THE RIGHT WAY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1904, 12 November 1913, Page 6

THE RIGHT WAY.

It is quite refreshing to tain for a. moment- from the industrial upheaval'and all its attendant bitterness to the friendly negotiations by which the working .carpenters have just arrived at _a satisfactory agreement with their employers, and which, when confirmed by the Arbitration Court in the various districts will have the effect of a Dominion award. The men have secured an increase in wages and other concessions, and better provision is made for the training of apprenThe parties concerned did not find it necessary to resort to threats or violence, nor was the assistance of the Federation of Labour invoked; but everything was accomplished by friendly discussion and a spirit of mutual conciliation. Agreements made- in this way tend to strengthen the bond of union between employer and workmen. Bach has an opportunity of seeing points in dispute from the- other's point of view, and this establishes a reciprocal feeling of sympathy which does so lftiich to make business run smoothly. In spite of the doctrines of the noisy agitators who preach the class War. it is quite obvious that the prosperity of the worker is bound up with that of his employer, and the more generally this is recognised the better it will be for the industrial life of New Zealand. Every sensible employer knows that it is to his advantage to pay good wages for good-work, and to make the conditions generally as satisfactory as possible, and employers have much to lose and no< thing to gain by breaking agreements and disorganising trade.