El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-09
HARD WINTER
Is EXPECTED
BY ENGLAND
Ranks of Unemployed Growing
and Pessmistic Reports APP
pear In Public Press.
NO VISIBLE BREAK
INLIVING COSTS

Z ONDON. Eng, Oct. s.-England q
l. drawing in its belt FOR a hart
winter There are manifest
signs Of the reaction from the furry
Of postwar prosperity predicted re-
Gently by Otto Fl. Kahn. the banker
on his return 20 ,1sw York from a tour
Of Europe
The signs are here. many OF them
intangible as yet. but some are only
TOO concrete
There are 100000 unemployed eI-
soldiers still, despite all the efforts OF
various examinations 10 place these
men who have won the best consid-
Grafton OF The nation.
Vow and again appear reports Of
small plants closed down or larger
ones cutting down their staffs.
In the city the market muddles
along, held in the deadly dullness that
accompanies uncertainty OF outlook
Business stuEnant.
From Manchester and Liverpool, the
Industrial and shipping centers, come
reports Of nessimism. Business IS
EtaEua1t compared TO the level OF
sales few months ago
such bits as these tell the story Of
Britain's first realization Of a bad
winter in prospect Another sign that
IS always sure Is the discussion. in
column lengths. ln certain newspapers
OF eIpan sion OF certain road building
schemes to- relieve the present and
ANTICIPATED unemployment We are
familiar in America with the initia-
tion Of such movements They gen
orally accompany the first signs OF
what we know ag panic years"
This winter" says the Daily New
eve are IN for a bad time. which VIII
be rendered much worse from the fact
= q
lead 10 the cost Of living since the
armfztice was signed Cost OF living,
as might be expected retains an easy
lead and IS going TO play big part
IN the economic ASPECT OF the troubles
that are now ahead"
Living Cost sim sulFinE.
There has been no visible break
here iu the steady climb IN the est
q living The widely advertised
crash in the cost OF such things as
clothing in America two or three
months ago raised hopes that the
turning had arrived here But the
offiefl cost OF living figures OF two
succeeding months showed the usual
5 10 2 percent increase over the month
previous
Capital IS beginning % turn Dur
ing the period when foreign and DO
nestle trade seemed able TO stand
price increases. wage demands we're
met AFTER the usual pickering. with
wage increases. Today many manu-
facture-s with an eye on the order
books are ready 10 stand and fight
The world sim cries for products OF
al kinds but manufacturers calm
that the limit en- prices which the
world market viii stand has been
reached and that they VIII close
rather than meet further wage claims
There viii be great increases IN the
unemployment lists The upward
climb OF wages IS bound 20 be
checked But as yet there IS not VS.
fhts even che start OF a decline IN the
cost OF necessities which should be
the companion OF approaching hard I
times 1Taur classes OF labor VIII be
squeezed between a stationary IN
coue-decliuing even as members OF
families enter the ranks OF the unem- ]
@ steady OF perhaps ]
steadily mounting cost OF existence /
labor Is FESTIVE.
The temper OF labor is already res I
tive. for the worker these days sees /
ahead and recognizes prospects
A few days ago mile long parade I
Of Struggling girls, four abreast pre- I
scented TO London a pitiful sight OF Ia I
bor-s battles They were Mattresses .
and cooks in the largest chain OF .
rHssD restaurants IN London They I
sang to keep Up courage, but they /
were beaten Unskilled and thanked I
throughout the city by thousands /
anxious for Jobs. the strike breaker I
broke their strike
on the curbstones Thousands 4
wen see a lot more OF this before I
the winter IS over" was a frequent |
remark