Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-13
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE LONDON RIOTERS Send Their Leaders To See
 Gladstone. CRAWFORD GETS A DIVORCE, Much Danger By The Heavy
 Rains. EX-GOVERNOR SEYMOUR DEAD. Reports From The Centers
 of Trade.
EX-GOVERNOR SEYMOUR DEAD.
Reports From The Centers
 of Trade.


GLADSTONE AND THE WOR TX MEN. l A Novel Method of Relief Which Is l Put Forward By SS-Called Leaders 1 of The Unemployed.
 l LONDON Feb. 12.-Mr. Gladstone to-day
 sustained his reputation for independence I by ignoring demagogic opportunity offered | him through certain so-ealled leaders who 1 called upon him and invited 8 statement of l his policy concerning government aid for the 1 unemployed The secretary, who received the delegation, conveyed to them courte-
 ous statement from MT. Gladstone to the ] effect that but for prior and unavoidable
 engagement he would have taken pleasure l in listening personally to their statements. | Nevertheless the secretary, after hearing the l object of the visit, stated that he was in | structed by MT. Gladstone to say that any application for relief of the kind in- dicated should be made through tho home secretary as the first lord of She treasury had no power to deal with
 the matter. The delegates seemed displeased
 with this message and will doubtless make ! use of it as an argument that MT. Gladstone
 and his ministry are indifferent to the inter ssts of the workingmen. MT. Hyndman,
 president of the Democratic federation, who
 acted as spokesman for the delegation, stated
 that in addition to what they had intended
 to say to Mr. Gladstone personally they had
 brought with them written presentation of
 their views and would leave it for him with
 the earnest hope that he would read and con-
 sider the facts which it set forth.
 The document is signed by the leaders of
 the local labor organizations throughout
 the country. It discusses the labor prob lem with somewhat remarkable approach
 to a philosophical and impartial treat ment of the subject Several points are enumerated upon which the government is urged to cause legislative inquiry to be made with a v1ew to deciding what econo- mic policy will most tend to advance the in- terests of the poorer classes. The tone of the memorial betrays decided inclination toward the theory that free trade is in some degree responsible for the depressed condi- ton of British industries. One of the sug gestions of the memorial is somewhat unique. It is request that the government consider the advisability of es- tablishing an adjustable economic system under which free trade or tariff duties would prevail at different times according as the | industrial situation varies with the general | condition of trade and commerce throughout l the world. The plan eontemplates the crea- 1 tion of 8 commission vested with authority l to aunouuce Iulrty uafs peIoIe tue oeSlhLlnS of each quarterly or semi annual period | what the tariff rates on imports shall be, if | any, for that coming period. This notice it | is claimed would reach all the commercial l centres of the world in time l to give merchants and shippers the | necessary information on which to base their
 transactions; but proviso is also suggested | that no change of tariff by the commission l CTS shall operate against any commercial con tract entered into prior to it's announcement | and based upon the tariff in force at the l time the contract was made. It is argued | by the advocates of the system that it would | by reason of it's hexibility afford an opportu | nifty for closer attention to the needs of the | industrial classes and more hope for their | alleviation than is possible under the hitherto | prevailing system, of free trade under any | and all circumstances.
 Sir Hugh c. Childers, home secretary, has appoint ed committee, over which he will l himself preside, to inquire into the causes ! which led to the riots, the character of the | persons who participated in the disorder and | the conduct of the police in dealing with the | mob. The inquiry is expected to show that | bona fde workingmen formed very small | minority of the rioters.