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 THE REV. HARRY WILSON, M.A. 315

most urgently is cheap and rapid communication with the outskirts of London.&quot;

&quot; You get among these people, Mr Wilson, and learn a good deal about them. How do you think the wage-earning capacity of the East- ender to-day compares with that of twenty years ago ? &quot;

&quot;On the whole, the number out of work is much less than I have known. An enormous number live on the wool trade, finding employ ment at the many large wool warehouses about here. I should say about 5,000 annually are so employed. But there is a lot of intermittent work. Many of the men get periods of five or six weeks employment say five times a year. After each spell of employment they may get five or six weeks out, waiting for the cargoes of wool to come along. Then, again, a lot of men about here are employed as carmen, receiving from 253. to 305. per week.&quot;

&quot;Take the case of those in intermittent em ployment. Are they provident do they save when in work ? &quot;

&quot;In most cases no. The men are very improvident indeed.&quot;

&quot; Then how do they get along when out of employment ? &quot;

&quot; That is just what I cannot find out,&quot; observed Mr Wilson. &quot; I have often tried. In some cases the wife will go out to work. I know that. But,

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