ENGINEERS DISPUTE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume C, Issue 11623, 5 July 1898, Page 6

ENGINEERS DISPUTE.

TO THE EDITOR. _ Sir,—lt appears to me that certain em pioyers have -faith that if they go on repeating'their statement, that the majority of the men are satisfied .with their present (or past) conditions and wage, not; only; the men but also the employers themselves will believe it. One speaker at the presentation meeting patted Sir Booth’s men for-signing a petition,, and, speaking for the men, said 99 per cent were satisfied; yet in this one case some eight men out of about forty did. not sign. It all depends by whom an'd how the question. I.is put." Were!' the .1 men left qierfectly r.:free to -answer, the percentage would:' ’ undoubtedly ‘ show to: the '.' opdo;site, ,of , .the : above statement. J v said .past conditions ,• abovei as- 1 although employers, -at a loss tb'. themselves,' ate, afceoru■ing to their evidence, . fighting hard to make their-businesses pay and keep the men employed, they have bettered the conditions, ■and.in;many cases raised:wages since this case came on.—l am, etc., 1 ? . ONLOOKER.