BREWERS AND WAGE EARNERS.
Figures taken from the British Government Census of Production, 191213, show the capital of .£54,977,000 used in production of fruit, preserves, confectionery, cocoa, bread and biscuits employs 170,903 persons. The capital of used in production of beer and spirits employs only 91,732 persons. The late Sir George White, M.P., said he knew of three breweries, each of which had greater capital than his own boot factory, but in his boot factory more money was paid in wages for labour than the three breweries combined. The profits of Messrs Arthur Guinness, Son and Co., brewers, of Dublin, are over six times the amount they pay in wages. In a shoe manufacturing company in the West of England, employing 1,600 persons, the wages paid are six times the amount earned as profits.
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White Ribbon, Volume 21, Issue 247, 18 January 1916, Page 15
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134BREWERS AND WAGE EARNERS. White Ribbon, Volume 21, Issue 247, 18 January 1916, Page 15
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