PARRY ON THE LABOR FEDERATION.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 45, 19 January 1912, Page 11

PARRY ON THE LABOR FEDERATION.

Referring to hi 3 recent tour through New Zealand, Mr. I'arry, Vice-presi-dent N.Zi'.i... said lie was much impressed with the pi ogress of tlio Federation, appiwatioiis for admission having been -coiiiins; in from bodies iv all parts. They \»'■•*.' first directing ti'ieir attention to ".ii- , .most important industries, a3 by linking them up they would make a .sL-rong bulwark of protec tiou for tlie smaller bodies. As far as the severaiKv of connection with tho Arbitration Court was • concurred all the bodies iv the Federation were, quite satisfied with the action they had taken. ''They regard the Court," said .Mr. Parry, "us an institution which has b<yu unable to cope with the rcquiremc'iiis of thu working-class. Whereas the Arbitration Court stands for the. ptvpeination of the wages system, the Federation of Labor stands for its ultimate abolition and the institution of a co-operative common wealth. It realises that tho interests of one class of workers are the interests of every other class of workers in the Federation. The definite aim is 'New Zealand's wealth for the New Zealand's workers.' "

TT is interesting to chronicle that Archibald Crawford, editor South African "Voice of Labor," thinks that "in Now Zealand Socialism may come through political action." Ho emphasises that "industrial and political development in N.Z. is quite different to that of any other country."-