Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-25
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because. Il is claimed. he has admins
tered a severe blow to the various schemes
for labor colonies now being considered
by London boards OF guardians and others.
The Lambeth board. It should be explained.
have expended much time and money upon
a scheme for the purchase of SCI acres OF
land near Basing Stoke at a cost of $4,000,
on which they proposed to establish
sanitarium and farm colony, at which
ablebodied paupers were to be taught
habits of industry. The scheme however,
has just been vetoed by Mr.. John Burns
upon the ground that the entire PROPOSE
ton is too costly and too experimental
in its nature to warrant its being carried
into effect. The chairman of the board,
Mr.. G. Howlettt said that he feared that
under the new local government board
regime the board OF guardians would be
worse off than they were under the con-
sentative government of Mr.. Balfour be-
cause Mr.. John Burns. the new president
of the local government board, had ex-
pressed decided opposition to labor col
onies. From the discussion 1t becomes APP
parent that no one knew Just what form
OF labor colonies Mr.. Burns, the former
labor leader. opposed. but one of his most
intimate friends Is authority for the state
ment that he is not opposed to the propo-
sition of the Lord Rothschild committee
| to send ablebodied laborers to Canada, pro-
| vided the committee keep an eve upon
| the subjects and do not allow their condi-
| tons of life to become harder in new col
onies than in the heart OF London.
Work with Prisoners.
When Mr.. Colin Campbell, the secretary
of the church army, was asked recently
| what he considered to be the
most successful branch Of the work Of the
army he unhesitatingly replied that he did
not know any department that gave more
promising results that that which inter-
ested itself in the care of the wives and
families of men undergoing varying terms
of imprisonment. Mr.. Campbell has a
| special permit from the home secretary
which enables him to visit the prisons and
| convict establishments all over the coun-
try and he finds that almost the first re-
| quest that a prisoner makes on these visits
is that the Church Army should look after
| his wife That Is request that the
| Church Army has never In a single In
stance failed to regard and so pressing
| did the work become that about four years
| ago 1t was found necessary to form a prs-
oners' wives department. and this Is now
| being directed from the army's labor home
| There are laundry departments, needle
work departments, under the management
OF Mrs. Holden, the matron. Speaking OF
| the work OF the needle work department
| alone she said: Though our needle work
| department is not the largest in operation
1t is an important one for last year the
sums paid for making up garments
amounted to thousands of dollars. In ad-
| dition to the order OF the princess of
| Wales for shirts we now have on hand an
| order for 100 shirts for emigrants which
| the Church Army is sending to Canada"
| 1t Is expected that a number of the mem
| bers of Parliament belonging to the labor
wing will sail from England in September
next, visiting Australia, Canada New
Zealand and South Africa. According to
present plans the trip will last at least
six months. labor conditions in the various
colonies being carefully studied. Among
| those who are expected to join the paryt,
though plans are not fully materialized,
may be mentioned Mr.. Kier Hardie, Mr.
Arthur Henderson. Mr.. Shackelton, Mr.
Crooks and Mr.. Mcdonald.
Playground on Steamship.
The Canadian Pacific Railway company
has planned another improvement which
| cannot fail to prove of interest to the trav-
cling public generally. This is nothing
more nor less than a playground for chill
dren. Such playground is actually being
arranged for on the Canadian Pacific rail-
way steamer Empress of Ireland lust
| launched at Govan by Mrs. Oracle wife
of the managing director of the Fairfield
company. The Empress of ireland is in all
essential details a sister ship OF the EN-
press of Britain. The playground on the
boat, by the way is for the amusement
of children in the third class only A wide
space on deck is set apart entirely for the
youngsters. Trees are planted in pots and
there are heaps OF sand. spades and buck
cts, so that the youngsters can pretend
they are at the seaside" at the very time
they are on the sea- On this Liverpool