The New York herald., 1870-11-15

and distinctions TO remove. More than ALL we nave
extension or expansion. The area OF England and
Mai,s, a. you know. IS less than tnat OF New iork
wne II greatly enhances the difficulties OF our pro-
bems. renders their solution imperative.
Inc tendency ofindustry Is every to localiza
cotton ana our woollen districts. Ribbons are only
maae IN Coventry, cutlery In aheield, lace IN Not
s ss rs q %
and sentiment Ii certain sooner or later 10 bring
them ihs into. INTO ASSOCIATION: Trades unions are
confined to England and Amerlca-thcy exist
In all free countries; whenever legislation has
att lnpted to deprive the workmen OF this right OF
invariably followed, Combination is good In itaelf
wisely directed; It is only to be deprecated when
opposed to freedom. order ana good government.
II 49, alas TOO true that trades unions have often
Deen controlled by misguided men-haVe aimed
a. imp actlca0le and injurious ends, and have
stopped TO intimidation outrage and crime. In my
country, believe, these evil days ore last passing
away. Inc spread OF Intelligence, the growth OF
cooperation, arD tration andIndusria partnerships
are iais n9 the conctIon OF the workmen, improv-
Ing the relations between employer aud employed,
narrowing the area OF strife and render
ing strikes less irequent ana less aggravated.
ComDlnanon, them enables tho workmea to deal
the power possessed BY each has been exercised In
turns 70 enforce unreasonaoie demands on the other
or any controlling or reconcillng influences,
have 0ecn the banefui result. | cannot recall
no. atendeS WIKI snpsrsaes win anS moa
injury to both parties engaged IN L. could emu
merate several In which the pecunlary loss has been
from halI million to million pounds sterling, and
the moral loss beyond all computation. II Ihave
correctly inforn ed myself you are able to point 10
examples equally uepl0rable. (Applause.)
THE EVIL OF STRIKES
VIII, think. be go generally conceded that need
not detaln you further with proofs. IT. IN describing
remedial me Sures, appear TO give undue prOmi-
nenca to boards OF arbitration beg 1t may not De
understood that there - any conflict of opinion
advocate OF cooperation and Industrial partner
ships but he placed his views ON these questions
ably before you tnat II would be OBTAINING you an
en- Dassant. Cooperation is making rapid strides
both In England aud Germany, and In pro-
Of the a0orer improved and the area OF pos
sible strife diminished. Its moral and educational
dishonest workman will be toer ted as partner In
cooperative mil or workshop. Mr.. Ludlow,
treating ON this phase OF the question, remarks:-
literally evolved new type Of worklngman, endued
not only with that honesty aud frankness,
distinguish the best specimens Of his order
dignity, ser-respect sense Of conscious freedom
which are pecaiiar TO the cO-Operator.u In the
spring OF last year l presided over cooperative
congress in London at which the societies OF every
district Of Great Britain were represented and can
fully endorse Mr. Ludlow's statements. The har.
m0niOus relation OF capital and labor was greatly
lelt In England that four years ago royal COM
working OF trades unions, to suggest any improve
ments In the laws relating TO tnem or to tie rela-
lions between workmen ana their employers. The
eminence, aud was presideu over by Sir William
kre, formerly LORD Chief Justice. They sat for two
years, and received evidence not only fron all
parts OF the United Kingdom, but from all quarters
OF the INDUSTRIAL world; and tho conclusions they
came TO ore embodied In this report, from which
will read a few extracts.
The speaker then read some extracts from the re-
port mentioned tavorlng the establishing Of boards
OF cOnctlation, NJ recommended by MIR. Mundella,
ina much as they acted as q speedy sac and simpe
remedy IN all questions IN dispute between EN-
ployers and employees Those boards required no
cump cation, but provided that certain representa-
tive employers and workingmen SHOULD meet
at regular stated times to discuss matters reatye
to their trade and business rhe lecturer went on
TO state inat there was not trade in the kingdom
In Which the system could not he adOLted. He ex.
planned at considerable length how the boards were
manner IN winch the operations were carried ON. As
an instance OF It's elcacy he a0verted to the third
which he resided The strike iasted elsven Weeks. 81
Tne men who were work furnished those on strike
the actorss and so ada to the strike By 70
iIock,up. few OF me leading men Of the town,
state Of things. Tney resolved to try to put
an end to the rke, and to prevent its recurrence
In iuure The representative workingmen were
wasting their time In hgntng against fncr employ.
srs was then agreed to form board OF arDitration
with great dc al Of hostility when at length re-
solved that council consisting equally Of employers
and employees should be constituted. Inose gentle.
men met in pubic roOn and all the matters In
relation TO the dispute were fully discussed. COM
nllttee OF inquiry, consisting OF two workingmen
and TWO employers, was then appointed 10 make
private Investigations Into oil quarre.s anu IL
possible crush them out in their initiative STATE
and settle them by conciliatory means. Kindness
anJ courtesy were SHOWN on both sides and after
some time board was appointed, D, when he was
elected president and w0rklngman vice pre- ,dent.
For ten years that Oard maj met. Occasionally
there were some tough arguments, or what English
men would call good deal of Jaw" but since that
board was organized they never mad lost days
labor. The change that had come over Tie morale
OF the town was remarked throughout England
ana the hatchet was SO buried that II 1t were dug up
They now continued most harmoniousy, and the
result was prosperity and peace. the speaker
pointed out at great length the advantages arising
from the system OF arbitration, and showed how It
was rapidly being adopted all over England. Tue
same system, he argued, could be introduced here,
and with like fruitful results az IN England. Trades
unions were right and legitimate long as the ann
was legitimate, but he doubted whether they we're
In The right track In this country. Some OF the OBJ
the s s'' SSo in Ou amsiSs fs Hs HHsly s ~
1t was not legitimate ior
MSfkng@s9 :? SppreS n|maate gE outrage their
a right to decide whether ne would belong to
trades union, and, as they said In England 1t was
70 convince man by punching his
Of sadss unions Sged 0 aSon xofknsmea s aSasss
the necessity 0f assisting each other when ineni.
ployed, and to ask lor such Legislation as would
store equally, admit OF Industrial partnership
and protec. women and Children. All this
was IN the direction or Independence and
He argued against what ne
consluered the ioly OF the eight hour law aud con.
tended that workngmen should be entirely opposed
TO all sorts OF restrictive laws. The eight hour law
he thought would tend to raise the price Of
necessarles and in the end prove runous
He favored the system OF distriDutlve
cooperation and urged the necessity OF thrift in
dustry and independence. He alluded to me war OF
classes and expa ned the influence which the pre-.
sent European war had upon worKlngmen generally.
WOrkingmen suffered most from the present
war; He believed 1t was possible to do
to put an end 10 the war, and he also
believed 1t could be accomplish he'd Dy the English
speaking peoDle scattered, as they were all over the
world. II there could be board OF arb traton con.
stuted oil questions oil difference past, present and
future, could be settled, ana war could accordingly
be prevented.
The lecturer concluded by returning thanks for
The Kindness he had ered since his advent In the
country. lie was loudly chcered and congratulated
for his splendid effort.
PE!sSOlALIA.