CAPITAL AND LABOUR.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13635, 1 July 1908, Page 5

CAPITAL AND LABOUR.

ADDRESS BY MR MILLAR. "'^ J A FINAL J * ]?* Per Press' Association... , y"\~WELLINQTON/Jnnkjai^;,,, Speaking at a presentation to the 15 Hoi J , J. Rigg to-day thai Hon. J., A.,Millaf «£ ferred to the' difflcultie* of/iolving-,^ (5 , problem of the relation,of. capita) to4abjofr..,, Amendments Jta the Arbitration, Act want ed by some were rejected, by others,, Wha* 1 1 was wanted was a .fair j contract-. t Government were prepared to go with labour legislation as **er it, bad gov* in the past. The present position, was M* . sataafactorv. i He wanted„ aW opporjtanUy , , ,to amend the Act. ?fi ib.waainol, «' then they cottld jfci<" A considerable number of,member* ol'Par-. l liament had'stated that they*intAidedf i|, possible to 'repeal- the 1 ' Arbitration^Act« -v , That would be one' of 'ttie * worst, .thing* ' that could happen. Certain cUam*- <* , skilled workers could protect the»idv«*v Act or no .Act,' but unskilled laboureWy and • women required thßx protecTOa of the .Act. been -faff r «»t greatest benefit to thert, and if repealW v would put them in a terrible The information that thfre ;wa» » J ,n»»ffl? ment in the House to' repeal thf'AM ppr| r of the very best; they repeal ib immediately. }** M <^! ul 9i wF get the assistance of the ; Workers not hold h's v point to maintain tJ»<Asjr Unionists! nerev * tr »' t *B, >*• the law, and'other unionists thrown?** •. the country w.ere Vjote*, pathy. If., that was ah*" general feeling and the men Wanteds to' ; et?ike» Vj H ,wa|, quite clear, that they did not want-the Arbitration Act. If strikes, were i v wwted by the workers, well the best thing to do wi* the- Apt. < Wh'»l».w*aji , the good of amending! the Act woikevs were going., to 4 ignore \>t „ifaL, ■> He did nob know k wba* r he njight receive'- a, < tekgifrm-*.■.-,»»•<? nouncing a strike. > TheJ? was tliat the workers were' in ''"'revolt,, against the Act. 1 be, Labour ment had fairly and honestly tried to 1 administer the Act. Of the fine* on employers 93 jier cent, had* been, col-j"-lected, ,while 73 per. r ceut. imposed on employees had been>~jpaiil' over; £7OO had been collected £1750 inflicted on the riaughterliß«hVtiWa'i * another £260 was being'' -collected; , by V . weekly instalments. -There had \ been V!*}s ,' distinction made in aaminjateringvthe judgment i» employers and employee*'when finee^wewf 1 "? - not paid. . Thw, was. ax most Critical yf*t<\ He wanted to 6olve the probSim; 'OIW r country had .been prosperous,' v bttt now going back a bit,'and it was "a baft]time for-the workers *. to strike:' '•'WSJ, did not reali»"<the> presents posi-* tion, and it would bej his-endeavour save them from themselves; ■>* < l "t "°~<'it