IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 989, 2 December 1910, Page 5

IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE.

• ':. ANOTHER. j|v| By Telerraph—PrMs ;}]i : .. ■'■'■. .^.•:iLohjdon|■'■^oTβmber'■^3^Sr^^■:^'s^• r . Mr. Jns£|ce .: in '■;'Biving; 1 jiidgm'ent in the Courtr pfy-'Charicery/ifoif" '; /'■■■ & the Amalgamated Railwaymen*in. ! fiil'a'e^;-/! : tioa which Osborne'Xwnb;.secured .''■ithe';;>:!Ai-; ; t legal decision ,that, trade. ment of members of :ParHamenfcwere/il^! ; :'~:''-] J legal), sought t. declaration •thaV.-hii}.-St'--; i . ,; i3;i''-j pulsion and the .dissolutioiji. J of:.the. K Wa'lr'i>.;'iT| thamstow branch ■ were ; illegal, :sai^; : K'tne .ic 'J'.fti agreement. members"entered into..i'n' s '.'■£ v'.i] ing the society was illegal^.'asfb'eing'lia.-iix^f: 1 ] restraint of trade. ..''■'■■?;.] ■V'.-V>."; : ! ;?:;'r ' __: In a fairly... l long- cxperierice' ot 'iiiteß. , .'-': VAV" viewing (writes "the ; . Parliame'ntiry^-.c'or-'r , .'', "-' ■ respondent of , tHe "Daily-cNetfs").-il^da';^*;;' 1 - . not'.remember,.any.,victim•'who.interested '.-">.: J me', more than Ifiv.Osbqraej.': the : hero— jl.', or villain—of. the 'fairibns ..ju<lgmen(i' ■■■i-i'.o'\ whose name will'always'live in. the annals '.■',:',' " of our Parliamentary institutions.. From i>: several Eources■■l have'■ heard ~ that:.-- Mr. ';: ;' Osborne wae-quite, sincere, and from'.his ■, N:.--J point of view quite"disinterested' in , -the. ■;' ,-V:i; stand he-had' taken,'.which certainly.was 'i : ,vvV the impression ..that. t .drew from. ;y Vo conversations '."-■. . --~ ',•■■■' J ■'.■ "I. am , foreman porter;at .Clapton, theT.-. Xjlj next station to TFalthamstow/' was :his :«"] simple account of.himself, ;and one was .! : .v',:::i startled by the amaiing. contrast .between;; ■. ■■;•;■• a 'this handling of passengers', luggage and,' :'.' .Jβ , the epoch-malcing. controversy of which-:' •';'--! Mr." Osborne is the^stbrm■• cefitre.; •. -iV' ■ I put. to him the blunt question'whore -;.'>, he'got the ; funds:.b), fight the. , action'_up/ ':.]■:■ i?i to..the House of'-lords.''He declaredwitaj,-. :.', ; S some emphasis that he would signraa afflrj '', t;. davit or take any- required bath "that :-"75 ..•' : .';! per cent, -was .collected-by-working .trade' ; ,:f": : j unionists." 1-; ■. :.;.'••.■.. ■ :>'.': '■'.-' ,'"-'.'.-,;'- ■ 4..i'.'.-U'-.H "Collected?" I ,said. ;: . '"But .whb.'gaye'- , .".!'.;,V the money?" :; . .;.,.;■'.: ;;.',' :.' "It came.in quite small. snms,".he're^. v ".'.: ; -i;-: plied", adding that .he could'-not "publisK!:-.-*//-;: a list of names,, e'ihce the thereby laid open to persecntionV/':: : --^';V'V-'--/y "Were,not yotir ,sobcitor's.iex(^'dingl^ ; helpful in the matter?". ■'■•''■'■V''' , '~'.''.^i-i--'--l'% : ' s "If that was soi". said he,-,"it 'was;.[be-. r '•,:;-'';•■'.' cause we wero absolutely certain;-of jXrix&i $$££- ning." ; ' '•■.;''':'.. ';*/•,- : .-- '.<.- ■''iscyfi.tyi^.ii?.