STATE CONTROL OF WAGES.
(Elec. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) I ' (Received July 19, 9.25 a.m.). | '""'' LONDON, July 18. I The annual report of the general | Federation of Trade Unions says : Any iiiscal system which will secure wages .sufficiently ih "*'exces§ A "of '^'Subsistence i-ates. .permitting a. reasonable' provision | ior illness and old age, will receive in- [ tclligent consideration. Let, the State guarantee a minimum wage based upon prices and. human requirements. State control" of production and imports' may bti considered, but trade unionists will not tolerate attempts lo increase the i powers and exactions Yof monopolists. j . _M________M__>
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14048, 19 July 1916, Page 5
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