The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 75
Table No. 4
Table No. 4.
1886. | 1891. | 1896. | 1886-1891. | 1891-1896. | |
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"Tory" Government. | "Great Liberal Progressive" Government. | "Tory" Government | "Progressive" Liberal Govt. | ||
Increase per annum. | |||||
No. of Establishments | 1,946 | 2,254 | 2,459 | 61 | 41 |
No. of Hands employed | 22,095 | 25,633 | 27,389 | 707 | 351 |
Annual Value of Products | £6,711,379 | £8,773,837 | £9,549,360 | £2,062,458 | £775,523 |
In 1896 the import and export trade per head of population was £2 4s. 8d. less than it was in 1891.
Thus we see that the effect of the "progressive legislation" of the "great Liberal party," has been to reduce the average yearly increase in the number of our factories from 61 to 41, the increase in number of hands employed to less than half, and the value of our locally-manufactured articles by no less a sum than £1,286,935 per annum, and it must be remembered that this is with an increased population of 95,000 people to work upon. Where is this to land our working men and women? It is clear that the "progressive legislation" is rapidly destroying our local industries as well as our import and export trade, which has decreased £2 4s. 8d. per head the workers have a poor outlook before them.