The Labour Question.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 66, 12 September 1890, Page 2

The Labour Question.

I Tf ?;;■ f-4 *3 fft&i file "Two iv Md es . CHRISTCHURCH, September 6. A meeting ofithe. ehiployers, attended by about 200, was held this afternoon, 'under the auspices of the Chamber of i Commerce, the Agricultual and Pastoral ..Asspcjatign, a.nd the Industrial | Association! ‘B|f Vjlif fyer of Commerce President,'"presided 1 . The following resolutions were passed; —“That an association be formed to secure to its members all the advantages of unanimity,of. action novy enjoyed by the tio provide a recognised body having authority to deal with the representatives of labour iu all matters affecting their- f common interest, and with £» ,Ma 9 J&L t hej]£dj ujfhifh differences between employers and employed.” “That it be a direction from this meeting that the Executive; immediately place themselves in com-: munication'wiWobher-assd&ations of a similar character in other centres of; New Zealand to form a'ferfer-; ation of labour fori she whole of New Zealand,” That it be: a direction’from;this meeting that the; BxeeutivAcausb hn election to be made ’ of representative's to form a half mf the Hoard" ; of, Coftci 1 iat!on, I which should: form a ffnaT Court of-Appeal'to- deter-; Wine all O^e^tioris 'yyhihh employers atpi employe'd limy hdmWble to wattle then}-' selves. 1 ’ A Provisional!, Executive of 24 members, representing- the i yo.m--merdial',: j; agrioijltOTij.l, ; ;i interests, were appointed The speeches delivered were, with two pr .. three exceptions, ycry r conciliatory in tone, A large meeting, under ‘ the auspices of the LaboW UWWs, ; - was held at the j Theatre!, to-night. were present, Mr F. S. Parker, President of the ' Trades ,s,ud Labour CounciL orderly. Resolutions were carried ahprdviagbf tliie .p-.ilicy.-df tUn=Maritime Council in “the fundamental principles JfWnUy;’’ ati opinion [ that the Union Steam Snip Company has committed a grafe %rmvdu) bringing oh the present crisis, and should withdraw frd'th' tlfe ' Australian' r .Shipowners’ Association in their own and the colony’s interests; 1 deprecating the .aggressive policy adopted by capital in the present struggle, being convinced its ,eoutiuu-‘ 1 a nee- will injure the capitalists’ own uterosts; affirming that ;,tha purest

method of protecting capital ia by improving tli9 condition of labour j condemning the present universal competition as the cause from which the difficulty between labour and capital originates ; recommending a system of InEaflV>-opbwtior:M'-tk only means of removing the abuses; viewing with ‘regret J the actiohPdf Jrwdabour r ,; s those whom ssuch labour .is supplied are , ihg iu contravention of tubir own and the -