EMIGRATION TO CANADA.
WARNING TO BRITISH WORKERS. United Press Associmtion—Copyright (Received Dec. 20, 9.41 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 20. Mr. Trotter, a special commissioner sent by the Canadian Trades and Labor Congress to warn British workers against emigration, addressed the Labor partv and Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress at Westminster, declaring that _ the flood of skilled labor had attained alarming proportions. Many immigrants were settling in the cities, where they were not wanted, and refusing to go to the country, where they were needod. Mr. Trotter blamed Canadian manufacturers, British emigration agencies, and shipping companies working on commission. LORD STRATHCONA’S VIEWS. LABOR AND BUSINESS SLACK. ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS SUFFERING. (Received Dec. 20, 9.44 p.m.) OTTAWA, Dec. 20. Lord Strathcona, interviewed, said nobody needing work should emigrate until the spring. Several Ontario factories have decreased their output, rendering idle a large number o* hands. The class affected chiefly were those sent out by charitable institutions. Alarmists’ reports were groundless, though he admitted that the conditions of labor:and business were less brisk than in 1906.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2069, 21 December 1907, Page 3
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173EMIGRATION TO CANADA. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2069, 21 December 1907, Page 3
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