Staple Industries Flashcards
The British economy during the 1920s
New industries of the Scotland Industrial Revolution chemicals motor-vehicle is electrical goods and change foods were growing at a fast pace motorcar production by the mid 1920s was three times what it had been in 1913 the set up of central electricity generating board 1926 and development of national grid brought a new and much more flexible for my power industry as well as homes
This led to an increase in living standards and therefore staple industries ended up in a decline as they were no longer needed as they were no longer modern
Declining industry
Coal
This still age was ending and I like to sit where replacing it does feel for transport industry
The impact of this was lower wages for minors or employment for some
The calling just to use to employ 9% of the total British were asked
The staple industries
The staple industries that had accounted for almost half of Britain’s tonsil outputs a quarter of employment and three quarters of experts before 1914 was to be a key problem for most of the interwar period during the 1920s unemployment remand at about 10 to 15% of the insured work for us although there was considerable regional variations Britain share of the world expert had found from 18% to 11%
Iron and steel
Foreign competition (Japan and Scandinavia) had larger plants and more up-to-date equipment
Larger Mills were created however older ones were taken out of production by the iron and steel Federation the new plants required fewer workers resulting in increasing unemployment
This helped the industry become competitive however it was little comfort to the working people of other staple industries.
Shipbuilding
Competition from Scandinavia and Japan hit hard too many small u economical shipyards in Britain
Shipyard honours began to close small yards to try and be more efficient the workforce became more competitive
Cost working people a lot of jobs.
