THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 17, 25 April 1916, Page 6

THE DAIRY INDUSTRY.

• FACTORY LABOR AND THE WAR

THE MATTER OF EXEMPTIONS.

A deputation consisting of the following members of the Dairy InJustij waited on the Hon. James Allen, Minister of Defence, in the., secretary’s office at the Show Grounds yesterday afternoon: —Messrs' R. Dingle. (President Dairy Employers’ Union and Stratford Dairy C 0.),, A. Morton (National Dairy' Association, KseCn’tvc Employers’ Union, Mangorei Go.U J. B, Murdock (Joll Co.), W. Richards (lin'diff Co.), J. Knowles (Tafiki), T. H. pienn (secretary Dairy. Employers’ Union; 'Xgaire, Towgarth, 1 TOamrri., and Makahu Co’s.). The deputation put before the Minister the position in regard to the experts employed in the various factories, and asked if anything had been done for their exemption. Mr Allen said they were quite prepared to exempt all the experts required. If the non enlisted and it-.was. shown. , by the employers that their services were required they would receive:the badge, .here had-hot been much difficulty so far. ia compulsory system was inau.piintod the question as to yyhat men required was an important otto, -rim Hon,,Mr Myqrs, ns Minister m '.Jiaigs of Munitions, dealt with and would be g ad 1o have the depiiuation’s opinion qn the point 1 . II t toy have to introduce compulsion, the Minister said they would be pleased to receive the opinion of the deputation as regards the basis on which to make tf t exemptions, in tile dairy m llis DSome factories had a manager, first and second assistants, and so on, and ae cording to size, required so many experts. If the deputationists helped the Government, it would help. them. There were men employed m the arteries who were not experts, and w ho C °Mr Murdock said they only wanted to keep the experts. Mr Murdock said they had twelve branches, and out of their forty-nine experts they could not spare twelve. Mr Dingle said the men were not all in one factory, but in the branches. A discussion ensued on the position following a man who was gian ct an eemption leaving the factory and he * employed elsewhere. . Mr Allen said the Government had no hold on the men, but the tacnoric., d. matte.; butter as much as choose iacoones. a. creamery men were mostly unvrnecU Mr Allen said that if an expcU married that was another reason ft ». he should he exempted, j The meeting then ended.