“NOT DONE”
BRITISH GOTTON TRADE . LONDON, Ai»nl 16. “ It is rather below our dignity to go cap in hand to the Japanese to seek limitation of markets as if the cotton trade were done,” declared Mr Alderson Titterington to-day. In his presidential address to the National Association of Textile Unions he said: “That is a defeatist policy, therefore unpalatable. Nevertheless, Japan is bound to make headway. It is impossible for the wool industry to meet competition by lowering wages to the Japanese level, but there is some hope that Japanese operatives -will demand a higher standard of living.” Mr Titterington added that the trade could expect a continuance of good conditions at home, despite the decline of exports. The meeting agreed to a resolution demanding reaffirmation of the .principle of the forty-eight-hour week, and criticised the _ employers fpr their delay in inquiries into the question of ivages.
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Evening Star, Issue 21711, 4 May 1934, Page 9
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