He added that there would be no further payments until the government fulfilled its promise to cover 80 per cent of the wages of workers affected.

So they thought that as the population changed so too would the wages of workers.

With this change in demographics employers dropped pensions, insurance, and cut wages of workers in an effort to minimize overall costs.

Throughout 1919 and into 1920 the wages of workers were paid largely in kind through the direct distribution of products.