PAPERSPAST

Flaxmlliers and Mr. Gardener

A RESOLUTION AND A REPLY.

Recently the Manawatu fiaxmill employees carried a resolution condemnatory of the assertions of Mr. 11. Gardener, already dealt with in this paper. The local press refused to print the resolution but it was forwarded to the Flaxmill Employers' Association. It read, in part: —

"That this meeting of delegates representing tho whole of the Manawatu Flaxmills Employees' Union of Workers emphatically protests against the scathing and unwarranted attack upon the character and morals of the workers in the Flaxmill Industry by an irresponsible individual in tho person of Mr. ft. Gardener, who voluntarily proceeded to Wellington to give evidence on tho royal Empire Commission; and not only do his statements besmirch the integrity of every honest worker who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow, bub they arc also calculated to cast a scathing, brutal reflection upon their wives and offspring; and further, this meeting demands the repudiation of this individual and his statements by the Employers' Association, which body his evidence leads the public to believe ho represents."

The following reply has been re-

ceived :—

~To the Secretary, Manawatu Flaxmill Union, Palraerston North.

Dear Sir, —I am in receipt of your letter of tho 15th inst., and am instructed to advise you that Mr. 11. Gardener is not a member of this Association, and is, I believe, not interested in flax at all at the present time; this Association therefore cannot take any responsibility for his remarks, which they regret were ever made. We have, however, communicated with the Press Association agents hero and they promise to repudiate Mr. Gardener's remarks on our behalf. Wo would point out that Mr. A. ftcifert was our accredited representative to give evidence before the Dominions Commission, and you will see his remarks were entirely antagonistic to those of Mr. Gardener. We wish to express our regret at Mr. Gardener's remarks about tho workers in an industry of which we are all justly proud, and to say that this Association is only responsible for the remarks made by its duly accredited agent, Mr. A. Seifort, which no doubt you are fully acquainted with.— Yours faithfully, 11. H. Spencer, Secretary. »

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