LABOUR LAWS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 29, 4 February 1913, Page 2

LABOUR LAWS

to vbi emron. j Sir,— l md thougantl* of ynur reaOew Uavo read with gi-ettt intereßt your leßders on Fedefattou fflisriiahateHifetil. utid to every ltnimrtiftl readei' it ' will appear that there ie mtush to bo studieii on that Bubj<spt. You have otpoibd Mis Pederfttionish' lamehtablb w ft ht of Icnowled^e of their affaire, affair* > F o .•feveluUottaty that they are tapn" *^S bl j/ tt l ld( wh Hi? lead hn-uitt. ut . l l *&**&• . t h(i[ * watchword, "Do^ft with the Gftbttaltatt, ' b tt very old cry, uttered by those who are tocap&ble of knowing right from wretig. What trade ok busihew Can be ctii'rled oh without capital t Gush is tW ' went lever of eoffifflereo t withftUt it we- Bhould return to /the tittys oi batbarißM. Without tin lnaueetnewt ac r l'iw'ard thr. Iftbdut- done ho one would work. • ■> Wake up,, workers, and take *ho hood to tho -parrot ories. about tltintt* ,that have no meaning.. We.have all votes, and so nre enabled to place' «i e n o f out choice to repfdserfh Us ih Pa^Hameiit,' who will Maps laws on behalf of votoV* who put them there. That being.' ro, are we to abide by the law's oi Ufa Dohiinion, or by resolutions mßde -by mißgUided and irfosponnible sO'ealled leaders of uniohs ? ( All should obey the Iftwj all ghouW be made to rio *o," no matter whether they are employers or employees. TChn Arbitration Ctuirt w«"» «et up to settle lab&ur dißputds; then *hy not abide by the Court's deoisioii? Afbiwation. and nothing, but arbitration. ThtHr wctalH taltfe away the living 'of the ftg-itawrs, 1 and soon the Workers weuld •etfeld doirn ia contentment, because nil v?ould have to, apneal to the .Court -to, «ettld disputes and have to abide • by. verdicts founded on evidence. . : This Dominion is a working men and women's paradise. Yet, in spite of this, Federation leaders are trying all they «an ta nmJte, members break the law-£ wnnuet Vvhloh ends 5n pox-erty ahd <A\iitdfie.' BOtUBg 1 how the laws ere defied and strikes take place all ih'er Neu 1 Zealand, members of, Parliament (should quickly realise Hint something will have to.be done, or the uncertainty wfl causo all ehterpfise to , tease. • Then, what will become of the workers T,- . ; I have two sons. , who ar© &s black ft* niggers after each day*s work, bo ybU see. I. am, influenced rather in favour 6f lnbftur thfth othprwiee) but 1 also favour ' , LAW, N6T fiISORI)TSR. Wemngtoii, 2ria Ifebrua^y. " " '