The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-13
LONDON CANCELLATION
BOARD CHAIRMAN HERE
Hon. S. B. BouIton, Presiding Officer Of Body
Which Adjusts Differences Between En-
ployers and Wage.Earners, Visitor Here

ference, on neutral ground, that Is. in
the rooms OF the Chamber of Com
merce. Where Cancellation has not sue
ceeded, recourse to arbitration under
the auspices of the board is recon-
mended. l have taken part, as chair
man, in almost all the arbitrations
which have been conducted under the
auspices of the board since its COM
mencement."
Mr.. Boulton made an address to the
Industrial Conference. held under the
auspices of the Labor Copartnership
Association and the London Labor
Concilia ton and Arbitration Board
held at the Crystal Palace on July g..
1908. in which he gave expression to
the above views. and is quoted also as
saying on that occasions:
"As an employer of labor in this
Great Brittany and other countries,
and as one who, during a long bushes
career, has had some experience in
arbtrations of various kinds, l can
bear testimony to the spirit OF thor
ough impartiality with which these
mixed panels, the workmen equally
with the masters, have approached and
dealt with the questions submitted to
their arbitration. And, as another
matter for sincere congratulation, since
the formation of the board there has
never been an instance where the
award arrived at under arbitration or
the agreement entered into under the
auspices of the board by its methods of
Cancellation, has not been accepted and
loyalty carried out by both parties to
the dispute. In almost all instances
the board has been cordially thanked
by both disputants; and it is of fire.
quent occurrence that. after n first eX
perience of its methods, both employ
ers and employed in various Industries
continue from time to time to bring
their difficulties before the board for
adjustment. / cannot but think that
methods which have produced such re-
suits are worthy of more extensive APP
plication than has hitherto been aC-
corded to them, and that voluntary con-
Citation boards, conducted upon lprin-
ciples which have thus far stood the
test of experience, are perhaps the best
methods of maintaining industrial
peace In this connection it may per-
haps be permitted to me to mention that
was examined at some length before
the Royal Commission on Labor, and
that, in their fifth and final report the
Commissioners speak with approval of
the work of the London Cancellation
Board, and commend its methods as
specially suitable for district concilia-
ton boards.
1T has long occurred to me that. in
view of the fact thatSevery diminution
of trade is as vitality injurious to the
workman as it is to the employer, n
greater cooperation ought to exist be-
tween employers and employed in order
to remove any impedments or disabil
tiles which may interfere with the
maintenance or growth of the partiCu-
lar industry upon which they depend,
or of the trade of the country in gen
eral. Why should they not meet and
consult together on subjects concern
ing which their interests are undoubt-
eddy identical? Were this to take place,
they would find that their interests are
identical upon more subjects than they
at present suppose. In those cases es
pecially where Legislative remedies are
necessary in the interests of trade such
cooperation could not fail to be of the
pOSsible utility."