Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1908 — HARD TIMES IN BRITAIN [ARTICLE]

HARD TIMES IN BRITAIN

Problem of the Unemployed Is Serious —Will Be More So the Coming Winter. London, Sept. 29.—The problem of dealing with the unemployed in the great centers of population throughout tbe United Kingdom is being seriously considered by the government authorities, all of whom agree that the number of persons out of work will be greater the coming winter than in many years before. No estimate has been made of the unemployed in London, but a census taken by the newspapers of provincial cities shows aJarming numbers. The conditions at Glasgow are probably worse than in most of the other cities, there being 22,000 men now seeking work at that place. Sunderland has 13,000 unemployed; Birmingham, 10,000; Liverpool. 14,000; Manchester, 8.000, and other cities from 1,000 to 5,000 each. These figures do not include the great army of strikers In the Laneansbire cotton trade. a*,.