TEXTILE TRADE
SAFEGUARDING ISSUE WHY UNIONS FAVOUR IT , Australian Press Association—United Service. LO.NDON, 17l_Ii December. The Nation*! Association of Unions of the Textile Trade have issued a report as to thn reasons they have joined the- employers in the application under safeguarding. They say: "We think it unreasonable to expect j British workmen to be martyrs of the free trade principle. Seventeen per cent, of the workers in tho woollen and worsted industry are wholly or partially unemployed. The unions had to face the problem or allow the industry to languish. We started out convinced free traders but^i realised that the world's conditions are constantly changing. To make a fetish of a belief was wrong. During the war a large percentage of our textile machinery was used to make khaki. Other nations were thus compelled to produce their own textiles. We feel inclined to ask other nations whether they also believe that free trade is. the only honest trade. If so, why don't they co-operate in the abolition of tariffs? The estimated net imports for the year exceed 40 million square yards, of which 30 millions would be excluded under safeguarding. We submit that while safeguarding is not the ultimate remedy, it will materially relieve unemployment."
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 141, 18 December 1928, Page 9
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206TEXTILE TRADE Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 141, 18 December 1928, Page 9
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