THE SLAUGHTERMEN'S STRIKE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1672, 12 February 1913, Page 4

THE SLAUGHTERMEN'S STRIKE.

' Sir,—Seeing' that "New, Zealand may at un|y moment bo -flung '.'hto the throes of a/iseneralstriko,; I, would like to suggest th'l> necessity of. (promoting.an Industrial Peivce Society, els inwaraV : ;stxife carried to /bitter eriii.-will:'be".'a...loss to tho Donunion-that"mil nover" be-„recoycred. At - -I :ho present time ahe?o/ strikes: are en-

gineered'b"y a fewl men jca'led'labour agi'tatoi'S. and'-.these' rtlopa are:-responsible for all-losses/irtcurfed, by/strikes;-, tho men themselves simply ;/being content to abide by the', masters', ruling. _ ', ; /Mr':'' Ee'ardbn,' :who'us strinngr-tof control' tlie mutton output of New Zealand, remiarkM. the other, day that, the season was practically over, absolutely, showing '.that he' had:no-;consideration for those 'other-, than butch.irs wht, /have .been thrown out :of work. . .'',:,'; ' ",:Oio > . way out of , these i troubles.;;« . a very' vigorous emigration/ scheme,;.-' and 'members ,of Parliament should be apiprbaolied ;to inquire: into .and-,safeguard our industries, and ;.'ake steps to- check the-fanatics 'who are working tov kill '■them. ' New' Zealand was' prosperous, before the strike Might and/Semple, Trwear i'and Co. struck it: Another this listrike is the. absence of any, jusfaficarioir, ifor'tho demands made and'the.lack oi-j imanliness displayed bluff being -the' outkanding'„characfenstic., .They r say - the arduous' work requires,.that, others .shall lfot -have' access to it.'"/ What they .mean is',that ? it'so 'Vf.ll to. keep it 'nnd/control -it themselves. It. is also vstaW thatithey are firidinr.other'etnploy-. ment. ; AH the jmore'.need'of.a fresh influx 'to '■' owr populatiion, and sympathy ;.is not : requil-ecl for 'raen whp do: not. care, for ; .- ;/'Pairaerst()n'North, February ,8./ ' ■"•' '-