Carolina QuotesIndustrial questions are being given consideration in Sweden; laws concerning child labor have been enacted, accident insurance has been provided, and an old age pension is being discussed. Attention is also being given to the housing problem in the cities, to farm allotments and to the establishment of labor bureaus and boards of arbitration. The Gothenburg license system is in operation in Sweden, under which the sale of liquor, where the sale is not entirely prohibited, is in the hands of semi-official corporations. Whether this system is responsible for it or not may be open to question, but statistics show that there has been a large decrease in the sale of beverages containing a high percentage of alcohol.
William Jennings Bryan Carolinian
Source
The Old World and its Ways By Bryan, William Jennings (1904), P.424: This excerpt from the aforementioned study is Bryan's reflection on social developments in Sweden at that time.
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- The Old World and its Ways (1904)
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- 1904
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- P.424
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“Industrial questions are being given consideration in Sweden…” William Jennings Bryan. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-B91822A1FB. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/b91822a1fb
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