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... reason of the difference is no doubt partly that mining is directly , and the railway industry only indirectly , dependent on export markets ; but mainly that the unification of the railway industry effected during the war has not been ...
... reason of the difference is no doubt partly that mining is directly , and the railway industry only indirectly , dependent on export markets ; but mainly that the unification of the railway industry effected during the war has not been ...
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... reasons the war gave an enormous stimulus and support to the efforts of the general labour unions to extend their organisation . The depression of the last two years has caused a large falling off in membership ; but the improved union ...
... reasons the war gave an enormous stimulus and support to the efforts of the general labour unions to extend their organisation . The depression of the last two years has caused a large falling off in membership ; but the improved union ...
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... reason for believing that industrial receipts will rise , so that , if we insist on basing wages on cost of living , we may make it impossible to employ even the present proportion of our industrial population . Some consideration of ...
... reason for believing that industrial receipts will rise , so that , if we insist on basing wages on cost of living , we may make it impossible to employ even the present proportion of our industrial population . Some consideration of ...
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the average cost 1 per unit may fall for either of the two following reasons . ( I ) In some branches of production ... reason , namely , because , given time , methods of technique and of organisation are capable of improvement in any ...
the average cost 1 per unit may fall for either of the two following reasons . ( I ) In some branches of production ... reason , namely , because , given time , methods of technique and of organisation are capable of improvement in any ...
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... reason is that the fixed plant of a railway cannot , in practice , be so made as to be capable of effecting less than a considerable minimum of transportation . The aggregate costs of arranging for rail transport for one ounce per week ...
... reason is that the fixed plant of a railway cannot , in practice , be so made as to be capable of effecting less than a considerable minimum of transportation . The aggregate costs of arranging for rail transport for one ounce per week ...
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