The Unzmployment Menace It is believed that the Shangh: Municipal Counc has "in. ser contemplation the grave potent ies of' the unemployment problem resent. political and Happily in corta industries resumption of work begun—on a very small scale It is true. It should be the aim of every interest. involved to leave. no stone unturned to extend this return to The total number of Unemployed has. been estimated at about 222,000 of which 76,000. are men, 126,000 women and. 20,000 children,' 'The' textile industry alone "accounts for about 110,000 women. Large numbers of operatives have "left, Shanghai. and departed to their homes. Others are of in a, position to find that way Gut. "Moreover it, would_ be ex: tremely undesirable if Shanghai were' drained of its labour. A Dublie system of relief could not be attempted without exposing the Settlement to risks which ought not to be taken, The Council is not, fon that account, relaxing its vigil. ance." The search for remedial measures is "actively" proceeding. The outcome will be anxiously 'A Wild Scheme Praiseworthy though the scheme Chinese. inthe United States, exe and Cuba to pur:
for the purpose' of. carrying ae, the ding Los tufts to flood. stricken' avens hina, may "be, "judged from" the point of view of" sentiment, it ts hardly' to be welcomed as likely to afford any "real assistance in' the Matter of relief work. Apart from the expense of purchasing the Airigible and transporting it seress the Pacide, even if it erossed under her own power, the cost of maine tenance in China, and the erection of Mooring masts at spots suitable for' the work contemplated would involve sums far in excess of the total required for the purchase of the machine itself, and if all this were found the cost of carrying supplies by this means would entail the Jexpenditure of money which should into the mouths of the hungry millions, It is impossible to escape the fact that money in vers substantial amounts is required for supplying the direct needs of the suffering people, and that the more spent in transport the less actual feod will they receive. The purchase of the Los Angeles would be an expensive matter; it is doubtful whether it could ever be used sufficiently to justify its cost and it is beyond doubt that it could never make any useful contributic the work of carrying thousands of tons of grain to thousands of
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