Readjustment and Reconstruction Information: Readjustment and reconstruction activities in foreign countries. Washington, D.C. May 1, 1919, Part 3 |
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... produce and similar perish- able goods . [ Commerce Reports , U. S. Dept. of Commerce , May 5 , 1919 , p . 676. ] AUSTRIA - HUNGARY . [ See also German - Austria and Hungary . ] Collieries , Public Ownership of . An appendix to the ...
... produce and similar perish- able goods . [ Commerce Reports , U. S. Dept. of Commerce , May 5 , 1919 , p . 676. ] AUSTRIA - HUNGARY . [ See also German - Austria and Hungary . ] Collieries , Public Ownership of . An appendix to the ...
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... Production . Since the entrance of Brazil into the war , great efforts have been made to increase domestic production of agricultural crops , in order to avoid using tonnage in importing commodities which might be produced in Brazil and ...
... Production . Since the entrance of Brazil into the war , great efforts have been made to increase domestic production of agricultural crops , in order to avoid using tonnage in importing commodities which might be produced in Brazil and ...
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... Production for the Rebuilding of Europe . The Canadian Manufacturers ' Association is calling upon Cana- dian manufacturers to organize into trade groups so as to be ready to compete for a share of the work of rebuilding Europe . They ...
... Production for the Rebuilding of Europe . The Canadian Manufacturers ' Association is calling upon Cana- dian manufacturers to organize into trade groups so as to be ready to compete for a share of the work of rebuilding Europe . They ...
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... Production is not normal , however , except in the foodstuffs industry . Textile and other indus- tries are being held back on account of inability to secure foreign raw materials . The banks foresee a great business boom coming and ...
... Production is not normal , however , except in the foodstuffs industry . Textile and other indus- tries are being held back on account of inability to secure foreign raw materials . The banks foresee a great business boom coming and ...
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... produce united estates on which agricultural operations will be more profitable . It provides that exchanges rendered necessary to the achievement of this are to be conducted by barter . The object is to give to each proprietor an area ...
... produce united estates on which agricultural operations will be more profitable . It provides that exchanges rendered necessary to the achievement of this are to be conducted by barter . The object is to give to each proprietor an area ...
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Page 151 - To consider and investigate the relations of the hours of labour and of other conditions of employment, including methods of work, to the production of fatigue, having regard both to industrial efficiency and to the preservation of health among the workers'.
Page 151 - The duty of the board will be to initiate, organize and promote by research, grants, or otherwise, investigations in different industries, with a view to finding the most favorable hours of labor, spells of work, rest pauses, and other conditions applicable to the various processes according to the nature of the work and its demands on the worker. For these investigations the board looks forward to receiving the help of employers and workmen in the industries which are studied, and in appropriate...
Page 127 - ... of days. The third stage is represented in the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act, passed in December, 1918, which repealed the provisions as to disputes of the Munitions of War Act, and sought to secure the maintenance for a period of six months, of the minimum wages generally applicable at the time of the Armistice. This act provided for the establishment of a court of arbitration to deal with differences referred to it by the Minister of Labor. The provisions of the Act were continued in effect...
Page 123 - The Four Pillars of the House that we propose to erect, resting upon the common foundation of the Democratic control of society in all its activities, may be termed, respectively : (a) The Universal Enforcement of the National Minimum ; (b) The Democratic Control of Industry ; (c) The Revolution in National Finance ; and (d) The Surplus Wealth for the Common Good.
Page 114 - To express the same idea in another way — the business of the Ministry is to be acquainted with all proposals for dealing with post-war problems which are under consideration by government departments or committees, or put forward by responsible bodies or persons, to study them in their bearings upon each other, to initiate proposals for dealing with matters which are not already covered and out of all this material to build up in consultation with the other Departments for submission to the Cabinet,...
Page 141 - The steps which should be taken with a view to the development and regulation, after the war. of aviation for civil and commercial purposes, from a domestic and Imperial, and an international standpoint.
Page 127 - Committee is not in a position to recommend which of these methods should be adopted in the first instance : (1) Further amalgamation of railway companies as a step towards unification. (2) Unification accompanied by private ownership and commercial management. (3) Unification by means of...
Page 94 - ... the greater part of the latter sum be appropriated to the costs of dispatching and maintaining students abroad. The proposal is to establish, in addition to the higher educational institutions already in existence, 10 high schools, 17 technical and commercial schools, 1 foreign-language school, and 1 school of pharmacy, besides extending the present colleges and organizing new ones. It is expected that the program will be completely carried into execution in the course of six years, and that...
Page 93 - Of this sum, 39,500,000 yen ($18,690,750) is to be expended on the building and extension of schoolhouses and 4,500,000 yen ($2,243,250) on the training of teachers. It is proposed that the greater part of the latter sum be appropriated to the costs of dispatching and maintaining students abroad. The proposal is to establish, in addition to the higher educational institutions already in existence, 10 high schools, 17 technical and commercial schools, 1 foreign-language school, and 1 school of pharmacy,...