THE UNEMPLOYED

Evening Star, Issue 12625, 3 October 1905, Page 6

THE UNEMPLOYED

WOST HAVE CHRISTIAN HELP PREFER LEGISLATTON. Press Association—By Telegraph—Go»j right. LONDON, Octaber 2. (Received October 3, at 7.40 a.m.) A conference of the unemployed, representing 120 organisations of trades councils, trades TT"i"n*, and unemployed oommirioep, met in London, * They denounced the proposal* of General Booth and the Rev. William Carfisle (secretary of the Church Anny) for the transport for life of thousands of the flower of the working classes in pretended relief of the unemployed' difficulty, the Conference considering such methods to be mischievous ancL-tending to stave off the growing demand for economic and social change* [The Rev. W. Carlisle, secretary of the Church Army, recenfly paid a. visit to Belgium, Holland, Germany, and Denmark, to inspect some of the labor colonies and gather information as to their working, with a view to the establishment of farm colonies in England on similar lines. To a Press representative Mr Carlisle said: "Having completed our labor home system, and having; expended over half a million in connection with it during the last sixteen years, we cannot perfect our work without land colonies. We are going abroad to study the latest developments. Our scheme will cost £IOO,OOO, and we feel sure wo shall get **■ We have already had an offer of a farm of 750 acres in' Suffolk, which we shall probably accept. It is .vn afceolatelv free gift. There we will make a start with farm colonies. but vt soaXL want a good many farms as we go on. I believe that, many men who have been in tl.e towns and lost empfcjyment would like 1" get back to the country. We don't want io send men to Canada, because we believ« there is a field for agricultural worker) here."]