rhine. DUSSELDORF.
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