The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-15
BRITAIN AIDS
EMPLOYED MEN
Salesman Says Better
Protected Workers
Than in u. S.
,{QOD IS CONTROLLED
government Provides Pay for
All Men Who Can't
Get Work.

LONDON, Dec. ~. ihefo 10
..r.r,l impression IN England thai
,merica is the paradise Of the work
w. classes. In some ways this Is
..,,sipN ,rge. hut the British work
- uhn is inclined to lament his
s,rd lot as compared with his Amer
-, romradr would he surprised to
,nN how well his Interests are safe
,s,,ded bv the British government
" ror,parc5 with what happens In
he United States
T,ke food control over here ra-
= sonlng is lust Testarting after a
,,r,od Of comparative freedom. be-
ans. II has been proved tina; gov
,,r,nent control OF foodstuffs means
over prices and better supplies,
o,nr the war tho ministry OF food
forced maximum prices for all
,sple article, of diet and many that
src less important. and insured
,opal distribution for those which
,ere scarce. and the result is that
rnrland suffered less than any Other
eornlry in Europe from food famine
ana inflated prices. There IL NO such
ouhic food control In the unired
States
uoysins again, Is ono Of tho acut-
,y ouesIons OF The moment. and
veil il may be. for during the five
ears Of war no houses were built 10
rse, The annual demand, and now
,bsn II costs 900 pounds 10 erect
s,tlllng which could be butt tor $50
hound, prior 10 1914, the PRIV ate
hdder could only end his career In
he bankruptcy court But hero the
government comes 10 the rescue
snh the state suhsidi"s to cover the
,notmous rise IN building costs, and
insure hat the builder shall have "A
a,r rellrn on his capital.
For several years past the nine
e,nn, loaf has been saved to the
popu.ation by tho same means--a
state subsidy which covers the diff
lersnce between what the bread costs
~ makers TO make and the fixed
ceiling price Cheap bread Is one
of tho greatest Of boons. There is
90 bread subsidy In America.
The government unemployment
rant has been godsend to many
thousands Of Aople who were |
thrown out Of work when the armis-
lice was signed and military con !
racts terminated II provided ?5 |
,hlllngs a week up to aPmaximum !
Of siI months for war workers. 70 |
u5e them over he diffl .ult transi-
son period while peace activities |
we're being resumed The time limit !
has since been extended at q some
shat lower rate OF benefit
The ordinary peace worker when
,ut OF job Is cared for by means
II national insurance. This act,
Nissed by Mr. Lloyd George In 1911
% the teeth Of fierce opposition. pro.
rides that all workers earning less
han 100 pounds a year must be state
lnsured. The worker pays a weekly
"ontributon of from one penny TO
'ouF pence. according 10 age, sex and
aary, and the employer also pays
share for each employc, the gov
unment making up the remainder
'tcessary 10 give n man 10 shillings
md A woman seven shillings during
Unemployment or sickness TO provide
TEE medical attendance and a ma
ernity benefit for mothers
Old age pensions care for the old
N they are cared for in no other
country. Men and women over 20.
British subjects and resident in the
nltsd Kingdom, whose means do
ao' exceed a very small yearly sum
md who are not receiving poor law
tllei, are oligibl" for the pensions.
h.ss we're formerly five shillings
~ week but have been raised to
wen shlllings in compensation for
We Increased cost Of living since tho
pr ,
This regular sum enables many old
.opls past work 10 live comfortably ,
WIN married son or daughter and ,
'moves the haunting terror OF the I
sofshouse from people who have ,
iofsed honorably all through their |
Ives
Pensions of another sort-those
'o' me widows of officers who fell
'ulng the war--are on a higher
sae here than I'm the United states ,
me British widow gets 100 pounds ,
,, year Tor lie for herself, ~ pounds
'oT each child as long as he or she ,
dependant on her. and may be al {