From the point of view of the Report, however, there
is room for giving satisfaction to the men even though there be nominally a reduction of wages. The intro- duction of the principle of family allowances provides an opportunity. A man with a dependent family might • get more in allowances than he would lose in wages. The unattached young man would, of course, have to put up with a reduction. Although it may be said that this is not unjust, and is only what happens in black-coated occupations where consideration is deliberately given to the man who has had long experience and who has domestic responsibilities, Labour has always set its face against such humane preferences. Family endowments or allowances have spread rather rapidly in France though they are said to be disappearing in Germany after a trial.
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