Unemployment; the results of an investigation made in Lancashire and an examination of the Report of the Poor Law Commission . in the seconddiagram are not based upon trade-union returns. Theymust not therefore be compared with the graphs in thefirst diagram. The graph relating to colliers givespercentage variations of time worked per week from thenormal working week, according to a ten-yearly average,ascents indicating shrinkage of work. Two graphs aregiven for the boot and shoe trades—the broken lineshows the contraction of output due to trade depression(contraction is represented by ascent
Unemployment; the results of an investigation made in Lancashire and an examination of the Report of the Poor Law Commission . in the seconddiagram are not based upon trade-union returns. Theymust not therefore be compared with the graphs in thefirst diagram. The graph relating to colliers givespercentage variations of time worked per week from thenormal working week, according to a ten-yearly average,ascents indicating shrinkage of work. Two graphs aregiven for the boot and shoe trades—the broken lineshows the contraction of output due to trade depression(contraction is represented by ascent of the graph) andis based on total wages paid in 1906 ; the continuous line,calculated from employers returns, shows the percentagevariations in number of workpeople employed. Theinterest of these two curves taken together is in the indi-cation afforded by them of the degree in w^hich seasonalslackness is met by dismissal of hands. Apparentlyabout half the slackness is met by short time. Thevarious arrangements made to reduce w^ork in times ofdepression are fully examined in Chapter III. SEASONALITY AND INSl RANCK 107.
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