In the next four years as the great depression loomed and started to take effect the Progressive Party was seen as already "content with nothing" as the Conservatives would run with that in the next elections, since the Progressives were always a bit late to respond to events in the settlement. Actions taken during the second term of Craig Baxter included a jobs act which created 10 council homes and creating about fifty short term jobs during the four years. Unemployment fell to about 5% during 1927, but by the Cornwall Council elections, 1929 unemployment was 7.4%.