TIMBER WORKERS VISIT MR. MASSEY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2197, 9 July 1914, Page 3

TIMBER WORKERS VISIT MR. MASSEY

I • I A UST OF REQIjEbTS j PRIME MINISTER'S RU'LY 'ilie ii(()iniiieii(|"tions ol -he Cnfer|i 1 ce of too iinibn Heikcis' 'cdu.tionj - f,ii(iioi-l\ pMiiii-lad 11. tin rt Jorts loi ihe pirn., \m re Iml Ik fore the I tun Mnustd ftli" ! •lon M 1 Mist j In 1 I d(ptitati >n \ stodat nioruiiii! J j 0 Ooaics Ml' , intiodtiv-ed the deftilittion ihe C P( ikt rs \ot( \lr i, I'lK.lau (Vu'klandl Mi 'I 0 lUrne • Mr II M illis I and Mr C 1 Me\.r (Uiristduirdi) ! Itiphnij; to'lk t.tiKiis points siibmittttl the l*i 11110 Minister Mid tli.it 1.1 rt | >;ird io tne int|)ort.iti in of bauln mn 1 ' brr—ilio diputation >-iid that tliet did I ..tot object tu the piiportition -ot biulk I uiiiber, but to small sues— I tli> ('oxcr.iinont h.'U 1 duty to the industries ol the ojiur\, md l f tno I liovernment could nssi t those nidustri's I tlie hop)d le \er\ s'id to do so, if it could be done withopt MjuriPg the bulk of the popul itn 1 I The point rustd io nit the mereaFe in itlie j rice ol (oninioditie*> tolloiiniK ui on awards of ilie \,l itra.'on Coi'rt \ms an ">cee<lincl\ diflidift one Workers hid I in some eases Rono to the Court and l;o' a tne pe r tent ipcrcnso in wap;es % I and there iiad Ihph a 1) per eent 111in the once charged, to the ptbiu If tnr Coierntnent toulJ solu tins difii(.ult.i the\ nould he \en Rk.d to «o it it bid been a burning iiiestion .-nd lie had had his attention dra 1 1 to :t | o\er md 01 er ag-iu As to a substitute t.i tber for nlntp pine, it had been s.yßestid tint t \n ho tiiea in the nntnifaetire of butte, bi\es He liul ne\er heard ot tlio pissibdiU of loinj, ti\n but *here was no doutiL thit tlio suppU of vlnte mile t\ u s rtinriii(; 011, and 'hit sonl- - ltould l "i\c to bo done tc find 1 su'i'tituto for it 'llio l'orestr\ Depirtinent v?t plintinj; a cpeeies cf pop'i" of \er\ lipid Rtonlli, wlitcli wis -surtyvsid to be suitahlo, and to 00 ibsomteh -tiouriess With to V iipnin. Fo-est t nas the in""iitioii cf tho Gotpnmniit to pno effec to the nrom lendattois ef the Torestr Conmlssiin, and for + lns l»upose insp clion anC Mqiiiiy rotild lit m toe '11 the forthcommi st'inpier | l'n*il tins inqiim wis nnd( it would I be niposstble to »here the sa'wnill would be situated lint the Gever.tniei.t -tere fioinß o. 111 th their proposi l to istiblish a sm'Pill tliero He agreed with what 'nd liec saia about th" m->ic of timber known 1.9 ' slioits" On *'ie other hind thiv pilist run tin* H.UIIIIV DcpirtniPiit on 'Oiiiineren! lines pud -i it to tn<' r 'o n ! 1 >ss Wint he tl pbrlu tics slto'-lu do and ii'iut he belie;ed tin Riilwai l)(| irtminl ionic! do piesenlh »■" to I cim 'shorts" at tlip Io est rttei j Mine wis a ttenioiidous taste of this 1 class ol timbe-, and a Rreat ' .1' ot j I that non bun.; destroted slionlj ue put I to use f I He toiild meke nr promlsi -loout nr ninendinuit ot the \ orkus' Cui ipmsi- ! linn Vet Ih- present -is=ion must U i short ii.io, mil In w is not stt.t ttlu fier PirliimeiiK noi'M hue timo +o tl il with \Oikpr„' eomirflisition this session He did imt knot wliethe- there w's an\ "ni's.ippreheiisiDii on the put of llm 'iulilr i Rardnii.' niiniißi ition, out the onl\ rliss of ixoph . ssistcd to eomc fo this countr\ wen domeittc st r\ tins and firm linourers and a f.u it he could letrn there w.-s still m ,1 is ttisfii d d--I mind for these t.oikirs It had heen slid tint ">c .ur' Roniß ti line a hinl wmttr hut lie was niforiiKil h- tl« Uipirtm nt of libour tint woik could li found 'or all ibli bo lied mt 1 ippl\iiir tm ti And if he wis in- jtulßc of the oiitloih t'lere ttotiV' be 1 mo 1 (Inrniß tin "-omni;; <|)rinß and summer in w 1, surprised to heir tliii fie e •n 1 been am i.ouble about the \rt p--o-Milnu '01 the accommodation ot «ininill "ind other work'rs In point of faet. Ik Ind hid comphmts tint the l,ibi,Ui Oepirtinfiu 1 r.s liein/ too sell t(, emsiiiß liirdslnp to s l wnnllirs Hie lederition liHßlit b- quite Hi'" t'nt ■In Itm-rtm'iit wittld to ,'•> ilk tiling nit onlj to the workeis lut ,i|sr to the employers The \rt tioui 1 b idipinitti red in ico dince wit'i xhj iplenlioti of Pirliaiiient Union Funds ard Politics T expepditu.p of union finds for ot tl ' tlll'l linioi pin noses poi tliilied the r.ni'e Ministo. hid hern a bi nuns; question in the Old (oimtrj 11 ire tln'i here Iho Übit.ition A-t prouded for the reEij'tr.'in.i of unions onh for the liuivoses of the Act \ aides unnn v • not mended to be n mlitical en on bts ins" tini 01 ill shidrs of [olitK il opinion wc.-e numbers of trades 111 ions t.l is lnrdK .air to lllot. .' nnjoMt\ to use film's to whidt 1 li't-ior-it\ iwre to suosrrib", for purposes of 1 Inch the mil oriti did not appioie lint \is the iwsition He could not encourage the idei put foiwird that in e\j>ort dut\ «lio iM bo niposed on certain <oin.!ioditi"s lln',\ IIIJ to he \cr\ {-rclul not to mlucu tho tolui.i" ,of our e\ports, Iki-uso i ledlldion wou'.l cause tlio i.hole ,ommunili to suffer lhc nolic.i of th« Got 1 rntr".it wa to (.\pnrts 111 curt jvissilile lit It did rppeir from the cabled reports tint buttor was sellnij. in Ixmclou rt a less pnc<- thin it (Otlld be purelnsed for It re, but tlio ((Uiipi.lsoit was not 1 f.'tr one 11 tlrt he jrire quoted in London was the til oh siic price "t which butter w « sold In ton-. It ii.ii not fi'r to compare that wtth the retnl price here U was trite tb t bntt<. Ind bmi 100 Joir nere, c«ivciill' dunlin, list wintci, bat that «tas ettiscl b\ tin failttii of supplies 11- th' 'nd of li"t dt.rjinn soisou nninj! tr a .lroiisht, ind to th" e\poit <u ao mu !i hutur that luilitun, vaa not 1 ft 111 the comitr, n meet locil reqiitrentents Ho tis opposed to aii\ rombii."tien tc imt up tho ptice 01 but ter in an.f other and it au\ ItVisittioti shottlJ bo 1 et«sir\ to pre suit aPUliniß of th-- eoii, lit would be \llihn_ "to introdnc