The Fisheries. In round figures the fisheries of theUnited Kingdom employ about 65,000 men. The annual catch is about a million tons, and the fishing fleet numbers over 12,000 vessels.Britain’s share is about 5 per cent of the world’s total production of sea-fish. On the other hand, the inland and freshwater fisheries are comparatively unimportant, […]
The corn harvest ofBritainis now in full swing: in the South it is nearing completion; in the North, just starting. With the crops now dead ripe, every hour of dry weather must be seized and the combine harvesters work late into and through the night. The wet spells must be turned to account, drying wet […]
The United Kingdom was the first country in the world to become highly industrialised. Eleven people work in mining, manufacturing and building for every one in agriculture. The United Kingdomis one of the world’s largest exporters of manufactured goods per head of population and the range of its industrial manufactures reflects its position as one […]
Certain parts ofBritain, known at various times as Special Areas, Development Areas, Development Districts, etc., have been recognised as being persistently and seriously below the national level in economic activity and development. But this is only part of the picture. The very names used are symptomatic of a one-sided approach. The truth is that the […]
Nationalisation by itself is not socialism but nationally owned industries operated on the basis of service to the community and not profit for big business can be an important step on the road to socialism. When nationalisation was brought in by the Labour Government it was widely welcomed. Why, then, is there such disappointment with […]
Government price policy (operated by Labour and Tory alike) was the main instrument enabling the private monopolies to bleed the nationalised industries. There was no restriction on the prices charged by private industry which has alleged to aim at reaching a profit of from 15 to 20 per cent on net assets. If any firm […]
