TRADES' UNIONISM.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7946, 9 October 1905, Page 2

TRADES' UNIONISM.

.(Per l'ress Association.} Dunedin, October 0. A large «ieelia<} was Iwld this evening, under the auspices of Hie Trades and Labour Council, to consider Hie matter of the operatiens of tliu Harvester Trust. H wns resolved :—'That this meeting enters un emphatic protest against the continued and increasing importation of products of American and other Trusts aud Combines ; that it calls on Parliament to immediately enact the necessary legislation to prevent the large importation of articles that, could be economically and successfully manufactured in the colony ; and that the need for this resolution is imperative in view of the threatening nicimce to tlio implement manufacturing and i | other local industries. Jt was also resolved : That this meeting earnestly appeals to patriotic New Zealand citizens and farmers to nationise and buy articles made in the colony in preference to imported goods, and is of opinion that legislation should be introduced to encourage goods being manufactured in the colony. \V. H. Uttley was appointed to represent Otago to proceed with the deputation from t'hristchurch to Wellington. (Per Press Association.) Wellington, October 7. The Government has decided to summon at once a conference of New Zealand employers and employees to discuss all rjuostions relating to trade conditions in the colony. Invitations arc to be sent to all employers, federation*, farmers' unions, and trades and labour councils, to send two delegates each. The cost of travelling expenses will bo paid by the Government, and the conference will assemble in about ten days. The main reason of this action is the menace to colonial industry of the Harvester Trust, but other labour matters will probably be discussed.