The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1903-10-13

Hon, >. Is. BOultOn, cha irman of the
London Labor Cancellation and Arbi-
tration Board, one of the most power
full factors in the adjustment of diff
culties between employers and OPERA
tives in the entire London district COM
prising about 100000 residents, is a
guest at the Moana Hotel, Waikiki,
with Mrs. Boulton and his son and
wife. The party recently came across
Canada, thence to Hawaii. They will
leave shortly for San Francisco, return
ing to London via New York
The Board of which Mr.. Boulton has
been chairman since it's organization
twelve years ago. is composed of twelve
members selected by the London Cham
Der of Commerce and a like number
selected by the Trades Unions. The
Board exercises a vast influence in Ia
Dor matters and settles disputes of ev-
cry character arising between the
wage-earners and their employers. The
Board stands ready to settle disputes,
these being voluntarily laid before that
body.
Il do not believe in compulsory ar
bitration," said Mr.. Boulton at the Mo-
ana last evening. II don't think it is
possible anywhere. The questions laid
before the Board for adjustment are
brought to it voluntarily. No labor or
ganization is compelled to have its diff
ficulties arbitrated by our Board mere
ly because it has representatives on the
Board
Mr.. Boulton has analysed the rela-
tions between capital and labor, or en-
ployer and employed, and is a recog-
nized authority of labor economics. He
says the prosperity of any individual
enterprise requires three essential fac
tors-capital, labor, and, last, but not
least controlling apacity-capacity to
initiate to direct, to manage.
"The success of all endeavorS to
promote industrial peace must result
from the joint efforts of employers and
employed to arrange their relations
with each other by a system based up
on the mutual exercise of conscience
and common sense" said he. writers
on political economy are not infallible,
but l think that Professor Marshall
was not far wrong when he said,
Economic laws and reasonings, in
fact, are merely part of the material
of which conscience and common sense
have to make use in solving practical
problems and in laying down rules
which may be a guide in life Con-
science should teach both employer and
employed that neither should depart
from the justice and equity epitomised
in the axiom, a fair days work for a
fair days wage Common sense calls
loudly to both parties to cooperate to
n greater extent than ever before in the
endeavor to remove many obstacles
which are hindering the maintenance
and growth of the trade which nour-
ishes both labor and capital, and,
those impediments, none are
more mischieVous than the habit of re-
sorting to strikes and lock-outs as a
method of making those bargains be-
tween capital and labor which must
from time to time be made and re-
made. However inevitable some of
those contests may have appeared to
have been in times past, the enlighten-
ed opinion Of our whole British COM
demands that less disastrous
and less barbarous methods of adjust
ment should prevail in the future.
THE formation of trade unions led,
in many industries, to the establish
ment of employers associations, the OBJ
jects of the two classes of comhina-
ions being usually antagonistic. 1t was
only later on that the idea occurred of
using these rival associations as vehl-
cles for) arriving at a mutual under
standing between masters and men.
The first serious attempt of reducing
his idea to a practical reality appears
to be due to the initiative of Mr. Mum
della, who, in 1860, at Sheffield, after
4 grievous series. OF strikes in the
hosiery trade, succeeded in forming a
and arbitration board.
The movement, although regarded at
first with extreme suspicion, turned
out to be n marked success, and as
nothing succeeds like successy the eX-
ample gradually spread to the lace
.rade. and to other trades. In 1863 it
was adopted by the manufacturing iron
.rade at Darlington. The iron trade
n South Staffordshire, in South Wales,
and in Scotland, and the Cleveland
ronstone mines, the Staffordshire pot
cries the chemical trades of Northum- |
Derland and Durham. and various large !
'ollieries followed suit.
"In 1889 the London Chamber of
Commerce was called upon by large |
number of it's members to take some |
lction in consequence of calamities |
lrising in the Port of London out of |
he serious dispute between the dock !
directors and their workmen. The |
Chamber appointed a committee of in
Jury which was authorized, IL found |
practicable, to prepare scheme of la
,or Cancellation especially adapted to /
he needs of the Port of London. l was
hartman of that committee and pre-
ented its unanimous report, which was
dopted by the Chamber. After full .
discussion the Chamber authorized the
ormation of a Cancellation board.
minor details, the board was,
md Is, composed of twelve members
representing employers, who are an
lually elected by the Council of the
'hamber, and OF twelve representatives
# Labor annually elected by the dele
ates of the trades unions of London,
II the London trade unions being an
ually invited to elect these delegates.
IN equality of voting power to the
nembers of the board is provided for
he methods of the board consist, firsT-
Y, on hearing of any Labor dispute
'ithin the Metropolitan district, Of an
fer of it's services tn both 1'gputansg