INDUSTRIAL CANKER.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 728, 29 January 1910, Page 6

INDUSTRIAL CANKER.

pIKJIRm NavspEECri^B^lMß.fWAbE.;' fegSpeakin'g Mf juapheon N giveh r mi his'. ' |V;iNew.;Sou : th';''WaJeSi! ;dealt'vwithVindiistria:r ; i?si,'Hiii^!v^ttlininated. ; :a;;day;OT S^of"-tie^stTike;.leadersl Ho':'twelve'mphthj': . tei^pyisbnmeht^;.;i,;v;x . E|;':v|'.Th'e .^isitint: Premier;.was' {cordially, byv'aclqiowleaging Jthe' teoverwhelming.vkindness ;he;had; received ! iyuiui ; iof;;iie;.;receit,::guests : "of: p :Mr;' pa^;f'(^pks^^an'd•:'Mr; sl : fr^;Frafe, >: : ; ;ihtd; 'outor •'•darkness J ,'pji;'their ' P^fi^'|tOvEngland.:;: :; -. %:^puld-snot'- : -^ if'SMming.-.JNew's'SouthKjWales-'electioni'-and, j iKtrthatithefe : : |*;|^SW;;i';jnteroh^B;'of;'New/;s^ iiS^Helwas^^hid-to :be'afforded,'theSbppor'r: , |i'j tuhity of vmaMngvhim'self acquainted:.with ; P^the'scehi'c''w6'nders'-of-New :Zer.land,:.and. PKwith':«the: institutions'dn' New : Zealand/ '. f^'«onieSof ; ' which:'were "different :fronv: those; W "iohSAustxaliaV' iThe;ipeople'/of':both.-cpun:. pliews^bfvpublic 'interest.was- .exchanged ; i* more -and more' .extens'.vely.: ; SSlt:'ytasi*a- 'matter/concerhing-; ,the;/!pr,ess- , :: appreoiate', i -'that' -the,;'.two; ' K? by ; :'e"very ; ;;tie,v that;; should. fe' ; inake"':their::'associations .most ; it tKthey; !: ':ha^;'not'®b"eeh':;:divided - :,';py :5a , S'-'inali.sttip-':bf;water;'Since-coming/across ; pSio-New:'Zealand,iihe: • ptnbme:toi'him'sthat'irdess;one;bought,the : : of;the.:land;'he'loved.,;.By- ' :;mitiga'tioh,' : ;hejcouli: opiT say, pithati'-bn' -re'turh: to New.;South: Wales, ; rFSSV:would;endeavour.;':-tq 'induce■■ the:press . '..news jfrnore; .frequently...irom: P'Pfew Ze'aland,:.ah'ls.to;.deal:.with', matters. ■ fciw ■'more''ipublic;-iuterest:;than -they:, had . its been- , Q 6ing:' in 'tlie-.past. ■;'. (Applause.). : . ?'HJQs<experiehce' of; this';m'atter<hadi,beetf. , The. : irst in,: . j?';New Zealand papers ; regarding ..N.ew.'.South;, l>';.:(Walcs^b6ut..;a. ; .week';'after :his':, -arrival, . Istere^^ve-an':-.account idf-ithe.{expanding . !:-;feveh'netfof' ; fr.lditiohv'of-Queensland,' and reported Jbaif : fefWest- that ;, K:ltor'e ; : fjipas"'the'",item';'that;thefreturiis'':'of;hank-' ; Khiptcy; had..beenlless' 'than V.last- year,'.and: ; te)an:account.''of;'a:ibretal:murder,>a'nd -the" ' fSEe:.- did,;"not':,feol"'gratifie'd. br,;.impressed: p; jwith':adve'rtise"mehts; of tKat';;Kiid [.regard-' |ian^'i-^ewi:: ; GjMany - nutters.' 1 of: ; vital -to J the, ; »'^ibh3'.6f(;.both ; :c6untries':"might-be : trans;; '■' HEiiited:-;frbmV time;.':to -time.'.iand"; 'they. K ; fironW-:be.iof->'peat^ , yalue;\tb,ithMß^:;Uving^. |; to;'the l ;other:. side'of; the-water.;;;;: {s\^^Nev^;Zealana,; as: Guiding; Star,';;.;?;; IEK-There.Hwere.many things'; ii.;tßinion''.which ; wefe : time-established, and i:J-!Sespeople i'-' of 'Australia: looked ;upbn: theih; stars;':fromr.which- they.::were' . fetotent-Vto: draw.:.;expenence:': : ; New.: Zea- . i arid ;.:had.....' an : iv|fjW.nsWalJ;:Conciliati6n;:;ahd :: .Arbitration: . |•;:act/;!wKch;: ; was;<,be^ r :'c6'pie'd,'^more:;o^:. |,^wealth':f^iTheJ.va'uthorities',:'of'JAustralia : : K Biadvi'iinbibed;; fMm';,;^lew; : : Zealand-; -poligfifeians:.the; underlying;principle'.contained. . i ';most. ; '-in^re^ : i ' fifealia;:tb;:'come';'acr6ss';:to' New;:' Zealand n^'fh'ahd.'ihformatipnvdf' a : S (regardVttoVthe': ' |ite^;'::h6.-V;matteT,;';;said':.''Mr.7 r '-W .' :f. which =.'•• "countjy^-at.;large',:;'was';more' - Jfcpras -likely; to. be .'ebneernedin- the -• question .;bf, : the-'adjust:.' sStaeht;.'of;.industrial;;dispute3;:7>Ne'w;.Zea-'::. |iUiibl;;lad;.'ari.;'advanta^e v ■ B.'insthat'she had aVperehhial.'and extensive ' aU/JS; During-,:the $ life .-"(if. ;the" '■'■. A rbi- '' felbrmly^gpqa,':.and;;although the:-tendency' ' pbf ;'ithe.;;awaTds.. had... been';, to :.give r; some ptacreasesfor. concesdons'::So.;.the..wbrkers;': IffUie.iJ'em'ployeis':: appeared'to' have been ; fcßble:;tojpass;them on:to the public, ,\ and I'; > been 1 cbntent'.".to,-'p'ay. g'the :'beeri ''.cpuld'.'affprd.to .doit...; ! ' '■. might be i is.balledvr'.'plaH-lsailihg .and- 1 a;smooth..sea":,. e.tor.•;her.;!great./ experiment ■. in: industrial' EcbnfxbUijTheyVin'New';Souti.Wales-had' ' R !^^':bpposed , - by. \ difficulties:•'' ai?the;very.'. frbntset;; -The^;;had; : n'ot^^ - \ ft' isiid.Kthrbugh'; some" unfortunate:lapsei" in P-ltheiearly.:' administration'of thesAct,'-the'' '. ipUberty.vin.;thefnian'agementi.ofitheir;b'wn'i ' |;:nffairs. labour: people;; on;! the'. other; % hand, "tha'd:' used .".the.: Acts,: not. tof a'djustV strengthen lab-: .politioal.;purposes.: sVWhen-.twb;deficiehcies-o'f' thaf:.;character'. •fe>rero;. found;.; on beaten 1 ';, track,'; they': - K^ghtj.den'end^that^tioubleiwasiih -6tore; ( : |;«t3i'e restdti'was'tha't'^ih':a!very : few"years; . g.fhe;;employers'began' tb ! break;down:'the., jjißJ:t;i r by,:."appeals:' to higher, txibuaabi .'on R. Kgalipoints,' arid';all i the; hopes' of smooth f|WrKng| arid freedom';frbm;;expejisei were' p:|Jfs!;"Menacß'; to^liaw^and^brder.!?: ; : '.v |.;KThe;Alrbi^tibri;'AbV'"a riddied by 'both ,'eemplbyers arid f teniployeesoi'.'rhe. prevailing;seritimerit was j tthat; the-,;underlying; principle-of-'-the. ArV: Pfbitration/Act'was.a. sound; one,; and.;that'gefforts j should "be -' made;: to secure:; 'some, | : ;freshv';machinery,' biriding,-oi''both-.par-' |;tiM;'sfor; ; ',preventing.:,thev.;di£lbcafion :':of. |':tog the.'ob'ntinuity'rof,:wbrk;::and';fbr-• giv- % of'gfievances.-'"With.that'end. Efiiivview^'the--New.-South:--Wales. Parlia-; ari.:ariiendirig measure .in'the eßMy,pait'cbf;;l^t';yeai;;ffamedv ; bii'the' r,ienaral -:underlyirig"-conditions relating to jlheN.Z.concilia tion hoards: jThe procedure' ':W;, expeditious .::and''inexpensive,';, the ;; board, consisting .in; sense, of 'experts 'chosen'- ; frbm;;the::actnal'"tra'de'' invoived: ; .IThey -ha'dv.fourid-.'during.their short >ex-; J'perience-. of Jthis'coiirt;: that -a-' 1 tribunal, so a cbnstitute'd; and';with; such, simple, p'roce- ;: dure,',-had, given ■ results' of : a: most * benefi-,-;Siar-.'arid lastirig.;character to many;unions ; ; and;ibdustiies;iri:-,..New.;,:South-' Wales, ;:Which'.:at:;times;.had been sadly .in' need of (assistance sand-Vprotection; ' .'-.jWhile ..the, had: worked well enough, jthe ; ':Government:.';. had.-. beeri;.;icoril'rorited ■(Bt.'the-.ouiset. with.-an ;in.;tHe first , instance... but/very'-noisy,; and -growing: in" strength 'by mere' volume: of, Bound-Trwhich; lately ihaij' become "a.pbsi-' ;iive; menace to. law. and .order.. .:■-'; fei/fl' : :Barbarous 7.Thing>.Cajied /'Strike."-;' RN: / The:matter:'ha'd:''cbme','to:'ahead in -the !- Eorm'.bf the.-New;!South;Wales;coal strike, I■ jwhich:■'affected not.'only;, tho;';business': of !;:the;.Commonwealth,'- biit.'.the.. trado 'of !:'!Ne'w,-Zealand;'"-'The.-., riiovement.to-which fme;referred;had;been;a't:w'ork : :'for fifteen' Carionths.'arid .'.had f devoted. ;itself-,;tb, : , the 'xexpressrtrirpose.'bf'.destroying the legisla-: |,tiori;aria, resorting,' on alfeccasioris.to';the( (old;.'arid;barbarpus',method 'pf? striking! In stages'the, Goyernmerit'.had: the' jVßauntlet.-.thr'owri/down.'ahd the;challenge: s'given,-:whether.law.arid;order should'.pre':. 'i jtrailv or force • and Uoud-mouthed: been' '.upon 'toj.'fight 'the;battle.' of,'cbristi-':i |' tntional'.gbvernment, 'and-tofight.'forjthe l life wherever 'it. i operated:'v .In' passing, •' he','would'go as' far Bias.'saying; that, ..even if:compulsory arbi-; i'tetibriUed'.tb'ariiricrease.inthe cost of fliving'.along,.,with-ari'uncrease.'in wages;; yarid-.. ifi. by, .tie'!':process' : 'of;.. 'arbitration, fthey'«)uia;seCure. regular .'work all. the. |;'year;'round,;';the'j.increased, : ;co'st,,'of: living; |was a'"small r price:t6 r pay'fbr'such a boon; |(Applanse.).','f In.(New.-.South -Wales the p, matter-had, become so acute; and: was so |;;Sefinitely.brought before-the;authorities,' f'that: there was .no alternative but/to ask f-for the.'.assistarice'of the'public to stand |;behind the'Government!in the assertion ['that'the'.first law of civilisatiori was:the kinairitenance of. order. The attitude taken flfirp by -the State Government:; of .-New, pSouth: .Wales .had:' been -followed: by sue-; I'cess;: : apd;lie.: was., convinced :now.:'.;that & "iiese OTgwrise'd- attempts to: rale the coun-

rtry.::by:iriob-tactics;and disorder would not'.:be7:repeated. foiv vthe; -. next...twenty ycars7atValr.byehts.:l.V-17'V'/,'r::':'.r. ... i ; 77f'Affectina the Dominion. ' . ;• '.■• .-..Thesefmattere beoame material to New. continued the: Prime Minister, for.the reason;that N.S.W.,' in the' early stages "i of' 'her "experiments, ' had . undergo.he.othe -.'test-';' 'and'-- trial '.which, in.' all probability,'. have; come upon'.New,' Zealand,'-; vthbugh;; perhaps., not for -some .yearsVyet'." New .Zealand-had enjoyed -good ''seasons "and -calm---weather;"; New 'South';Wales';h'ad.always.been:opposed by istormjV'aiid;'her "turn; had i. come ...prema- . _ tuTely.'Vlf', every : man ah'd'-womah 'shbuld.'be paid;a living .wagej |'at : :iea'st, f, 'ana. that; the' wealth 1 of ;the:population should not be impoverished, endeavour.'should, bo-inade ,to :have the in-. dustriaVniachinery .so perfect; that; those two,;"endß;.were ; reached. ~.'■•'; -. f" .- 7 ~7Swayed:by>a;FluentjTohgue.;.:V. 1 '!■ They-htid to, face the unhappy .fact that large,-',bodies '. of : meh,',' property : holders, ;and'able,to,-reason, allowed.theraselvcs.to ■beVled- by, some men,: 'Who : were ; possessed of a: fluent-'.tongue, :and a forehead.of brass) .Everyone of -the strikes which ■ had ■ overwhelme'd'-'New' - South '. Wales recently .had.fbeen 'devel6ped :, 'and: organised 'and : led.by"oneirian,"supported,by a small per-•coirf'a|e.of:workers.--.'To'; the young'"irre- . s'pohsibles,". unmarried'and;'.careless,; most:of ..'the trouble oonld >be , ascriibedV. -'They carried on . their heads, - as ;it,-werel : hadi'np.hoineSi:and"they. were: all ■prepared,''under'■ the; wild.;flame 'of;bra,vado which-beset youth, to yell-"Strike! . when'itwasVa popular' cry.; .The'.older men'-dare'not raise their voice: in protest," 'forlfear. of "being 'branded as;;blacklegs iand'-'soabs.";' Ratler than'..be., loyal :to : their i own families- /and' consciences and ■ traditions, they 'Submitted to, the. tyranny. ; and sufferingvahdV- inconvenience ' of a: .strike,'.' and; then:'professed'.tp' be' loyal to .their" own ;;.-,;. : ?;..■>.■ ' .. 7 : 77.7:;" ""7,Tne; Remedy,..7;;,iv v .•.:".' the' •'question:': strike -at the. root ,bf the trouWe-it' the'.m'ah.'Vwith... the : :'false, .tongue, .who',;led.aWay, his.fellpws.,: (Ap-; , plause.)''"-';'::- i ';';V' : ;7„7. »'iv': ;V' '' 7; I ,' "It has "been-;our ;lot,',vMr. TV>de went . on," "to - carry 'out tie" unpalatable .task ;of'laying'-'oni ono'of these-'a-'respohsibildty: quite'i as ihe'avyvasvth'eV'privileges he; en : ; :joyed':in;the.'past.",vMake"the..task .un- , profitable',Vand' the:^bnrden.-. hard .to, be borne,:andfy6u\will'.'have;,far-.more,peace, • than ;we'.have;.been;enjoying'in. , ■Wales 'dnrina' the'past'.few.years. .■.:." ; :The''large":'bbdy,.of 'working-men,,.said ■ the'' hon.'.'.gentlemaiij'-.lia.d;; that., sense.of justice' that" when they.Appealed; to.-any. , : -trib'unali'toTdo: :justice;'betw'ee'n;:.twp' cpn'tending 'parties, ■ they ; were-;content_; to '•take -their;■ chSnce ; of .or -losing, ,ahd, : '-ifVthese v questioris-,were left.'to.bo ; decided-"on : their powerj'of-;reasonmg and senseV of >" j ustico;'.: the '■ .men; by the; awards. ■ :-lt:'.was : L ;pnly;. when.; a dangerous':'eleinerit' "was .introduced 'into industrial .'peace .Vthat..men'." loststheir ; ;nioral ■' courage:; and'- allowed.: themselves : to -bB"-drawn7into7:thV;"streto:of vdis-' ; loyalty,'-: in 'the.:' misguided -belief, that they.-were. loyal, : to ; ;.th'eir : . own "feUow- '■:.'}. With" 'the of these:canker'sores :from, the ;bpdy,Vindus-; trial-V'relief,must i.fpUow,.. and.'this .TOuld assuredlyKbe-.the" :;case-iin :;the. districts which ihad'ibeeh. disturbed of/late months., He .trusted '• that; ; . fori; New: Zealandsiown security'.'.aha-'iprosperity, :; .she ■ ; wouluV,be ■spared'the:'infliction':of;the.agitotor_either . ;ii v or-ioutsideV Parliament;;. ~-;If. Parlia- ■ meiit:viewea./ffie^.'agitator'.'.in same wayV'asvdidn-hisV-fellowrWorkers, outside the walls dfcthe.'House;;bs;life;wpuld be,: perhaps,.: a tmerry.Vohe^^and;.^lt. would; be certainly., a.tshorfc .one;.' ;■":■-■ ,;:;7 , . -.-''.';. ;'..'.'. 7j'77VTlie;'Silver;:B^ 'The' people: 'of'; Australia : lan'd,:!Wth'ough':divide.d..b'y.,a: ] . ■of- sea,' ; came:.:of': ; a:-cpmmon«.'6tock,, and pbssessed'siinilar'sympathies.and aspirations, ; :and':were ; :'all' a part 'of the;.great Undefeated'Empirei;' ' i; 'As';' i tho.'' countaes grew-7 and: developed;, and their dangerf;wMj'yearlyf be'coming .more-' imminent'!thati;the/ .wealth and 1 resources -of''the; colonies: might;,attract'Vstrangers; who-were Jnot tourists, ibut'-who meatt-'to-be. permanent - residents.■•;■ '---it;,;waa ■'incumbenti.jjup'on ■; the people'.of .the two"countries^to'cultivate a 1 closerVspirit' of-intimacy.; and,common purposed. ■ He7w-el'c6med l c,tlie.. WerMisea i or' -travelling audvNew, Zealand; land he sure that, -if.the expense'were less, .mprif-Australians. wi)uld::cPme ;bve'r.;'Mr.; W ; ade considered that''it'would-be unwise-toy. add-to j.tne 'expenses'''bfStourists.!Vlt;;'.wouiav:bßVbetter; he ; suggested, :smilingly;.,that;,;sinall items' should-be added surre'ptitibuslj-rto the hotel bill, than that iar-tqurist':' should meet;-;-: here ''and there, along't'his.';'pith,; , notices':such' as, ;.''Bntr4Hce', ',Twp/5ShaU "lings"7 There had been of Vchargihg "for. admission t- to.'; certain •spots: V'He Ead v hoticed with''Dle**e-:tiat; ■ : there were clear; 6treamß, s'ome'-nlled .with .trout: all' over 'the :land,.' ' 'life "and" salvation- for; they'stock.-V-sOno might:travel-100 miles irivAusbaliaj'.and 'see 'heithe££irout,,'nor;.wflter,|and;;:not -oven'^dam^'f-He-would recbmmendv his •colleagues-'toVcomeVto.New' Zealand for, complete:rest,frpm;their sorrows.;; (Loud ' applause^'"' : 'A a :-"'7'^'' ':%•'■': : ; " V. .