New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-01
COOPERATION IN ENGLAND.

T,I AND JABOR-REFORM CONFERENCE AT
cIAsGOW--THE TRADES UNIONS AND THE
RpITIsU PARIIAMENT-GROWTH OF TRADES
ASSoCIATIoNs-CO-o sYSTEM-vA-
RIoUs PLANS FOR ITS PRACTICAL APPLICA-
TIoN-CONDITIoN or MECHANICS Much IN
PROVED.
From Our Special Correspondent
LONDON, England Sept. 20. 1897.
m, Pail Mall Gazette, in its issue of the 18th,
has ls following paragraph closing article under the
canton "The Work Before the Ruling Classes" 1t Is
calm and sagacous appeal 70 those who rule this En-
n;re Ia become by wise and comprehensive spirit also
the leaders OF the voting element. The article de-
cares that the three questions most affecting the cond
ton NJ present Of 1.-THE people" meaning thereby the
lobornr classes are the question Of dwellings for them
an I'm, Iorre cities Il condition Of the agricultural labor
Crs and finally tie tein' ios ChIal ahu laDof. VI ls
TLc Cg-efs sgys The formidable character Of which last
IL every day growing more manifest" Here Is us
As Tor Tie questions between capital and labor they
everv day are growing pcr for acton and easier TO see
through II Is probable that tie Trade Union Commission
will n cut To he the most valuable ana pi0nuc ore
ever issued since me grent p0oa% qy Vitn ~ , w
pretty obvOus that the law or perfect iIeedoln me
sonnd one and that nearly all the evils ard quite MI the
crimes which daily being brought 10 llght In chl.c
on wife these relations, ae ifaceahe 10 tie Htgf or
pcupacity of the state failing 10 protect That freedom
To every association OF workuen must he cohctded an
secured the liberty 10 combine Tor every pui-
pose not clearly ncomp"tbr WIN VIZ el'ai9 III 20
mate liberty Of others; While 10 every mah,ei anu ~
every laborcr skilled or ushilled, must he ailRe secured
absolute freedom To do AZ o viii WIN ms own III lhc
nh that X required believe, will be found to he ats
tcral action steady prompt, ana Consistent 10 enforce
simple righteous law Ut liberty ana "les ioi.e "
tent AID numerous enough 'sn =. s , , ,, a. mai,
10 protect every master from outrage ana every hnn
from coercion. I'll. ieiatl"is bt' ~ i m q
poyed will adjust ard iecily 'lhA' we M.'
strong avn of law ana justice puts dO@h ctt! lul :"
terrot,n-thc mcm'nt, III lo', UNI g J s,
sets itself cicctnaly 10 perform MS hrrt hi Os' w
sally recognized fuuction-ihHi o. lUrchR oV,i! n1,
ia doing whatever be las dsirCl "i'l lcc"Sl' ilS
20 do. We are only low iUst hGmlg 10 COM - ~
Low dcplorahly guilty our administrative eyS'em Lao
hitherto hceu 81 this respect" 80, .
TIE value Uf Tie foir.'iuG tenrfth'' ai,uuv.1n ~
be elhai ed when 1t knpwn that the editor o ne I'i
lia Ga:ec Nr. Jamoo Hunay, Is lhr same en'l'hi,n
who during the recent rNci;"iei annnt Ie t 20 io
Ecfnrnrrs to bold mCeiii q IN liydo Park. u''lnu -
London correspondent of ne ScosntH niluhitll lu'
NhHt tie heiUIIrrs needed We gi"lt tuo' u" &
sion ar tglts." The quotation have gwen tsauiNL's
a conyciiui-unc that grows upon me WIN ever! wy !
give 10 the examination ~ questions Tor Nhch iny N
hpre has been uiadrtlHt his one l. rcE''d'i " ~
Thinking incslncu - Tie great qursii"" ~ INC iIp
the pr,fonntrst riulcms 81 mudcIr c'll% ION pre- W.
lie il,,,ns vtuy believe 81 success. .G solution ]"
Great Britain. That the srhcH a. phnci'i- d" S'I,' \,
men ne Oa-tRc ~ ~. should meet mere t'',, ~
wy DC Tr.dts UInn dr tcuucI-, wl'i.c ~ t,c u".'S
Usinscivrs or 81 tie snun bur alio ~
Increasing class ~ writer's aud tlurk,is WHO
hive r. need Themselves nI the edo ~ Iah"i, T. -
most encouraging sIgu. Ttc Tres, Nt0de'd, uiu b"eh5
Ijgr0irb trpirsrut tit lit, uud tst hi9lN h'haI ~
Int m tl Erri.,h tni.ct,t 10 lvh nothing t. sIt',
but tAr iVitr # pm 't!, ASA Wl!'n i'"! 10, IT,
one % I lr pc iy iotr protected n"r', 9i i,- Nr
r,acL,s 'l, IDEAL sEu-lr,l lg standard 81 h',lE
llg" But II D. most cLtm1tIlE 20 'I'tIN' t"A S.b'r
.. that given hy ne G"rhc lie rapid nlIi'""h ="
common ground cni. he sr,u lyu liucr 70 ~" c'innu
uicatoi tbr u,iuu u tLr iiu"f'u i''l".iu ~
n1ri,cc he'd az Glasgow 80 Do l'ih. d"ih Sii"ll WI
,Id down 900 hi. letter ur 1T r things ure' HNi! 10
ugle 4.icitu =, huint. tic i,ltWhE: " u.
t,,c rt n, :, combined WITH ,ilrptr mDa,urcs - lfr
vrr Ihy-i,al iucl- ti,r err be t'"i ~ seal iu -
tlr,, sotictics nv tllrir 'fircIs "r iIit I"rcts"
Ynnr able sI,oudcul. TLOnDis Hughes said IL
may say that my opion me lahorcucs'ion is"ne
which, shord nov Duul; ne IWImni l;'t h ~ "',
liberation 81 such ro renee y ~ lr-i laiuh w
+, ,lr-iin o. ~ &C. iladrr utni-l- La afr 81 t"ir ." e
Kept DO tir country thpv iit standard 81 "'ih r'h ur
raised m al hlilcLr5 81 Prercboi' p" Ihi' We i'l
r,iu our clnucttr a. ihr hf-i w'IEsi"pu me N'i"
Ih,- -,,Iu tu III m"st pi"--te ,ti"S i"t ln- 30
itriait: Hid clur,iy 'ulf'rt'i VIA lL W j. i"t SUD
i,,t of ,tucatioi. aid particular. ti ~ tc lt"i '"u
c,j.n ,Iu- tal tlIr-c natter 81 %" mI'tcn. iio"
hIcut lniiiuu ou ihr PnE "iHhi" 81 it ,"i''i'"'o'
Tie = at iu'rihr iuopt,,' inr I"..'".hgi
THAT Doc oIiu - liis conirrh,e com l'tc r..
vision Of ne iavs affecting thr lui'l' nl i'''' Az"
capital y 81 Immediate 90 q IrrrsIiE n'r,' NV.
Il W,s me. iottiLy -uG'u ~ Alrinnh Carter ~
Lt,dS hlh lIi'I done. '-l' ." ''''' r''i' n''''
oihrrs 81. tAGt'r. -" be hrtn iurcinic. ti"i-i
nov TIE Pts,ssar ~ Lf i"i,ui g. hd WI" -,n ''i.
t,is his ir"iiour "t'h ir li'l' mon, &c, afro '' -
lutc calitll Atd h'n -r'.iE o." - ih' ut'I ,'th n
lie ncv Ists With Ullr.rtt,d capital ltd b'''u
N dirrct ,p ,-.tion ." tr iah'. of iir !" ole Ernest
J,1ts ISL ls kIu 90 least Hs o. uUtt ul4Flhi De-
tender 90 hc rilh al iu"f Q" tti lt l'l ,fhr 80 '.
lows lie uu-t ,4y. with rrud 6" u"drs' nhi'rs ~
AID III fiuuaucs,ia rinoy; bat. uud'r tAe pttsrtt
rhtiou> 81 caIrl nd HL"F. w"i ain," we're h"nh 20
az ahui wtIe n"t aniHs'uistc "'d hr believed TINT u
through The t.taii"n ~ fictitious 'lirmiftht'''
violair Tie ItifcicS 81 lhuc"i 'r"n"n!, eve" 80
prupoundrd i'y tie u isiaiur-nt through tie u"ih-
working man niii ~ cuIlui - ni the present tmr
l hasr ti,us p"ul'd uF"it"I tl',t various Opinions
~ au Iltl ouc,l Ia 10y sb'rt mailer, ana 10 li"" u
ny b, tlut tne Labor S"cslnn j. ~" %hlS Tue 80"
social "iid &c "n'il' "' WIN ~hi'h hlt't" 80, y"
rcrnt agitation for political rfoiin they
brought ~ all II Ia cat measure due u susErrilon
Of John Blight, Ia l,ti,r tVH lie iOun Organization az
Manchester. I'ut evciylLig tends 10 irlug thcln as
The ole act Whrh VIII Piolahy hn ills m0St 'li,tiu
ally for the rrc,,Lt Imhhurut to attempt tie
Introduction aud passage Of measures itcndrd to
meet the questions raised by the present Trades
wait The acton IL Reformed ARMAMENT. But few
believe would caie To- accept any measure The present
G"'erIcl might evolve ~ any ilhng IKE Jnst sriilc
mrih. DurEg he lat thirc weeks have been daily la
he habit 81 in'"lng he ftIrtsriai''G w"lklg mc, OF
the nriupuiS-ihs" "h" Hie lie rudrtS Ia tie Trades
Unions ana iH political action, ntd there il settled
vctiu that There he equitable adjustment, lar
ar rgshii"h H. concerned uhtl Ia reformed Pdill
there will he nicn wbO Ahow them wants rirti
ifluEI'SH "i We H"ihhS tIdsS'h' la4- iH'' 10y a. ~
Ludlow aud Lloyd Joncs, a. siIilnn, lOudonl. md
ilscy, many tucs tie Intelligent olni" ~ thinking
working men, upon The sLcihold Trades Uui,Is
undoubtedly tie Opluioh VI nc Englioh Workman
Af,r nuniioning the weLknoMh exceptional
circumstances which eAist Ia sheffield. the writer
Ihocccds: "Erishiful ticu, ns these rcvelaiions
are, they do nrr the slightest dcgree modify tie
sucicts. They are. Indeed bignal warning To the work
ing cass against hat W. may call the idolnry OF trades
sidcILg the class ntlicst Uf The worker may hrgci
triuIcr reckless dcudy as hcudiSh nstbe religion,
faaiirsn 81 Il sect Of us>.issns. Iu the nir-gun ana
The p0Wdcrcuh of the Sheffield mOnist 10 more prove
that all trade combinations should bc supp1sScd than
tie dagger uf Ray alllac proves that all religious assO,ia-
tiuns should he put down. For ourselves, gie glad
that the ugly truth s at lnst fully known Its tc"rrhlig
light. better than any enforcement uf the penal Law
against the offenders, viii put stop 10 the recurrence Of
snch crimes. WORST perhaps, even than the crimes
thonseh as been the liberation ~ them 10y AT least
large number Of the sheffield working class. But the
Probe Will go To lie bottom Of the sOic and by judi
4 rfrCtIally
true lesson Of the Sheffield revelations II not 10 put trade
societies hOrs Ia i0, but on the contrary Ia bring them