The German Way

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 January 1914, Page 3

The German Way

I A remarkable article in the Aordeiitsche Allg'ememe draws attention to one class oi work for the unemployed which has been too much neglected, namely the cultivation oi moors and waste places. The article points out that all systems oi insurance against unemployment must be, trom ~tiie nature of un(jrerniany sterling every year oi^flf—poorinstead oi decreasing, this expenditure increases year by year. JLJut close to one' hands are the means oi giving ample employment. Tliere are thousands oi square miles oi waste lands and moors, in (iermany only waiting the labour oi men , a hands to make them 'fruitful. One example is given where 40 unenrploj'ed lierliners have done wonders with tracts oi land placed at their disposal by the State. They have cleared six acres of wood, and out of the thousands of trees cut down have inanuafetured simple furniture and fencing. The German Agricultural Society have given them manure and with this they have turned 20 acres into good arable land. ()ther areas, suitable for residence they have planted with trees; othrs again with sandy soil they have turned into asparagus beds. They have laid roads and simple railways on the lands at flieir disposal. There can be no doubt as to the healthiness of the work, and it is in every sense reproductive.