IMMIGRATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 675, 27 November 1909, Page 5

IMMIGRATION.

CANADIAN LABOUR WITHDRAWS ITS I OPPOSITION. (By Telegraph.—Press 'Association-CopyHtihU . (Reo. November 26, 9.50 p.m;) . : OHav/a, November; 26. : . The Canadian : Trades and - Labour Congress, ia recalling Sir. Trotter, its representative who was sent to Britain to: dissuade; workers from emigrating to ; Canada. l'he recall of Mr. Trotter is interpreted .as the - abandonment . of. tie Labour : party's clusion policy, and is attributed to the fact that, the Canadian Emigration. Department; def, Scribed the 'exclusion policy of tho .Congress as unpatriotic. ' ■ ■■■ , ■ ■ -

MR. TROTTER'S STRICTURES. ;: While in England Mr. Trotter', has been' t jn tho labour Conferencitf at Pprtsinoiith, he,violently nttapkeil the . Salvation Army's • emigration ■ programme, j ivhich,;; he. declared, .would win the prize for tho best way of prevarioating« without ; lying. .The . Army, ■ Mr. Trotter .assei'ted;; had' become the procurator-gonoral of oheap: labour : for international capital. : .-• /vi.iv.'. On other occasions Mr.', Trotter declared :thata. large number of - emigrants ore .not ~ suitable for Battling on the land,.and'are over-crowd-ing tho towns of Canada.'' Many, of. tho people who • were ' placed ; on tho land: (he' added), got: . baok to .tho towns .as soon as they.: possibly' could.- The .Dominion! Government knew-very well that there win'no room for skilled craftsmen in Canada; and, ,in ' spite' of the repeated appeals'of the'manufacturers,: who only wanted, ; the inenin order tobring,down the' prico of .labour, ! had:.studionslyjrefused to invite' such people to emigrate .from -England. ■ ■ All the emigration -agenoicg ini London .were' . condemned by Mr. Trotter for . participation "in the work ; of misrepresentation iliat was en- • tailing '6o 'much disappointment arid misery upon English emigrants and their, families in Canada,'' but ;ho: also passed ; severe' strictures - companies,' working :uj)on- 'a commisaoa which encouraged their. activities.