The number of former Jewish traders in this city diminished by one half during the past five months, due to the government’s policy against them. The former traders find their only escape from their plight by becoming artisans. This trend was shown in statistics published here of the number of applications for loans made by the artisans to the Jewish credit cooperatives Lekopo and Trud.
The majority of the artisans are engaged in textile knitting in their homes. The Trud established a textile cooperative employing 80 workers. Four thousand artisans have received aid through the Lekopo and Trud. The chief difficulty to be overcome is the lack of raw material. The situation is especially severe now due to the growing number of unemployed former traders.
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