Lastly, there is a reason for unemployment to-day among workers engaged in manufacturing boots and cotton and woollen goods for the home market, that one hears little of, and which will automatieally Hight itself. the gradual sale by great retailing firms and many new traders who deal in them exclusively, of the huge accumulated stocks of army goods" manufactured during the war. Nearly half the working men in the country wear shir vests, socks. boots, and other ga ments, made during the war, and since sold at half the cost of manufacture. Their wives and daughters are similarly equipped with garments made from Government linens, flannels -and cottons and much of their household stuffs comes from the same source. It is obvious that until the greater part of these very durable materials are worn out there is going to be unemployment in the trades that manufacture them in the ordinary way of business for civilian use.
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