. The railway library . gle unit should be of great subsequent advan-tage. A5 far as it is possible to form an opinion we certainly antici-pate that British railways will not have less earning power whenpeace is concluded than they had before war was declared. It istrue that during the war wages have appreciably risen, but this isdue in the main to the great advance in prices and in the cost of liv-ing that has occurred, and when the war is over the fall in prices,coupled with the greater efficiency of labor, should do much to enablethe railways to secure at least as much net profit in proport
. The railway library . gle unit should be of great subsequent advan-tage. A5 far as it is possible to form an opinion we certainly antici-pate that British railways will not have less earning power whenpeace is concluded than they had before war was declared. It istrue that during the war wages have appreciably risen, but this isdue in the main to the great advance in prices and in the cost of liv-ing that has occurred, and when the war is over the fall in prices,coupled with the greater efficiency of labor, should do much to enablethe railways to secure at least as much net profit in proportion totheir capital as they enjoyed prior to the war. British Railway Women at WorkThe following reproductions illustrate how female labor hasbeen mobilized to take the place of the British railway workers British Railways 77 who have joined the colors to the number of over 120,000. Notealso the slackers. The scenes represented are at the Freight Depotof the Sotith-Eastern and Chatham Railway at Bricklayers Arms, Women Unloading a Van
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