CONCILIATION COURT.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13996, 3 September 1909, Page 2

CONCILIATION COURT.

TE:L TiiKr>inNG til/.'rum.; 1 -Li-.l a StiUiliiary • t ru. ai. iv«.«i .«l by t..>" t ■ Li' iCutioii I at *1 :u----ri .ar.- iu tu Ir;4u-tr: H • Impute. " tai_>.•l t>> tlli. 1 vi.Tmr- I im-n wuli cli; ...-tuHi; mis. It.v tuci.'li.iut.' titttr reject «»niittt-'J inomifii »_r vti»j «_t til, u.iot tjc htul lit. t!iat tiir-.-~l«-ni.y. tri'Ui tUi_ i- t> be duiic- an ;iy w tutiA rrjirt-.t. ntat.ix- *jt tlio "Ilcraid"" hail a tuiiur.-auua on nit- Mi«>-je-_l 11 true t> iiu vit a Air r?eaiiIKill, pr»;=it«i«.:Lit »•! Uil- MIU-Owuers" I riiuit, i»ufi »rio. prt>«i'it a o-py «;l tti:* »>!>! an urt.l. |*>uitktl «L>ut the iuad».- by tlie u.>>- .it tue fjuCx.t ->lr SxauiLiU ji.iiii a triffUtt.- tu tht- tii'.t citj|ilaynl lu Mr tlic I uui|Li»iuuiT. 1M Lis ma»;ul' tbc bukiura. lTje fnlluiv•UK are* Hie itiivl attvratiun> made 11 *i''. cvitditiuib oi tlircshui}:: — Huar> <;l rnirs are tu be tixnl by tho iLilt-u*niT. lx.luri', but liberty to orertt uno bur by attUicial in U i-mtrgtmy i> omitted. "1 b-y > f't a«diU dul not bpttify tLu nr ui L<utu> t<j be employed (i-x- - bagtueu). The new agrtc-u-x-ut litws tt.»—driver, teeder, 3 t>iacknnrti, 3 bjgiut.n, 1 sLrats-iuau. 1 waternun, and ui amp 1 cwk. i'he Union a&fced tlut Uu liim wen be cmplo\«.d it straw is itacked, but this was »trmi iiUt, IcanoK it to the farmer to mgagf sUa»-sUcktrs, ai otherwise Utt*' extra urea aouJU b-_- idle if strawwas nut Alaritil r jet it v.crKing on the Imur jvstem tuey would have to he paid. Iter I'u.tu al»> proposed that au beys under li? tie employed, but this ■as stnicjt out.

As before, toe waterman is to attend to his horsu, ukc-tli- r tin- null is worktop or Bvt.

-V deuced for the abilition of stock tlutrinut; iiL> aii

I Ut' t moii ?jkvu liiat the contract jJsteiß cuipluviiH;iit ije aiiulibbtU and atl nnro poiU by tli-' hour (i-UT|it t!ie muii, |kii<l by tin* ttit-K.', urivt-r and Itttitr K 3u, all "ithiTj Is - per lionr. " wid iuiiod. ' fin- rinp|t>_vin> relused . agriv tu tlictc tcrnb, ami the former ttibiiiUuD> n trr —iiriver and Jetrdtr to he U\ agreement, aih others and tOfc. |nr *HK>J not less, than 1» per Lour (nut foundi; ntents to be made on either cuutra> t ,»r time-payment for tile term of eniploy■fol; contract men to be paid a i is per hour for helping to shift null from" tarm to farm, but not troui t>uvk to Stack; boar-wen to b- paid cimtmuduflltg * U' r I luuit irt'Uallill' J J>;n I of •'ag'.s in tut I in case a nsan t. it was Ui.—.. .e—. lo *.r - tat plovers o»>taiii<.tl 111 lien of this a [T. 1 i-.v.l t. . .. .. or, a w *fc j >v i.ii t - ■lt . tne penalty ;.i -_•» ,i. I". >. llie * *'»- > » to b« tnin\ II u-> ii.t .liiuUUt ranted in t!if «iik. 'I ne l it ton demand, u tiui tut employer lind tucker trn , but tiie «.lti a i „7<l u .is adopted. r t ; > be* proviueil ct>-o|K-Mtiiriy by tii«- urn. imncr to supply . ftmk kti'Uilb aud fuel. Mr ScaimeH explained tltat tin employes required sibw iwid on tiie men, but did nut want to pocket any and lauding «*ver any ti.rleit. «J to the tueker-fund uas accepted us atcf»irtor> by- th_- workeiV ieyrtse:iUtirn.

Tlie qncstiun of preference to Unionist* vai dealt »it:i at wmv U njrtli .11 the tiH a*ard —tWunujj luurc than half the dtn.-uiiM.-nt in fact- '1 he l iiion tit—wandfd preiereurt' awl furbado discrimination, and a ih-u i-lauso uas irat,.«d T pcat-ticaily the uniuarv prd'cri-iut: clamt'.

idmhatiuD of the weight of sacks to «s» j.ix-pt *-ti i.i the ut'Uianti. hvt Ibis »a» out as it is jnov.u*tl fur by Uw raiUav ri-^uLitiuiia. The I tbtiu asxni lor a tuily uf work done at each iariu ttliougb tney aiskid lor huur-pav ment univi. Tins "was K(ioevtl to tbe giriug 01 talbt's wbt'a cuuTroknt alur being asiceU lor. A* ytsleniai. the agrecnif nt will apply to ait in Suutu Canter tmry r for t»u tcvs, and Jlr Nannrll it is m»t unlikely that Ashbortcm null-owners will Ki-k to ha v«it rstriidcd over their (iistm-t TIJLK LSI PORTENT POINTS. The important pnmis nixn.t a:; new •<<; u«w f.i* ui.u.i cr tin? nunrart *>»:eu; .Du .be aboliti. 11 of *'**.* tiu .M. riMJI *e*l Uill iw (ioujl iiKinr ta - mers -wtmM fc? imlait d to Lick against t!i« * att -" T - «I"4 wy t.r»t t:ie null-.,!, ocrs ***** Then* was > nne""•ff ,u be na»rin expL.oation ana also tn ctc-tence «f tl*r ne* nil.-. The employer* gave »c» a, WK thres>.nng ? a to -au- the ton.fact there Kubti! I*.* no uiuljt that the hUtr »js m ir.uie importance ts* the farmers a n hole titan tlic •took tureatung: i..i it i.„. uieu were t« btf (kiml b> lb> ti .t,r. conliuull» nalV-o*Bvr havi- to adopt the Otagp system, and luakc the farmer be rrspoiisiblt' i«.r Uil- mt ..; — and cmr farm* r* vnnld not like ths.t. As i"»r »tua>k-thrv»h:ng. this aas all Ter . v well lor the farmer who gut the mil in timr. and hi a . re dry bat. it *>!£■» ba*i ivr th iarin**r .tiiii mill-owner in a broken LiaUicr sea ..n : »«l **» d for t v«-ryS.<!, in a; ;\ . ... . mill-uMi«.r ran risk of lo» by it. || e might !»e> engaged at Smith s threshing from atook, when a spt H damp u.-a-I titer set in r and Lis null might be lu l l ap for a wr.k . r a f.rtmght. whtrea* be R2£ght have put through Browns and Kuhinaou'a. *ta.-k> next dour within the time he was lying idle waiting iwr Snutli % «Jrr. ll u *" rs » said Air S-.-aiiii<-11, were interests! in putting a >u>p to stook tjonalEy fin#-, and a larger proportion than .Evual of the wh.-at grown uas out of Atook-aud a larg- pr.>portion «►! the wheat was unfit for market, qnitr? unfit for «xj*>rt. Tito farmer* who from stook lost money hv the deterioration of their wheat through its Iwiug tlir>-*h>-d soft: and every iitlier farm- r iu<<t something throngh the tone of the market being damaged by the <-xLtt.-mr ».f damaged in the distrir-i. I/<al grain buyers nright fwl s*ai»" in buying at first hand. en ».»iun»iuT that the wheat had Iwn from stack. ! '•f f., r a-ould not ?r*-t »nrr that they w« re Inlying ulu-at that ha-«J fum-n tfir»">hr<l in g<mkl condition ; tfm-y auuM have to allow for til** ri»k, that Houid lower the the t'n-al H?jv..*r rvuld give. The Government ought to interfere, said Mr Seanirelf. t.» s.iv< th«* majority from the eagerness of the minority to save a few shillings per arre and get their rtnff into the market, just as they interfere in meat and butter. by their grading mtfms. T!io saving d«>es not amonnt to B"'rh. Fire m> n and two drays. *ay IQt each—£-i l'»s a day—will stack 1-5 acres of a 3(1 or -1U hushel crop —>» acre; funr dravs and throe men (the mill finding three -the ftadc-mrai also means £3 l')s a day to the farmer, will clear 30 arrfs of •-took'i J for a mill—& Gd an acre: so all that the former saves is Ikl an acre and he pel* carting dope quicker. But rinlcs get ting his stuff wet in .waiting for a mill, and even when ho gets one: and even in a good season the grain is soft, and not fit for export. He

rv.iv v.-rv . ifi'y lojc iwtc thm the !>i| ,tti acre he may save. ft .1 mil! is "'i the p'lrsnt'il Mr >i-niuiel!. tin: mill-owner interest : > t-> t 11 j- - si liff }>iit through a- io-m p.-s-i'>!«.-. and ill :v l>rok\ II >ea.-uil. 1 will urn urallv. with lus men at I'll* - . u-e all hi* jM-rsiinsion with 11i<• farmer re>ume threshing after ;• wet .-pell. St> a>- tin- i-mp will thre.-h. tli.it 1- dry enough fur liim. Hi:t il is 11«»t irttod tor tin* farmer alter hi*- i_r;ii'.i has heeti bajiued .-i while. and it had 1«t ;>ll otli«T farmers when ho rtniK.> to offer his damp and daunted samples tor s-ale-j-anmles perhaps not so damp or damaired a- the hulk. Tins is important when then- i> a bijr harvest. as there will be next year, and a lot of wheat t > export. « Tli" purpose of the arbitration law is to prevent filio producer working cheaper than another: and that is what stook threshing dIU' tlic farmer who practices it t'» do au;>iiist the man who stack*. And the injury t<> the tow «»f th«» market Hy stook tlircsliinji. ;iu<l tn f * savilii; tit the rmitrsu-t bvstt'in. wlueli was one *-ide of the <-oinf»roniise. ounht ♦ o rcoon-ile the farmer* of stook threshing. Tlip men flid. n«*t like tlie frivinn np the demand for tlie heiir system onlr: hut they arcent'd the eoinpromise it- inemt the workers njore to do.