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WORLo..CJtISJ:S : INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS 27. r
Year Perc:eOIB3e of UnempJ.oyrnent Trade Un,ion Membership,
19l1 14,3 5,128,648
In3 ".7 4,369,268
1924 10,3 4,328,235
1925 ".3 4,342,982
The height attained by the index in 1.922, namely.
14'3, will appear to be extraordinary in the perspective of
the more or less normal heights of un.employment index
in pre-war years . From 1910 to 1914 we have the
following figures: 7
1911'
1912
3.0%
3.2%
1913
1914
2.1%
3.3%
And this low unemployment indices correspond'
quite well to the comparatively modest figures of trade
union membership.
In Germany also we h~ve the same story of what
may be called "inflated" employment. Her~, again, we
hav~ records of trade union membership. Let us take.
the figures from the most important freie Gewerk,scha/ten
(free trade unions} for 1913 and place in its perspective.
the figures for post-war years, as follows: b
1913 2,525,000 members 1920 8.026,000 members
1919 1,338,000 1921 7,752,000
19l1 7,822,000 members
The ascent from 2,525,000- in 1913 to 8,026,000- in
1920 is too steep and abrupt. This pbenomenai increase
in employment should appea~ to be unnatural for r~ormal
economy as'known in Germany down to 1913.
7 I'rob/~me., elc., p. 110.
8 Woylinsky. :t..hn Jahre, elc., p. HO.