Omaha daily bee., 1906-03-25
Measure offered in Parliament Receives
Support from Government Trenches,
swtATsHoPs ARE AIDED BY OFFICIALS
Contract Method Of Work Tends to
Psrpetuate Evil System.
POOREST MEMBER OF NEW PARLIAMENT
John ward Refuses Pension from
Committee and serves His Com
stituents for Ten Dollars
Week.

LONDON. March a.-(special Cablegram
"a The Bee. mo newly oorn party in any
Parliament OF recent times has so quickly
or 80 effectualy asserted itself as the
bowler-hatted, workaday clothed band of
determined, earnest. jealous men who call
themselves members OF the new labor
party and who at present share the benches
below the gangway with the Irish national
ISIS.
On every day that has passed since the
beginning OF the ression whatever the sub
ieet Of debate may have been, the labor
MEMBER have found and promptly seized
loopholes for inslnuatlng the advocacy Of
the cause they represent And sometimes
It has happened that they have approached
very close to the borderland of socialism.
After the Master of Elibank, q dlgnifed
but somewhat truculent looking figure,
with flashing unscabbarded sword held
poised at a business like angle, early In
tho present session, had expressed the
kings satisfaction at the address OF the
House of Commons in reply to his ma1esty's
speech, there arose shrewd locking,
youngish man with a thin gray face, a
stubbly mustache spanning Arm mouth,
a long head. the chronological marks Of
which are revealed By thinning strands
of hair. He spoke in somewhat peda-
gogic manner, his hands clasped behind
Ills back. his body restlessly swinging
from side to side. A running fire of cheers
from every part Of the house rather
startled him as he presented his argu-
ments in favor Of the children Of the ma
tion.
Labor Men. Good Debaters.
This incident is typical because II indi-
Gates the aggressiveness of the laborites.
Man for man, the members OF the labor
party are undoubtedly better debaters than
lsthe members OF either the liberal party OF
the conservative party. And while Mr..
Wilson IL not one of the best of the de-
baters Of his party, his attitude shows
that he is business from the word 'go.%
He moved the second reading Of a bill
providing for the feeding OF school chit
dren ct the expense OF the state. A dis
tiiguishing feature of the proposal leaves
10 local education authorities the decision
whether they shall supply food not only
70 neoessitous children. but to any other
pupils in their schools. Further, It en-
powers the authorities OF make a charge
for recovering the cost of the food from
the parents or guardians.
"a frankly sociallstic bin was an ex-
preston used by it's critics. ana an an
swering cheer from the labor members in
Naridbly greeted that definition. II was a
courageous challenge from the new party
TO the government, and the fact that the
bill was only mildly and timorously COM
mented upon by the ministerialists was elo-
quent testimony to the power which the
labor members WELD over the men who
now rule the destinies OF the British en-
plre.
we must do something for these starv-
- A. IA.
OF the second resolution. People may
talk of the thriftlessness Of the parents,
but II is not the fault of the children that
they are here.
VIII save Children.
'If" he affirmed, I'VE could arrest the
physical deterioration due 10 the under
feeding OF school children we shoJd dc
something OF signal benefit to the naa In :
the future. This want OF sufficient nish- !,
ment IL also In my opinion respOdsk for !,
a great deal OF mental impairmet,nd 4
we should save the expenditure iI,s..l|eS
by the adoption OF this resolution in the
reduced number OF workhouses, jails and
lunitic asylums.
Charity he exclaimed In ringing ac-
cents OF contempt 1--WE have relied upon
charity too long"
The vigorous outburst of cheering
swelled in volume as he asked the gov.
ernment, in the name of humanity and
Christianity, to help the starving littl'
ones"
In contrast TO the rather flamboyant bu
effective. speech OF the Lancashire labor
member came the quiet studious and delib
crate manner OF Mr.. Herbert Paul, oxfort
man. barrister and historian Speaking
from the government benches he hearth,
agreed with the contentious OF the ex-car
penter. Wilson.
ITO teach a starving child is torture,
he asserted. Free meals would be nj
more demoraliElng than free education"
EviI OF sweatshOps.
The evils Of the sweatshops in LondoI
are declared by experts TO be In grea
= measure due 90 the boards OF guardian
themselves, who accept contracts at pricel
which could not be offered them except b,
giving starvation rates OF payment to th,
slaves Of the needle
An expert IN the ready-made clothing
trade who was az the head OF larg
Yorkshire firm and who for twenty year
has collected information about the sweat
ing system In London, being interviewed
said;
1T is the London guardians themselve
who are really to blame for much OF IN
starvation pay which Is running and muir
dorinE many women every day" he said
,'rhey almost invariably accept the loves
tender for mems and boys clothing and 4
the clothing trade It is a recognized fac
that the lowest tender always spells sweat
Ing
Here are some igures which prove this
A certain metropolitan BOARD OF guar
dians recently considered tenders for IN
supply OF mems clothing. The highes; wa
Ss,sa5 from a reputable north Of Engian
firm, and the lowest was sAsoo, from
London manufacturer
II went into the matter thoroughly an
found that the cost price OF the cloth an
the trimmings would entail an outlay q
over S.OoOi that II the successful cor
tractor had bought the proper materil
and paid anything like a fair wage h
would have lost over 500 on the cor
tFaet. And 80 il goes II is no wonde
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