JAPANESE INDUSTRY.
FREE TRADE IN LABOR. - v London, May 31. Writing in the Times, Mr. J. O. P. Bland, who was formerly correspondent of the Time's at Shanghai and Peking, states that he came to Japan expecting to find evidence of serious unrest and organised movements among the workers. He had heard a good deal about the exorbitant demands and lack of discipline of the men, but capitalists generally are not paying attention to labor problems. There is little evidence of a general desire by the country to subscribe to the findings of the International Labor Conference. On the contrary, there is a definite desire to let things be, and to allow Japan to enjoy the competitive advantages of free trade in, human material, unfettered by restrictions on child labor, hours, or wages. Two salient facts are that the Government declines to allow 2,000,000 factory workers to organise any union, and that there is neither, an organised Labor Party nor a prominent politician prepared to lead one.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 June 1920, Page 3
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