Caught between fixed costs (the hire and upkeep of their domestic appliances) and falling prices for their products, tens of thousands of families were doomed to become paupers.
Decenas de miles de familias se veían de pronto condenadas a la indigencia, atrapadas entre unos costos fijos (el alquiler y mantenimiento de sus aparatos domésticos) y la caída de precios de sus productos.