The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-06-27
LABOR POLITICS
In GREAT BRITAIN.
Trade Union Candidates Being Nomi-
Observation-Disclosures Of Labor
Organizations.


Organizations.
London, June 25.-Those Americans,
If any there are, who think the British
Empire is going to flop into the PRO
tected column of nations, are very
much mistaken. This is eminent1y
an Industrial question, and the great
majority of organized and unorganized
workers alike are free traders. One
reason for this is the fact that wages
are higher in free-trade England than
In any ''protected'' country in Europe.
In fact, the better a nation is protected
by tariffs overe there the lower the
wages.
Only recently Sir John Drummer, M.
p, the head of Drummer, Mond & Com
pany, Of Liverpool, said that "for every
hundred shillings received by the Eng
fish artisan, wages in France were II
shillings, and the hours half as long
again as the Englishman $. In Germany
the figures were IS shillings, and here
the workman had to work every day
half as long again as the Englishman.
It took Frenchman 124 and German
131 hours to turn out the same work as
a English artisan in 100 hours did,"
Making Fun of Chamberlain.
Naturally, Reynolds Newspaper, one
Of the radical publica tons Of England,
makes all manner Of fun of Mr.. Cham
berlain's program. An editorial head
ed "Chamberlain's Latest Red Herring"
has for it's first paragraph:
We expect everybody, unless he be
a complete noodle, sees through the
game Of the Artfu1 Dodger, who has
betrayed every political : party with
which he has been associated. Cham
berlain's plan to increase the price of
food and to destroy our trade with
foreign countries, Is simply a. cunning
ruse to divert attention from the fail
ures of himself and the miserable Tory
Government of which he is member.
He does not like to be reminded of the
CHASTITY South African business which
has cost this nation $1,000, 100000 direct
ly, and many more millions Indirectly,
and has created only chaos in the new
stolen territory. Besides, in the vanity
of his old age, he Graves for the lime
light of publicity to be constantly upon
him. A traitor as he was to the Liber-
ais, he is now a traitor to the Tories.
Against Independent Politics.
Charles Fenwick, M. p, member for
the Wansbeck Division of Northumber-
land; formerly miner in the Boston
colliery; in 1884 the minr's representa-
tive to the Trade Union Congress at
Aberdeen; secretary to the Trade Union
Congress in succession to Mr.. Broad
1,,r cF Ind rso1
commissions, etc., Is out in a pronunci-
amento advising the workingmen to
unite politically with the Liberals and
not attempt to run independent can
didates. He is especially severe against
the Socialists, and supports his position
by pointing to New Zealand, as follows
During the last eleven years the Pro-
gressive party in New Zealand have
held office without interruption. Surely
1t Is impossible to find anywhere ev-s
idence stronger than this in favor of
cooperation and common sense"
Labor Representation.
At the last conference of the Lam
cashire and Cheshire Miners Fedora
ton at Manchester, it was resolved that
miners candidates should be nominated
at the next parliamentary election in
four Lancashire constituencies, and the
probable candidates are: Newton, Sam
Woods; Ince, Stephen Walsh; St. Hell
ems, Thomas Glover; and Accrington,
Thomas Grenall. It was also decided
that the Federation should join the
Labor Representation Committee, but
this resolution requires to be confirmed
by a subsequent meeting.
At the recent ballot of the members
of the London Society of Compositors
which was taken to select a parliament
tary candidate to be run and financed
b ythe society, clear majority was OBJ
tanned by none Of the members nomi-
mated. The result of the second ballot
was as follows: C. w. Bowerman,
1896; C. F. Davis, 1906. Should Mr..
Bowerman succeed in winning a seat in
Parliament he will have to resign his
position as general secretary Of the
society.
AImagamated Railway Servants.
The annual report of the Amalgamat-
ed Society of Railway Servants, just
issued states that at the end of last
year it had 627 branches and member
nI1lp VI OO4O0s dSdl1SL Olo UIdQCneS ana
55,941 members in 1901. It is pointed
out that the decrease is not due to
secessions during the year, but contains
exclusions which should have been mott
fled to the head office during the years
1889 and 1900
The total income Of the year, 1926, 900,
compares favorably with 1901 and pre-
ceding years. Expenses totaled $247, 900.
Legal charges were represented by a
seum of 1000, Of which $4,000 was for
advances on account of the Taft Vale
trial. The society has on hand 81, 397,-
200.
Scotch Labor News.
Owing to slack spell the services of
many workmen in the Dundee ship
building yards have been temporarily
dispensed with.
Dundee masons have received a weges
agreement on the same terms as last