British Labour Congress

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1088, 8 September 1904, Page 3

British Labour Congress

Proposal for Arbitration Defeated by a Larye Majority Men Prefer Strikes Prei» Aiiofli»tlon.-Onpjrlgh». London, Scptombor 7 the Leeds Labour Dongress, Mr. Bun

lot propoaod tho appointment of a Minister of Industry and the establishuien of an Advisory Board of Conciliation and Arbitration, it being optional with Hie unions and employers to register under the compulsory or volunury arbitration sections. Ho quoted tho satisfactory working of the New Zealand and Austrr liau Acts, Much opposition was offered, mainly on tho ground of its boiug unwisa to mako strikes impossible, and tho proposal was negatiyod by 383,000 to 369,000. A resolution in favour of tho appointment of a Ministor of Labour in tho Cabinet was carried unanimously.

THE NEW PRESIDENT. AN ANTI-OHAMBERLAMTE, fruj Auac.'i,in..~(;oDYriKlii London, Scptouibor 7.

Mr Richard Bell, general secretary of

tho Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, was olectcd President of the Congress of Trades Unions sitting at Leeds, Ho said that Mr Chamberlain hud been quite unublo to convinco the workers that the taxing of food would enable them to get moro food or that protective tariffs would givo more employment, Mr 801 l hoped that Mr Watson would not he disheartened by defeat and tho formation of a coalition Government It ought tostimulatolabour to organise.