"THE MEDDLING AGITATOR."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 649, 28 October 1909, Page 8

"THE MEDDLING AGITATOR."

.' ;MB.; KETTLire STBICTUBES. '..: ENDOESED BY. EMPLOYEES'* '' -':,-', ~:;>: (By Mejjraph-Preaa Association.); / '..''' ; ! V ■ i : '. ; '"';...- , '-;Christeh'urch',.'OctoDer 26. .; At' a meeting of; the Executive Committee of the Canterbury Employers' Association, held today,-', the /following resolution .was' passed:—, ..';"l'Ms.': executive; .'having, had . its attention '.< directed to the decision of tHe Trades, and Labour Conference, now being held in .Wellington, ; to bring before: the notice of the Government certain comments recently'made by Mr. C. .C. Kettle," S.M., when giving judgment in a recent labour dispute at' Auckland,/desires most emphatically' to endorse the said comments as being',perfectly justifiable and timely, in their application."; -It also fully endorses -the conclusion, :pf.. Mr.-' Kettle's; statement: -'that the labourer:, is worthy'.-,of -his hire, unity is strength, and the workei-s are entitled, to ■ safeguard ;aiid maintain/their' rights' bv. all fiir and legitimate means; but the meddling, mis-chief-making, agitator who, through excess of zeal or •under' mistaken-sense of duty, foments discontent; and encourages a spirit of hostility and, antagonism towards employers, instead of cultivating and promoting a conciliatory; spirit and /good "feeling, betwoen. employers and: emploTiljis.r is' the . enemy '.of the omployei's, a greatti enemy .of theeraployeos, and a'curse ' to/tiie community',; and' this executive considenf^that^a.still,more:glaring anomaly exists in thb position assumed by certain,members of Parabiont; who'take up official positions in, . labfii: organisations leading ..to disputes, " fomenting discontent; and encouragtog a spirit of , hostility towards,- employers, -.using' unfairly ,'• their/positions 'and, privileges'ha members of ; Parliament" to these ends. This executive there- ). fore' strongly-recommends' the 'advisory board , of "the federation' to place-their. viow ; on .these matters '■ before.', tin'-. Government at an' early ', datß.'*:"V'''v' ;;; M'-/'' ; ,' , ;v '■'-;-v 1 -'.-.- : "-.■■■- -