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The Fair-Trade Loaf. All grown within the empire - return markets for manufactures. Factories running full time, and plenty of work.

The Fair-Trade Loaf. All grown within the empire - return markets for manufactures. Factories running full time, and plenty of work.

Collection Title: Poster collection

Date Created: 1918?

Medium: political posters

Record Number: XX343.17615

The Free Trade Loaf. Only one-third home-grown - two-thirds foreign grown, with factories running short time, and men out of work.

The Free Trade Loaf. Only one-third home-grown - two-thirds foreign grown, with factories running short time, and men out of work.

Collection Title: Poster collection

Date Created: 1918?

Medium: political posters

Record Number: XX343.17616

The struggle for the crust. The British industries: "Aye, aye, Mr. Bright, cheap food is a capital thing when it is cheap. But what's the use of cheap food anyway when you can't earn wages to buy it?"

The struggle for the crust. The British industries: "Aye, aye, Mr. Bright, cheap food is a capital thing when it is cheap. But what's the use of cheap food anyway when you can't earn wages to buy it?"

Collection Title: Poster collection

Date Created: 1918?

Medium: political posters

Record Number: XX343.17617

Which do you prefer? Protection wages per week: Bricklayers, 110s to 125 s; Carpenters, 68s9d to 90s ... Free trade wages per week: Bricklayers, 37s6d to 40s6d; Carpenters, 36s2d to 39s4d ... The above comparison is taken from the Board of Trade report on Rates of Wages, etc., in American towns. (Cd. 5609, April, 1911).

Which do you prefer? Protection wages per week: Bricklayers, 110s to 125 s; Carpenters, 68s9d to 90s ... Free trade wages per week: Bricklayers, 37s6d to 40s6d; Carpenters, 36s2d to 39s4d ... The above comparison is taken from the Board of Trade report on Rates of Wages, etc., in American towns. (Cd. 5609, April, 1911).

Collection Title: Poster collection

Date Created: 1914/1918?

Medium: political posters

Record Number: XX343.17606

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