The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-11
COMPULSORY PENSIONS
For Old Employees Advocated by
British Trades Congress-.

| EDINBURGH, Sept. 10.AThe British
trades union congress today resumed
it's sessions The national union Of gas
workers and general laborers of Great
Britain. and ireland presented the fol-
| lowing resolution:
That in the opinion of this congress,
Where grants of public money are given
for educational purposes, there should
| be public control, and that our pres
ent system of state education, based
as 1T is on commercialism and being
out or harmony with the economic
forces which are working towards col
lectivism, does not supply the educa-
tional needs Of the nation; and there
lore 1t is imperative that our education
al system should. be completely remod-
eied on such a basis as to secure the
democratic principle Of equality Of OBJ
| pGrtunity and by the introduction into
our state schools Of the best results
OF educational science to make 1t posi-
Die Tor English children to obtain such
tralning-physical, intellectual and
| MORALS may tend to make them Wer-
thy cltlzens of a cooperative common
wealth.. we therefore instruct the par
! liamentary committee to urge upon the
| government the need for introducing an
| amended measure on the lines indi-
cated by this resolution" .s5-,,- ..s4
AFTER the motion had been amended.
so as 10 leave the parliamentary com
m1ttee a free hand to deal with future
educational proposals, the motion was
| adopted in substance
Inc national municipal labor union.
! Inen submitted the following resol,1-
ton, which was adopted:
That this body of trades unionists
OF the United Kingdom wish their par
namentary committee to consider the
adVlsab1lity OF at once moving the gov
eminent to at once bring In bill maxi
ing IL compulsory for all municipal
| bodies to adopt some practical scheme
OF old age pensions for their en-
ployes.p $3.50 70 -4uss1r
The operative stone masons society
submitted motion looking to the for
nation Of fund for the purpose, of
contesting seats and supporting bona
flde trade unionist candidates for par
namentary honors pledged to neither
OF the old political parties. The mo-
ton was. defeated. The same organiza-
ton submitted resolution to the eff
I feet that the time for the duration of
the congress sessions shall be extend
ed for a fortnight, but it was also de-
| feated
The congress, upon the motion Of the
national federation of watchmakers.
jewelers., ETC.. adopted a motion in sup
port OF the movement for the repeal of
the plate licenses.
There was lively debate over the
resolution Of the National Sailors and
F1remen's union on the subject of DO
htical prisoners. 1t read. atts so.
That this congress calls upon the
government to grant az complete am
neSty to all political prisoners, and is
OF the opinion that the time has ar
rived for a full, and careful inquiry by
the home secretary into the case of the
three men-Cailes,e Charles and BatoIlo
condemned at Stafford in 1892. by Jus
tice Hawkins, to ten years penal servf-
tude for being in possession Of explo-
s1ve substances, with a. view to their
speedy release sL
number of objections were raised
to this resolution on the ground that
the matter was outside of the province
OF the congress, but 1t was carried by
vote of So to 81
The Amalgamated, Society Of Tailors
proposed that this congress is of the
opinion that the present. law of libel is
indefinite, unjust and oppressive; We
therefore, instrust the parliamentary
committee to bring all the pressure and
influence in their power to induce the
government to SO amend the law that
it may become lawful for any person
or persons acting in the interests of the
committee who are doing so without
malice, to expose in public meetings
or in the public press any firm or firms
who are known to be acting or work
Ing contrary to the interests of or in any
way injuriously to the workers and the
public" The motion was adopted
The London and Provincial Domestic
Servants union presented a motion,
which was adopted, demanding that
1t be made compulsory upon all en-
ployers of domestic servants to give
a true character In writing to such
servants on leaving their employ. Ad-
iourned = s~rrr