Arizona republican., 1916-03-06
TO PROVIDE [ PLOYMENT
 WIEN WAR ENDS
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 LONDON March 5.-.An urgent | plea for the immediate laying of ! plans for the prevention of uuem ployment in England when peace is | established is made by w C. Ander- | son, M r., chairman of the recent 1, Labor Party conference. in a pub l lished interview. Mr. Anderson de- l Clares that unless this iS done there will in large measure be chaos md confusion, deepcned social poverty. 1 and much discontent. Among other things he suggests the creation of q ministry of labor which would prepare plans ami have them in readiness for any emergency tha. might arise.
 in all Ngelihood, peac" will find Jus plunged in an economic crisis .aggravated by various causes, say Mir Anderson "The Slackeuing of government orders in various drec- tiOns, the demohilization of the troops. will mean q serious disiocatiou of in dustry. and there will hc a lack of capital, with high rates of interest Food prices will remain high, though not so high as at present, and when the act dealing with rents expires there will he increases in house rent 'The rapid or gradual discharge 1 from the army of some millions of men will create special problems, es- pecially in view of the large mum 1 hers of emergency workers who are i doing the work now. IL Is not very 1 easy to say what should he done to meet the situation that will immedi- ately arise old things will. as it were. have passed away and all things will have become new But 1 il k, at any rate essential that We {, should be thinking about the future. 1 for if no preparations are made We shall be overwhelmed and crushed by
 the magnitude of our task.
 1 There will. of course. be plenty of
 work waiting to he done. and the difficulty will he 10 stimulate effcc-
 tive demand Taxes will he high.
 the cost of living will be high. the
 cost of materials will be high, and all that will act as a handicap upon production. l understand that the government. insofar as they have lconSidercd the question of getting the soldiers back into civil employ ment. will rely to a large extent JJp-
 on the machinery of the labor cX- changes. Now the labor exchanges lean and ought to do useful work. tbut they ale moi concerned with the maintenance of wage standards or lany other standard in resppc; If la Dor conditions The government is labsorbed with the task Immediately
 before th" nation, but it would not
 be q difficult matter to create q ministry of labor which among oth-
 CT things. would prepare schemes and have them in readiness for any cm- iergency that may arise"
 Mr. Anderson asserts that the lis
 handire If the soldiers sohuld be eradutl that 10 fling suddenly some mii,iurS of men on the labor market.
 esl eciolly in view of all the emor- |ecacy workers at present employed. lWo1ld present a problem If the Sras--
 est maenit1dc. Ht says hc believes 1 each soldier will receive from the
 government four weeks fu:iougn with fun pay Each soldier will also lo- ceiNc eratuity. proJably of oi
 pounds. and during the first year
 of his return to civil employment
 th"re probably will he some scheme of unemployment insurance
 Put the real point at which wt
 must aim all the time, he continues
 Ifs the prevention of memploy f 1 We ought to have at this momen l committees of experts at work set
 tin" ready th" necessary machinery T i Unless this is done there will in larE'
 1 measure be chaos and confusion y ! deepoLed social poverty aHd mucl | discon,ent
 r. There is plenty of work waiting [, C he done if we have the energy. in n tellicencc and foresight to get th e schemes ready The country is cap e al L. of growing q very large proror }. tion of its own timber. if not tn i whole of Y and offoreGtation Whil t adding greatly to the wealth of tn
 icountry. would provide healthful ope C air employment for many familie. h This m turn would lead to scheme 1T Of rural housing and the bringing Il d of new rural villages. Much mish e he done in the way Of creating TUT; $ industries. The culture of sugar bee q and the manufacture of sugar is $ caso in point Rut if anything ( ie importance is to ne done in these di
 yroctious vested interests must hot T.
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