Short biography of George Jager 2
George Jäger was born in Liverpool, on the 5th December, 1845, being the only son of Mr. George Jäger, a gentleman of Hanoverian extraction, and who came to Liverpool in the earlier part of the nineteenth century, and finally commenced business as a sugar refiner. The son having been educated at Liverpool College, entered his father's factory while still very young, to learn the practical side of sugar refining; this occupation engaged his entire attention during the day, but young Jäger naturally fond of reading, and having a keen sense of the importance of being well informed, continued his education by evening study; much of his spare time was spent in general reading, but his chief liking was for books dealing with social and economic subjects. While still a young man he took the management of his father's works, and the necessary constant control of, and contact with, his workmen, enabled him to gain considerable insight into the methods of thought and ideas of the wage earning classes; a subject which remained a source of greatest interest to the last.
Mr. Jäger joined the Society in 1883, and at once took part in the discussions at its meetings. In 1887 he read a paper, entitled, "A New Fiscal Policy", in which he advocated graduated taxation upon all goods imported into the Kingdom. Many of the suggestions then made appear in the scheme more recently enunciated by Mr. Joseph Chamberlain.