The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-02
DUCHESS APPEARS
. IN DISCUSSIO N
She Contributes to Ar
guments About I'm
rest of Labor.
HER VIEWS AND
REMEDIES NOVEL
Trouble Largely Due to Fact
That Workingmen Are Not
Properly Represented in Par
lament, and Have No In
terest in Their Bust
ness.
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London, June IA duchess now ap-
pears in the discussion OF the cause
OF the labor unrest. a symposium on
which has been run By the Daily
Mail. II. G. Wells. John Ga,.worthy
and other writer's have been discussing
this question for the past few weeks.
Now Nina Mary Bonita, to give her
full title. "a Lady OF Grace of St
John and Jerusalem" the Duchess
OF Hamilton and Brandon. comes to
the front with an article in which
she suggests novel views and rene
DIES. she rays she finds three causes
for tho discomfort. These are. first,
that work is not Interesting; second.
that the work'ngman is msrepresent-
ed. and. third. that wages are not
high enough. some saying that they
ought TO have $40 per week at the
very least.
Commenting on this the duchess
sa-s she thinks that II every man had
a personal interest in the whole bust
ness for which he works the ques-
tion of the work being dry would not
arise. She thinks tho whole trouble
lies IN grievance two. Nc man OF the
working class. she says. is really
represented as he should be IN Parlia-
L
cd which should be the base of n
pyramid of government the King be-
ing the apex. She advocates the re-
turn to ;nodernlzed witenagemot
plan in which the opinions and de-
sires of the whole people were gath
cred through the old frank pledge by
tithes and hundreds. She cites the
example of Major Poore. member of
the Wiltshire County Council from
"
questions 10 this district so that every
man in very village had a say before
action was taken. She admits that
the re-establishment of the system in
national politics Will be slow. but
ella ms that 1t not impossible. and
says that by letting each section pass
on It's own affairs II will entail far
; less expense than the present one.
On the third cause for discomfort
the duchess holds that the prosperity
of living has very little dependence
upon the actual wage of the worker
| bu. all on the method OF edministra
! ton. She again cites Major Poore.
who. in 1892 bought a farm at $50
an acre, and sold 1t to forty-five men
at s15.
| These men formed 1.-THE committees.
! the chairman of which constituted a
land court. The payments were all
completed in fifteen years. Major
| Poore recovered all the money he mad
invested. and the balance OF the pay
ments made a reserve fund, which was
held by the land court for the benc-
fit of the whole group of buyers. Thus
in fifteen years Wiltshire laborers. at
sixteen shillings per week pay. paid
for their farms. built thirty-seven cot
tages and had reserve balance OF
$500 There was never n dispute OF
any kind. Major Poore did not lose a
/ penny, and the men Wee made inde-
! pendent. without losing their sclf-re-
spect. ALI by using good sense; in 9TH
or words. of adopting the principle Of
I the witenagemot. or gathering of
wits. The duchesss case is. in fact.
! a fine example of the British co-opera-
| tive slea, which always works out
we'll here. but is seldom or never ap-
piled to land.
Americas Beautiful Wolves.
| Whether it is because of the blend :
! ing OF races or the climate. 1t is GER
tain that the gods have endowed Amer
leans with the most beautiful voices.
according to Madame Nosdca. the
| prima donna. who is at the Mayfair
house for the season. She CONTINUED.
referring to Americans:
II do not say that they have the
finest singers. Heretofore. there has
been too much of the spirit OF hurry
and lack OF appreciation. The singers