General Election 1929. Conservative Posters. , 1929

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1929-01 - 'Conservative Rating Reform. Rates on industry raise prices & create unemployment. De-rating means lower prices, more employment, better times for the workers. £26,000,000 relief in rates for industry & agriculture.'
1929-02 - 'Conservatives! Lloyd George won't beat us, Ramsay won't defeat us, but apathy might! Vote!'
1929-03 - '800,000 houses built by the Conservatives in the last 4 years. Premises are better than promises.'
1929-04 - 'See what the Conservatives have done! 800,000 houses built in 4 years. Pensions for widows & orphans. Pensions for insured men and women at 65. Taxation reduced. Income tax relief for parents. Safeguarding - to increase employment and wages. Rating relief to help industry and agriculture. Peace at home and abroad.'
1929-05 - 'Millions saved from want by the Conservatives. Pensions given to widows and orphans. Pensions for insured men and women at 65. 32 million persons freed from fear of poverty. Don't forget! The Conservatives gave you these pensions.'
1929-06 - 'The Liberals put the Socialists into office in 1924. Don't give them the chance again. Vote Conservative.'
1929-07 - 'Socialism means higher prices, heavier taxes, more strikes, less employment. Vote Conservative and safeguard your savings & your job.'
1929-08 - 'Official facts to remember. 1921: Under Lloyd-George - over two million unemployed. 1926 (April): Under Baldwin - less than one million unemployed. 1926 (May): Unemployed increased by 600,000 through General Strike. 1929: Unemployed reduced by 340,000 in first 3 months. To-day: 600,000 more employed than in 1924. Conservative policy is conquering unemployment!'
1929-09 - 'Safety first! Stanley Baldwin, the man you can trust!'
1929-10 - 'The Socialists will be Liberal with your money! Vote Conservative.'
1929-11 - 'Don't let your money go down the Socialist drain! Vote Conservative.'
1929-12 - 'Who will pay for Socialist schemes? You, you, you!'
1929-13 - 'The Socialists will take your earnings. The Liberals will borrow your earnings. The Conservatives will increase your earnings. Vote Conservative.'
1929-14 - 'Keep that win in Baldwin! Vote Conservative.'
1929-15 - '19 points for your approval! Cost of living reduced by 18 points under Conservative Government! And now the tea tax abolished! Vote Conservative.'
1929-16 - 'Liberals will help Socialists, Socialists will 'help themselves'. Conservative will help you!'
1929-17 - 'Women voters. If you want healthy homes in place of slums, medical care for mothers & babies, food prices reduced, better factory conditions, an open door to college & university for your children, support the party that keep its promises! Vote Conservative.'
1929-18 - 'Some results of Conservative Policy (official): cost of living reduced by 18 points, small savings increased by 170 million pounds, value of wages increased by 160 millions yearly, 78 coal mines re-opened this year, 591,000 more people brought into employment. Vote Conservative.'
1929-19 - 'The Socialists are pledged to make general strikes legal. The General Strike took - 4 million pounds from the trade unions, 14 million pounds from the wage-earners, 80 million pounds from the taxpayers, 400 million pounds from your country. Vote Conservative.'
1929-20 - 'The Conservatives have reduced the National Debt by £97,000,000. Lloyd George would increase it by £200,000,000. Vote Conservative.'
1929-21 - 'Who ordered British meat for British soldiers, sailors & airmen? The Conservatives! That's the stuff to give the troops! Vote Conservative.'
1929-22 - 'Saving the Babies! The great Conservative reforms in public health have reduced deaths among babies to the lowest figure ever recorded! Deeds - not words! Vote Conservative.'
1929-23 - 'Beware of cheap jack remedies for unemployment - read what Sir John Simon, a Liberal leader, said last September: ""Do not let us go forward like a Cheapjack at a fair, and announce that we have some patent remedy which will sweep away unemployment. It is a long, slow, difficult business."" Vote Conservative and conquer unemployment by rebuilding national prosperity. It takes time - but it's the only way.'
1929-24 - 'The Conservative Sun-Ray Treatment.'
1929-25 - '"Safeguarding" is the 'open sesame' to more work, better wages and prosperity! Vote Conservative.'
1929-26 - 'Beware of the serpent. Vote Conservative and escape the coils.'
1929-27 - 'Conservative tonic. Removes those nasty spots before the eyes.'
1929-28 - 'So pretty! - 'Till they burst! (promises) They're forever blowing bubbles.'
1929-29 - 'Another leg-up from the Liberals! Vote Conservative and stop it!' [Lloyd George giving a bunk up to Ramsay MacDonald to reach a shelf - 'Nationalisation Confiscation']
1929-30 - 'The escalator to prosperity. Vote Conservative.'
1929-31 - 'Socialism would mean inspectors all round. If you want to call your soul your own, vote Conservative.'
1929-32 - 'Trust Baldwin. He will steer you to safety!' [Baldwin at the helm of a ship]
1929-33 - 'I hear they want more - Baldwin.'
1929-34 - 'Safeguarding shields your wages & your job! Workers! Vote Conservative!'
1929-35 - 'Let the lighthouse of Conservatism save 'S.S. Great Britain' from the rocks of Socialism.'
1929-36 - '600,000 more at work than in 1924. Conservatives are increasing employment.'
1929-37 - 'From cradle to old age. The Conservatives protect you by child welfare, maternity welfare, better health insurance, more employment, more and better houses, pensions for widows, old Age pensions at 65. Vote Conservative.'
1929-38 - 'The Socialist idol (officialdom, state control). Don't feed the idol - smash it! Vote Conservative.'
1929-39 - 'Don't let them gamble with your money! Vote Conservative and safeguard your earnings.' [Lloyd George and Ramsay MacDonald with bags of money labelled 'taxpayers' money', 'confiscated savings', etc.]
1929-40 - 'The cheapjack! (Nationalisation dope.) "Walk up, walk up, ladies & gentlemen! Try my marvellous Socialist cure all for bad trade, swollen unemployment, broken time, agricultural depression. Removes superfluous cash while you wait. Luxuriant growth of new taxes guaranteed!"'
1929-41 - 'Socialist schemes mean £250,000,000 a year more in taxes! It'll come out of your pockets!'
1929-42 - 'Free industry from the red bar of socialism! Vote Conservative!'
1929-43 - 'Don't be caught!' [Red hand about to claw people, 'Socialism'.] 'Vote Conservative.'
1929-44 - 'Smoke Baldwin's security mixture.' [Tobacco containing 'peace in industry', 'safeguarding', 'maternity benefits', 'improvement in trade', 'rating relief', 'emigration schemes', and 'slum clearance']. 'Vote Conservative.'
1929-45 - 'Stop this.' ['Socialism hand painting over Union Jack with red.] 'Vote Conservative.'
1929-46 - 'What do the tea leaves say? "4d a lb. cheaper!" The tea-duty has gone! Your duty remains. Vote Conservative.'

Dates

Creation: 1929

Extent

1 volume

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English

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