THE TRUCK SYSTEM IN ENGLAND.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2296, 15 May 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE TRUCK SYSTEM IN ENGLAND.

The Rhymney Iron Works are a company of which-Sir Henry Tyler is the Chairman, and the works are situated in Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire. They were strongly reported on by the Truck Commission of 1870 for keeping Truck shops. Their prac tice was to pay their men at periods of seven to nine and twelve weeks, But, as men cannot live without food during these periods, tuny made them advances in goods on account of wages. Tliese goods were . obtained by the company ou credit of two and" three months. All the other companies closed their Truck shops in lb7o. This company, however, has kept their shops ou, and at the last general meeting of its shareholders, Sir Henry Tyler declared his intention of keeping the shops still open, although they had been fined, under a Treasury ' prosecution, for so doing. The fines inflicted are so small, and the profits of the outrageous system are so large, that the company find it profitable to continue breaking the law. In 1870 it was shown that the profit on these shops was £14,400, and itis understood that they are now much greater. ' How can we'complain of sweaters iu Loudon if the law allows this wholesale sweater, Sir Henry Tyler, to make above £14,000 out of the distress of his employees ?—Truth,