PHYSICAL WELL-BEING OF THE WORKERS.
STATEMENT BY THE COEONIAL SECRETARY. FprkSs association.! (Received January 28, 8.6 a.m.) LONDON, 27th January. Tho Hon. A. Lyttelton, Sccietary of State for the Colonies, speaking at Lennijugton, said: —"lf England's industries coutinuo to bo conducted under tho pioscutr humane conditions ye must take into uccount ,the lower {standards of tho worker.-), and the comfort abroad. When considering fiscal matters, wo ought to as». ourselves, does unlimited and uncontrolled freedom to impoit mako for the creative eilieiency, physical well-being, and moral expansion at English workers? Wo must recover the power of effective negotiation, as sooner or later colonial preference will be established," lie added that he believed both ths Ministerial and Labour parties in Australia wore favourable to pu'lciencc.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 23, 28 January 1904, Page 5
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