Reports on labour and social conditions in Germany . A section of the first party in one of tie Parks. \Vorkmens wives taking dinner to Mills.^^ 97 I found tliat generall}- in the railway stations it was pos-sible to obtain a good glass of beer for slightly over Id., andthe same remark applies with regard to light food and otherrefreshments. You can obtain a good cup of black coffee forId. These things seem to me to outweigh any differencethat may exist between the rates of wages in England so far as manufacturing towns are concerned. As to housing, I am not in any sens
Reports on labour and social conditions in Germany . A section of the first party in one of tie Parks. \Vorkmens wives taking dinner to Mills.^^ 97 I found tliat generall}- in the railway stations it was pos-sible to obtain a good glass of beer for slightly over Id., andthe same remark applies with regard to light food and otherrefreshments. You can obtain a good cup of black coffee forId. These things seem to me to outweigh any differencethat may exist between the rates of wages in England so far as manufacturing towns are concerned. As to housing, I am not in any sense in favour of theflat system; but I prefer it as existing in Germany to thecottage system that exists in places like Ancoats, and partsof other great cities and towns in England for many Germany the landlord is made absolutely responsible for thecleanliness of the- passages, staircases, and yards, and thereseems to be a different atmosphere about the place as comparedwith the English system of model dwellings. It appears to me that the landlord is compelled to recog-nise a larger measure of respon
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