HC Deb 20 February 1908 vol 184 cc1034-5
*MR. CHARLES ROBERTS

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade it he can state the total number of unemployed persons in need of relief in New York city in January, 1908.

MR. KEAELEY

His Majesty's Embassy at Washington reporting on 9th January stated the number of unemployed persons in New York City in need of relief as 125,000.

SIR GILBERT PARKER

Can the right hon. Gentleman say how many immigrants landed in New York, disturbing the labour market during the same period?

*MR. CHARLES ROBERTS

Can the light hon. Gentleman at the same time say how many emigrants left New York in January, through inability to find work?

[No Answers were returned.]