(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Unemployment is the problem which faces the Jewish masses in Galicia, according to reports submitted to the Jewish Artisans Conference just concluded here.
It was revealed that many Jewish trades, such as tailoring, shoe making, carpentry and tinsmithing are disappearing due to the governmental policy.
The tailoring trade which gave a livelihood to thousands of Jewish families has to stand the competition of state factories where Jews are not accepted. Workshops where ten to twelve men were employed are now reduced to one worker and an apprentice. Similar conditions exist in the shoe making industry. Polish Christian cooperatives have taken over the entire trade, especially the government supplies. The Jewish cabinetmakers are unable to compete with the easy payment system of foreign furniture firms. The tinsmiths trade suffers because of competition of the prisoners who are making samovars and plates which the government supplies more cheaply. These products are sold not only in the country but even abroad.
A similar situation exists practically in all branches o findustry, according to the reports submitted to the conference.
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