Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-31
Warialda. Neutral Bay,
New South Wales.

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Labor gone mad is the universal
verdict of every visitor to this great
island continent
In the year closing December 81
there were 231 different strikes in the
industries of New South Wales, not
withstanding there is an arbitration
court provided by act of parliament
to adjust the differences between capt.
tai and labor, but since the advent of
labor ministry supported by very
substantial majority on the govern
ment benches organized unions have
defied the court to interfere and have
sought to adjust all difference by TAX
ing matters In their own hands, and
in this ambition the government lends
Its support
The most recent strike mas been by
the Slaughtermen's and Butchers
union, which involved the Grocers
union in a sympathetic strike, and the
grievance was based upon a demand
that the employers relieve the slaught-
ermen from the duty of cleaning the
killing pens after the Strengthening had
been done each day. duty performed
| by these same men for the past 80
| years.
| The meat industry of the city was
paralyzed and for 80 days there was
not a pound of fresh meat sold. This,
too, in the face of the fact that
slaughtermen were being paid $50 per
week.
/ have already written of the Water
side Workers strike. This has tenn
porarily been adjusted. but let me re-
cite that one of the conditions is that
the wharf laborers be allowed one hour
each afternoon on full pay to smoke
captain of a deep water vessel ready
to sail for Europe was held up by
| $50 workmen who refused to put
aboard 800 bales of hay until they had
their hours smoke, and then COM
pleted the loading in about 20 min
| utes.
While / write the Rock Choppers
union and the Slate Roofers' union are
contesting some troubles or grievances
| by the means OF the strike. 1t is an
amusing situation. really. if it was not
so tragical in its result on industry
Another craze that has sliced the
ministry is to governmentally indus
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| ize. Because of the failure of the
bakers and their employers to meet
upon amicable grounds with reference
to night work the government has en-
gagged in baking for the trade, in d.
rect competition with private enter
prise, and let me indicate that the
state bakery is quite formidable COM
petitor. A state clothing factory is
among the recent ventures of the la
Dor government and a state implement
| factory Is now one of the pet hobbies
being agitated
Result of English Agitators.
The conditions now prevailing are
an outgrowth of a campaign of agita-
tors imported from England within the
past six years and have now grown
to such alarming proportions that all
Investments are ieopardized and new
ventures are not being considered.
Even in the ranks of journalism the
organizer has developed fertile field
and the reportorial staff of the great
metropolitan dailies is bound to an s.
hour shift, and so rigidly pursued is 1t
that reporter will drop his most inn
portant assignment at the end of his
eight hours. without regard to how It
may break into his event or story. The
Reportorial union dictates wages and
conditions of labor regardless of en-
ployers' interests.
In an interview with Mr.. Conley. the
manager of the Sydney Morning Her
aid, the greatest metropolitan daily in
Australia. he declared that only / per
cent of the people Of Australia were
sane. the balance were "unionized