SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 591, 20 August 1909, Page 6

SUPPLY AND DEMAND.

EXCESS OF WHARF LABOUR.

ff;M; ; ; | s;>:;Sj{tf. ; |v; Adjustment of the■ supply'of '.'labour to 'the ; A't> yesterday's., ait- &"*■ (Wellington) *moyed as l§|3: ; ,;foil6ws'irrH^'^;^!: ■>;;-;;.• :;v ; ;;- ■•, ':'■'.[ 'vY- ■ 'sir :;-;That Jihe>cbnference.' request j the'-.Qov-; ■vl'K'*;-i'.eraiment'to institute, aiiMuquiry/ into tho" £&:£<■ tY waste' labour; involved in the':. s: ; off employing.; labour, to., ■■ LSik>:V-i' • carry:/out -."<the,;waterside ;.work '■', of.;', the' ■' ■ ti-A;3 'vcountry,'- and ."'that '■'■; legislation , be- pro- ; :ytei''':i 4vid6d '-tovlimit , ' the who/.shall; . fifvt'S'.v;?beiKehiployedvJn; the:-industry' to.; 'the ;■■• V:?: : ' : ' : >K\-\ number that can;find , a, living, in it. , .. '/■:■'.. ! Ms .wi'vihe;mover: explained that ■ be.'did■ not <vant iv. ! s'.^;S:to : ; depriyeVany-man ;of.a.cliance-.of earning labour Jiad cbme.'to' siicli c'fL'-'rf Bl.deplorable- state,v.that something/ought ®y?-';^ ; to, : be i dprie : taeliinmato I tue waste of labour.' ■iviV;.;;; : Thb ■ conditions . ; existing ,' tended, .'.to;. degrade '''';::! .K/mentialmost .below-..;th.e.lflevel of the /beasts. vpaings Vof'poverty-jiWere the", most /awful jJvivS.i^paligs.lthat"■■ever.'a.-.;iiriraaii , being-could expenenfe.< :i He';'was aWare;-; that.-the whole VSt--{:-:\ question-;of 'the' l economic/ system was.-j'n-. •S/'tev- * Voly;ed : ;vin the,: state ; of. affairs;:.but. if', tlio Ks? ; :' f proposal^'ha['..was; making. '6ut, : that;l:isW)le; questioi ;WouJd; :be,,.r'aise'd.. ; Tlie tb;put..njeii ion , :tbe;lapd, i''.ft.•;;{■';.''aisiwork,'on:the land, was the thing: that "men ■k-"/^'^.*»uld'.-'mostvreadily p .'.turn'-fb;.;,-: It wasi; ■■liearjb-. breaking'./to. walk' about; the city.' and see .^i/is'^ :^opfeV, "Soinig^-.to: > places.;bf i fi ! 'irJ';-:; lushing about■in-:motpircars;;'.while'men;were ;mbnfey, in their;pockets; >^S;!i»"Mj;; : r!0 tk' vWwp~ .'Kkedjto' have'a large'number, of-men' the 'wharves, so: that there Vi^'^J. iivoiild^',.b'e;'-!plenty;6f -labour ■,^yhe'n' i required. fiS*-\: ; *-'t<' Effect;.' $uick vdiscKarae;. ;'■ They'.would.'..not' "! ;.s^W^listen : :■ x number f .;j^'.; : retapedj , \'.jndlusiye of ;ascertain ■^."•:>,Vs ; J:^β , urplus'.''' : and above tho-, mini-tov/do-theAwork the v.;';;\, r'l^rt.f^The:.position, : was, h6weyei',- :, bec6minjg' %:',:■& : .actrfe';"in.^f.ho : :;va|rious"• ports ■. of. ; ,"the/f Do-. '. would'.-have.'.;to ;bb ?:~^ ;^<i6Jiev''M',: , : ;' ;■,''"!"'.-f ;.■;■..:■' . --.V■■;' '■'.,'■■:,'■•■ }i? ; .'.-'i~■'■: \ ;^-;;¥.:j : ' ! :'/Mri;iH:v.;Voy<»;-(Lyttelton): : said the;'time cbine Aot : . : the, Govendraenfr'toV regulate bi.'- '-S'S W e infl ,ll ";. of casual-; labour:' tp : the" various ' • : -"?■'■.■.•,' ","' '. (Lyttelton) ,:said; they, had 600; members.^of in : pbrt,;. ifhere W'izhi the; -work ;coulchbe" done by : 300: ;/;„-''':' .; ,|:i.:^:V-/Mr..v J:;;:P.uryis •(Timaru)' said /that/irider w^v;;.">';;the ; :preference clause; .the unions v/ere com'-;. i : .;'.; :i . : '.', : i*elled/ to admit; anybody, who .wished to'work ?;''S!';;'''on;,the^wharf. : ':;^:;^^' , : ":■■■' :, '.--V'- 1 - ;;,; '; , - : ■: ■■.: ' ).J:h : "(Wellihgton) the"pre- : ; >; : ;;i; -liad 'enabled', the, . union' to. 'i-Pfi its'finance; by. means : ;of:ST?e'ated labour.'-' £i. ; i : i 'ii Sbmetimes^a^wlia'rf, ■labourer, driven by .stress t;.;'K/ : ."..of.circumstancesi. coniniitted } a crime.: .Thus <jf:i 3 i.' ; K n *rf I labourers come to* be. looked' down 'by.: thfcfwbple iVoi 'Melliigtpn -as'.nndei'ViV y,;Sirables,'iarid--Delbw:. sphere. '•'?■■ . ' M'C^n v-'"' ;^ v -^ e^o^T;c^ could. %£*s'fi>^~ 'dbbarred;;.froini-joining':tfie'union :; if• his '::'^baracter;:was.goodi:./IJhtil:that" was repealed" : be;np : ]imitatib"fcof ; labour; ;--The f the linibn-'by .s::';{.j'|^.'forcing men'in'toit'. He found twelve months /V' l V; i :i,.;\agO, , .that "there .we're''l7oo-financial imembers and:2oo;marked, off for' beirtg" SiJ'; J i.'.-.ihi, arrears.'? Hpw-; many .were /there, .now :on "it^ ; ;:?;;;the :books>whp ; 'uhfinaiicial? ''■'• :; - l .;&VeS>i;v-";i Mr - v '?- :;: .M'%ren/ ;M;P.,(;Wellington)., jsoid. ;'ir.;V?{- that-; with , -.of preference'; clanEe, : : |;!;;j}';;^ ; th^re.would;be; jundervthe, present ecpnbmic 5'J 'iig: ; systenl,;' excess^ of; : labour. in : . various . in-;-i J?. ■■!•}; <'~. dustriea, : .'but the;.unfqrtunate' thing for wharf S ; i& A^boju -; <was/'that''the''excess/of labour.:..'fromif:^:';,:. ,oth6r.ji to •'■ the;';wharVes:l He it would never, do- .• : >}?.;/tp. .give".' the .unions , pow.er i-to ; exclude -:'any' : individual :as -thby';:thought .That ;. ■;'would. ; : bq : a; .form ybf ...discrimination, which -ifvVjV ?. ; ;was;.a;;thing they Ejected; to'.when; practisecl ! /■'■Ti';;.■.;. ;by./employers. therefore,". i Emotion, -. V'L : i ? : :-S='SBenl^authority;;should ■ regulate tie/supply-' *5;;.5:f } ;qf ; labOTr;. : ;^it"3r ; :>.?'" ls ' i ■ "■■':'■' : ■^' V; ''';U:" f': S?VA/v>,v/Mr;:;D;, Caaey;>(Napier) said"'the : eicess;.of. ■);; :/■ ic JjAbpjur.. was .partly;;due,tq' the-intrpduc-.-'3:-:-:- : ;f' .tio&vbfeurisuitable immigrants:'by -the 'Go-; S ; Ktfft''jernment^^:;:v/,.; : :i;,:;.;. : .'. V "-/..' :; :~;:-'/'.:l' : :-fi'- 'V:'iv vMr';-'jftOs;borne"/(Gr6juMmth) : sMd 'tiii^pfe- 1 :o[^k iiothing. to: the ; '&pt;kX' niot J J>it : t before' : the conference;/V The';eiionomic Vr'v. ■/.:•' s y^.? Dl ,' : '-^as:the , ;trpuble ; ivatf3ftlie iem W'-: :; i ;//. to.putimbre .Labburvnien'vdnto'Parliament.' ; ' ; -''|fj? o ™e! t ! l^g-: ''s l 'noj/' ; done, , 'i -said tlie 1 i ' n / t :'V?;iWsy.ers in New. Zealand ;:will soon , beil worse ''.off-' :./r'^^:/ ..,, ;fn;:;';;('';;j The ;mbtion. - was. carriedlc.uiiahiniously"./ ■'