"SHORTAGE" OF CHILDREN.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 32, 13 October 1911, Page 18

"SHORTAGE" OF CHILDREN.

The textile mill owners of England are much concerned over the fact that it is becoming difficult to secure children as half-timers in the mills. In a general survey of the situation, it is learned that for several months past great difficulty has been had in getting a sufficient number of children to work in the mills, and many firms have advertised, either through the local labor exchanges or in other ways, ri in aim effort to supply tho demand. The population in many of the small manufacturing towns has in many cases remained practically stationary during the past ten years, and apprehensions are felt on the part of the manufacturers that it will be impossible to obtain a supply of juvenile labor to keep tho mills fully at work. Labor men of England, aro encouraged over this state of affairs.