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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 121, 14 February 1908, Page 9

Mr. Hornsby, M.P., speaking as ono who believed' in trades unionism, and as ail old unionist, declared, during an address in his oloctoratc, that there was a way in which much that, was now vexing men's minds could be removed. The long and short of. it was that the. labour unions must themselves grade and otherwise.classify their own members. There, were first, second, - and third grade men, and there should be a proper classification. The "jiving wage" ideii was a "living lie." Me instanced the operation of this in Sunderland and other places, and said that the worker must be : given an interest iu,his work; he must bo able to identify himself with his task, and not look upon work as a mere necessity or means to an end, but do something for the "joy of tho working." Tho first step to this reform would be classification .in all fields of labour, and then there, would ,be no necessity. for Conciliation Hoards, Arbitration Courts, nor preference to unionists, livery employer of labour, would then insist upon the worker boing an .accredited mombcr of au industrial union—tlioy might' come '■■o lmvo * better name by and by