THE ARBITRATION PRINCIPLE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 283, 22 April 1911, Page 5

THE ARBITRATION PRINCIPLE

' "OFF WITH HIS HEAD." By Telegraph,—Press Assoeiation. Auckland, Yesterday. The Herald this morning refers editorially to the attack on Judge Sim. After commending the wisdom of the strike clause, the paper goes on to say: "The attack upon him is only another form of the strike tactics to which certain unionist leaders are eager to resort, when they think a strike may lead to somewhat better results than loyal adherence to an award. Their evident aim is to win, regardless of equity, regardless of the effect of barren victories upon industries which undue expenses must hamper and depress. If they can win by means of an award, well and goon; if not, then the strike is proclaimed as a worthy and honorable weapon, and if an Arbitration Court Judge refuses to enforce awards upon employers who are subjected to unwarranted strikes in defence of awards, then "Off with his head!" It remains to be seen whether the Government will have courage enough to maintain the integrity of the Judiciary," MR. TREGEAR'S OPINION. A JUST AND SANE PRINCIPLE. Ohristchurch, Last Night. At a social function held last night in connection with the Trades and Labor Council's Federation of Labor Conference, Mr. E. Trcgear, ex-Secretary of Labor, was presented with an illuminated address, and, on behalf of Mrs. Tregear, with a purse of sovereigns. Tn the course of his acknowledgment, Mr. Tregear said some bitter attacks had been made on the Conciliation and Arbitration Court. He had been silent for twenty years (laughter), and now he wanted to tell them his real position. Until workers were nctually and practically determined to make an end to the competitive wage system they would never find a principle "so just and sane as that of arbitration. That was his opinion twenty years ago, and that was his opinion still. The arbitration system did not belong to the past, but to the future. Mr. Tregear concluded his speech amid rousing cheers, and a renewal of the demonstration which had preceded his address.