05 HOSIERY (PRINCIPALLY WOOL).
on Stockings and Hose (Million doz. pairs) 2-364 3-646 3-988 4-184
58 8 P
79 Underwear (Million doz.) ... an oo — +332 +302 +274
Fancy Hosiery (Million doz. = ove ee «977 +366 +403
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EMPLOYMENT.
ble From June, 1924, to the beginning of August, 1925, there was a
he steady rise in the volume of unemployment in the wool textile industry.
ost ~~ The highest point was reached at the end of July, when 21-3 per cent
he of the insured persons in the industry were totally unemployed. During
ise the last five months of the year recovery was rapid, and the year closed
et, with only 9 per cent. totally unemployed.
gs The following table summarises the course of events in the principal
areas.
ng
ree oo
ck TOTALS OF INSURED WORKERS UNEMPLOYED
ng toy -Hudders- 5 Dews- Batley _ *Scot- {West oil
da Beginning of Bradford ge1q Halifax bury atley | Morley land England | (Hosiery)
th January oe ov 5,038 1,8q0 831 1,322 1,468 | 592 658 . 156 648
February ie ihe 5,272 2,541 903 1,342 1,375 581 894 230 1,267
March ... ws - 5,593 2,250 854 1,137 1,320 498 813 176 1,102
Apr]... AT nd 5,919 2,007 869 | 1,290 1,130 536 1,665 153 875
all Mays =, 5, 7,651 2,055 1,675 1,606 1,142 714 1,756 161 834
Tune =... er «= 0.467 3,996 1,982 1,929 1,001 640 2,239 388 1,071
ve July 8,970 4,399 | 2,166 1,607 1,353 942 2,713 351 1,082
to August ... ee ee 9,357 2,354 1,216 921 973 1,173 | 2,410 | 565 1,210
September a oe 5,759 3,208 1,227 1,151 1,381 1,033 | 1,762 465 1,152
October... or a 5,172 2,256 652 985 1,138 810 1,014 345 795
November oT ee 3,756 1,083 345 1,134 I,317 658 813 2 470
n, December oe we 3,322 1,065 307 1,484 1,687 1,103 9s 3 Ii - %,
ng Approximate Number
ial of insured operatives
employed in each
nd area (in thousands)
OW
st * Includes Galashiels, Hawick, Alloa, Selkirk and Dumfries.
T Includes Stroud, Wellingten, Darsley and Witney.
The essential feature of the 1925 depression was the loss incurred at the
raw wool end of the industry. This checked the supplies of wool put
25. into the machines and occasioned more unemployment in the preparatory
ds. processes than in the manufacturing and merchanting sections. The
- other main feature of the year was the recording of higher percentages of
a unemployment in the heavy woollen areas than those recorded in the
a worsted areas.
irs. Unemployment was exceptionally heavy in Scotland during the period
137 April-October, largely owing to the extremely high percentages recorded
ds. at Alloa. The West of England got through the year without serious
119 distress and the Leicester hosiery trade had remarkably good figures
163 throughout.
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