ENGLISH PRESS COMMENT.
EMPLOYERS' APPREHENSION. THE GOVERNMENT'S PARAMOUNT DUTY. | The conferences in Lonclon wero resumed, but aro now suspended till Monday, Sixty-eight per cent, of the employers aro now in favour of tho minimum wage. j Tho '•Morning Leader" jsays that the. Liberal and Conservative, 1 employers m the Commons are apprehoiisivo that if a minimum wage is granted to the miners, other classes eaniing less than tho miners will urge similar claims. The "Morning Post" is omphasising tho fact that compulsory legislation would be futile. It contends that a victory for syndicalism would bo a disaster of the first magnitude and states .that it is the Government's paramount duty to protect fret> labour. Tho Army and Territorials aad reserves should bo used to ensure the handling of coal and thc working of mines, if necessary. It recalls M. Briand's action in smashing the French railway strike. The "Standard" says that the principle of a minimum wage is inherently vicious, and susceptible of disastrous extension.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14294, 4 March 1912, Page 7
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