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The local counsellor came to explain to the inhabitants of the newly built quarter in town that economizing is painful but unavoidable!
They knew that, we knew that, but we would like to have the measures to economize taken to be altered in order to preserve as much of what we have realised over the last decade. But his speech showed that the city council has decided for their policiy and there is no time left for debate; the council is to decide the new bill of rules in coming weeks and the inhabitants wonder whether their criticism and ideas are well heart and taken into account.
The word depression never was mentionned, but it was in the air.