... easier to import cheaper goods from overseas without fear of attack. Since it was cheaper to do this, many companies chose to. This made the situation worse and started a vicious cycle. The previously mentioned problems were not the fault of the National Government because it was set up in 1931, and these are long term issues resulting from mistakes made way before that time. Jarrow obviously depended on Palmers Yard, and in the 1920s, they started getting fewer and fewer contracts as said in the earlier paragraph. Although the unemployment problem was very serious before 1931, it became worse afterwards, and the National Government did nothing to help. Therefore, although this wasn't the National Governments doing, they could have aided the situation and put an end to it a lot faster as stated in source F where it reports that "Protests were made, but nothing effective could be done ...

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