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Show Distress lu France. Versailles, 0. In the chamber of -deputies yesterday M, Ordinaire radi- j cal republican niemhAr for Lyons, B que-tionsd tt.o g 'vernoi'Mt as to what steps it intended to tike to alleviate the distress among the workmen of Lyons. M. Ordinaire ftated that 50,- 000 operatives were thrown out of employment in consequence of low waes und the deirneas of raw silk, i which had risen SO per cent, in pried. I M. Limor, president of the council, 1 replied that the government would do everything in its power to assis'- the local authorities. It appears that two-thirds of the silk workers are unemployed, aud the manufacturers declare that work can- I not bo resumed until the price of raw silk falls 15 per cent. n Tho prefect of Rhone devoted 53,- U 000 from the local funds to the relief of the sutlerers. v 1 Many believe that the business of Lyons will not soon recover, and the jdemand for silk fabrics is declining 1 below that for woolens. |