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T""WENTY-THIRD

MARCH,

OFFICE:

168 & 170, Temple Chambers,

TEMPLE AVENUE, General federation of Trade Unions,

768-7701 TEMPLE OHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, E.O.

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OOMMITTEE: MR. (Ohairman) , Gasworkers' and General Labourers Union. ALDERMAN (Vice-Ohairman) , Yorkshire Textile Workers. MR. J. MADDISON (Treas!trer) , Friendly Society of Ironfounders. ME. (Trustee), Associated Shipwrights. ME. G. N. BARNES (Trttstee), Amalgamated Society of Engineers. MR. J. HOLMES (Trustee), Hosiery Workers' Federation. MR. T. ASHTON, J.P., Cotton Spinners. ME. J. N. BELL, National Amalgamated Union of Labour. MR. J. CRINION, Amalgamated Card and Blowing Room Operatives. ME. W. J. DAVIS, Amalgamated Brassworkers. COUNCILLOR T. MALLALIEU, Felt Hatters' Union. ME. J. O'GRADY, National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades' Association. ME. W. C. STEADMAN, L.C.C., Barge Builders. ME. , Dockers' Union. ME. JOHN WARD, Navvies, Builders' Labourers' and General Labourel s' Union.

AUDITORS: MR. A. TAYLOR, Amalgamated Society of Engineers. MR. D. ISHERWOOD, Ama1gamated Shuttlemakers.

SEORETARY: "\LDERMAN ISAAC H. MITCHELL, L.C.C. REPORT.

April 1f/tll, lfI(),j. THE UNITY OP LABOUR AND ITS RESUL'l'S. If the magnificent results which attended the efforts of Mr. ,Tnhn Burns

and his colleagues of the Labour Group in the Houfle of COllllllOll S Oil i\fal'ch 10th is an evidence of what consolidatecl labour call do. the l'i'eellt met!ting,.; both in and out of the House of COllllllons which have led to unity of action 011 the part of the Labour forces of this country, will have clollf! mueh to advauec the cause which all Trade U nionistr; and their friend;.; have at heart. The struggle for a proper legal status, which began with the Taff Yalu decision nearly five years ago, hItS now reached a stage which el1lJuot but be gratifying to all who have taken part ill the agitation for just law. It may of course be true, as the Times says, that the diviRion on l\Ir. Whittaker's Bill "certainly suggests that the mercury of the political barometer iH i(dling towards the point at which a dissolution of Parliament is no longer regarded as a remote contingency." The Tillw8 in placing the actiOll of our legislators on this low basis no doubt knows its friends, but for our part we are pl'epltred to accept the vote as indicative of the opinion of those who voted. Those who did not vote, and they were 55 more than last year, 1l1t1Y he luft to the tender mercies of their constituents. The new diplomacy has taken a turn recently which seems to elllplmsise the acceptance on the part of a hU'ge numher of our legislators of the motto that" he who fights and runs away will live to fight another day;" the only difference being that they did not fight, but ran. In any case we uced not ,qul1rrel with their running, but rather assist them towards a relief of duties . which they obviously have little relish to perform. It is interesting to note the voting which has taken place upon the question since Mr. Beaumont moved his resolution in HJ02, which resolution it will be remembered was in the following terms: "That legislation is necessary to prevent workmen being placed by Judge-made law ill tt position inferior to that intended by Parliament in 1875." The three succeeding years have seen the discussion of 11 bill elllboLlying the above principle, and the voting ·on each occasion has been- In Favour. Against. Allsent. Resolution, June, 1902 174 203 2B:3 Bill, May, 1903 ...... 228 258 184 Mr. PETE CURRAN, Bill, April, 1904 ...... 240 201 Chairman of the Federation; Organiser Gasworkers and General Labourers; Bill, March, 1905...... 254 132 281 Labour Candidate, Jarrow, It will be seen that the voting on both the resolution and Bill has beon progressively in favour, while the voting against the Bill has grown Sll1ttller by .degrees and beautifully less. (j 7 Durillg thl) same pet·lOC. 1 a g"owing, number have found it wise to have importallt engagements elsewhere. 3, That in no case do candidates run by either of tlw organisations referred to oppose in any shape or form the candidates run by the other. .'\ furt IJer ana IYfilS· S1 lOW s that whilst we have succeeded'. in detaching [t nUIn JJer 0 f "'1'"l111S ··t el·I·,'ll··,ts ,. ;; from their more reactionary assocIates, no LIberal or 4. In constitueMies where no LrLbour candidates are running, the Irish f\!,.tionalist members has voted against the Bill. policy of abstention is in no SE\nSe recommendecl to the IO~ll.l organisatiOlls.

The votes were made up as follows ;- The points enumerated generally deal with matters with whieh we as !1 :Fec1eratiOll have hud little actual connection, nor does OUl' URs()('iation with the 1002. 1903. 1D04,. 1D05. For, AgnsL. For. Agnst. For. Agnst. For. Agnst. other two committees in this matter mean any 1110re active participation in Labour ...... 8 12 12 14 dealing ,,;ith the financing, selecting, or en<1ors(:ment of canc1idatt.!~, or even the Liberals ...... 107 141 146 152 discussion of a political programme, than Ims charaeterised our work since the N!ttionalists ...... 48 [;8 51 59 formation; but as we have nlways held that trade politics canrwt be dissociated. l\IinisteriaIists 11 203 17 258 31 201 29 132 from other work, and as there are (lll£'stiolls having political sig­ nificance which come well within the sphere of our activities it has been thought 174 203 228 well to co·operate and help the other committees in arriving at a comltlon 258 240 201 254 132 understanding. ---,--' --.,.----.' '--,------.----- Majority l\fajority Majority l\Iajority Against. Against. For. For. STILL FURTHER UNITY. 29 30 39 122 \VEEKLY. \VAGES o!; 'I'HE CLYDE, - A further evidence of the spirit which: now animates lahour work has '\ glance at these fiaureR shows that the scuttle was considerable, 69 shown itself in the co· operation between your Committee al:d the Committee of N fewe~' votin aNainst us ~han was the case last year. The fight is now the Shipbuilding and Engineering l'rades Federation for the purpo;;e of securing transferred ~o ~e Committee on Law, where, notwithstanding the fact that that most desirable of reforms-the payment of wages weekly in all parts of the 254 who voted for the Bill are only represented by 39 me~bers, this country. The outstanding sinners in this respect are)he Clyde employors. while the 132 who voted against the Bill have 44 members on the CommIttee, Why they should insist upon paying wages fortnightly instead of accepting IIlr. Burns and his associates are doing excellent service in combating the what is the universal custom in all other districts; is rather diflicult to under­ shrewdest Tory b71yers and capitalists in the House, anc1 have suc~eec1ec1 so stand. It may be, of course, because there has been no~ullited demand made fu.r in preventing !LIly alteration. by the workers of the district for this boon. If this' has he en the reason, and we admit its strength, then there can be:little:~obiection to the employers FURTHER UNITY. reconsidering their position, 0.8, on the invitation of the ,Joint Committee, a Your Committee, in pursuance of a policy which aims at unity of action meeting was held on March 8th at , at which every Tl'I1de Union (20) on the part of Lahour organisations, have had conferences with the Parlia­ affected was represented both by its local and executive authorities, the 70 mentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress anc1 the Labour delegates being absolutely unanimous as to action being taken to secure the Representation Committee. The negotiations are still in progress, but alteration from fortnightly to weekly payment of wages. sufficient he!Ldw!1Y has been mac1e to 6lltLble us to jointly iesue a statement As a means of demonstrating the unanimity that exist,.; on the question embodying the following agreements ;_ before approaching the employers, it was c1ecided:to take a vote of the members 1. That all candidates running under the auspices of the Labour of the affiliated societies in the district, arrangements for which are being made. Representation Committee receive the loyal and hearty S~lPpOrt of all It only rests with the v11rious executives to give every facility to their members section!'; of the Labour movement. affected to state their desire, when, if, as we expect, the result of the vote is large enough to be decisive the Clyde employers will no doubt recognise they 2. That Labour and Trade Unionist candidates approved of by the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress receive the have no claim to be placed in a position of ac1vantage!as tLgainst other districts. support of the Labour Representation Committee, so far as its constitution FINANCE AND l'.IE1IBERSHIP. will permit, on the lines followed during the election for West l\fonmouth­ shire, when Mr. Richards was returned. This quarter showil the first effects of the reduction in contributions, the total income for the quarter being £6,102 7s. lId.. The expenditure

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£3 GH His. 7<1., t }lOUg h 1llg· her, . than usual on account of the Smiths' disputef in 'the ' north, stIl . I SlOWSI th,' a t we have a good balance, the amount 0 our Reserve Fund now standing at £119,656 13s. lId. Crad~ Unjonists and Wom~n's £abour. By EDWARD OADBUHY, As will he seen f l'Olll tIle, balance sheet the number of affiliated. societies has been increased during the quarter by six, the total number affiliated now ~ S the Editor has ki~dl! asked me to say a, few words on Hlt! relationship Jj.:", of the Trade T!mon~sts to women's labour, I will, in the first place, being 91. ~ c-- ~ndeavour to gIve brIefly some reasons why this question is of extreme Importance. to Labo~r as a whole, an~ then to suggest one We l'e"ret to have to noticR the retirement of our old friend, Mr. Sam or two means by whICh much mIght be done by orgamsed Labour, even without W '( h'" I't is understood will not seek re-election as Secretary of the furth.e~· legislation, t? raise the standard and to improve the physical and llloral 00( S, w 0" h t· d Pn,rliamentary Oommittee Trades Union Oongress. Mr. Woods as no enJo~e condltlOns under whICh women work. Many other method;! mi"ht of course be suggested, but it will be impossible in the brief limits of this p~per to toueh good health for some time, and we all hope that freedom from the har~ssmg on more than a few. cares of his official duties will soon work a complete c~e. The dutIes of It is doubtful whether organised Labour yet fully realises that one of the Secretary to the Parliamentary Oommittee are meanwhlle, we understand, weakest links in its ehain of organisation is the condition of women's laboUl'. being well discharged by our able and energetic colleague, Mr. W. O. Steadman. It is quite probable the engineers, the miners, or the railway servants, will say that women's labour has llothing to do with them, that women do not compete ~n any, ~ense in the .La~our m~r!{et with t~e~, and that their time aud energy On behalf of the Oommittee, IS suffiCIently occuPIed 111 retaullng the pOSItIOn they have alreaay won, and ill endeavouring to still further better the conditions under which they labour. I. H. MITOHELL, That this is the view taken is borne out by the following p:tr:tgraph from (( IN omen in the Printing Trades ':: ": "It [1ppears that, except at occasioual Secretary. times of dispute, their work il3 so well marked off from tlult of lllen, that the men's unions in these trades are coming more and more to the conclusion that it does not pay them to organise the women." Yet on seveml grounds is not this a mistaken view, and can it be true that any department of Lahour can stand or faU by itself? For example, Professor Smart seems to take the

opposite view when he says"I': I( There is a peculi[Lr difliculty in discussing thll subject of women's wages which is apt to be overlooked. It is that, however differem may be the principles which regulate the wages of women from those which regulate the wages of men, women's wages are after all part and parcel of the one share in the distribution of income which falls to Labour. In other words, women are only one section of the class called 'wage.earners'; they do not constitute a separate factor like capital, the questions connected with them form part of the general problem of wages." I think it will be admitted that one of the main tasks that organised Labour has to undertake is to raise the standard of life of the wage-earners as a whole. The lower standard of life of the average woman worker is undeniable. Mr. Webb shows how far this is true from the statistics furnished by the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labour in 1884t: "These give the average of 17,430 flmploy~" in no establishments in Great Britain, and 35,902 employes in 210 establishments in Massachusetts, representing in both cases 24 different manufacturing industries. The women's wages show a proportion of one-third the amount earned by men, the nearest approach to equality being in textiles--cotton goods, hosiery, and carpetings in Great Britain, woollen and worsted goods in Massachusetts. These figures have not been disputed." Is it not most probable that this lower standard does ultimately reacL upon the standard of life of all classes of Labour, including the miner, the engineer, or rttilwtty servant, and tends to check the improvement of their economic position? ]'01' it must be remembered that Labour as a whole stands or falls together. In the second place the Trade Unionist must recognise that the often debasing moral and physical conditions under w~ich women .have, to ',\:o~'k seriously affect those related to him. They may brmg from thClr dally tOll III ill-vl3ntilated and unhealthy workshops sickness and trouble into his home; and • " Womell in the Printing Trades," p. 43. Edited by J. HamHay Mrtcdone.ld. t" Studies in Economics," p. 107. Wm. Smart, M.A., LIJ.B. t Footnote to p. 108. "Studies in Economics." Wm. Smart, M.A., LL.B.

L 10 11 I S 1111healthr work and insufficient nourishment will impair the 1ong lour, 'J' f h f th ' f h' h'ld vitality and lower the moral standard 0 t e u~ure mo el 0 IS C 1 ren, to subjects of profit ant1 interest lUld aWlty from th"t 'I' I "1 .' I The case of the woman worker should a,ppeal ~tdl11 bmor~dstronHgly to t1hte mau 1 . et 0 f th '1 t' f " \\ lie I h (egradllJtT anlI (e laSI11/.:> , l~e 0 ,e mlg 1 lest actors in raisin" the fital l 1- 1 -f If _'" eng,]gc(' 1 l'n 1'lldustries ",here men and womenf SI e yk' SI e. I ere, a . h't oug t h and women alIke WIll be tile improved moral tOIl~ of the w ( ~r(1 Il j e of ~lIc,n seWo-m engaged in identical processes, they 0 ten :vor Ill. c, ose proxImI y. 0 in the power of a great many, as a man of resolute COli '. ?r IS lOp, and .tlns.lS t · -'11 I 'I ' , .- 1,lgO.ttl( !ml'lle"t ('onvIC- one another, and the moral lttmosphere a,nd matenal C?ndltlOns ultder wInch lOll \\1 a wa) Slave an Immense lllfiuence among th' 'tl.} - tlt3 women and girls work, act on the moral and physICal nature of t?e man whatever his position may be, and although a deterro~(j ~I ~ \\ dom he .works, alongside whom- they work, and none the less surely because he IS often pe~secution, !f a m~n is able to face this, there iSH: d~:~ /r::t ;Ir~v~;i~'; unconscious of it, ultullately galll the respect of those amoncr WhOlll lIe 'vo k TI . f t I '} b, I' s. lOre IS 110 need Again, altogether apart from ques~ion,s o~ mere ~e1f interest, should not or me 0 emp 1aSlse t le deplorable 1ll01"1l con.::Jitioll' f f ' } A 'U S 0 many 0 our work the chlva.lrous method of the Trade Umo111st l,mpel lm;n, even though he can S lOpS, man recen tly remarked to me that he "'ould f 11 ' - d I t . t th ' th 11 '. Sooner 0 ow hIS Bee no immediate benefit to himself, to take an mterest III the welfar~ of those aug 1 el. ,0 e grave an a ow her to work in man" of th. '1 . f '1' 1 1· le '11 1 h t 11 t l' 1 ' J C SlOps 0 \, lIe I Jp who are weak and defenceless, and who are often unable to o?tam ~ece~t new. r~ W 10 ave a a s ue lec tIllS painful subJ'ect Intlst b· tl t }' , '1' 1 t 11' 'fi d ,eaware 111 Sue I conditions of work or more than a, starvation wage, . I h~ve SUf?ClCt;t faIth m a ren:~l { IS on y 00 we JUS~I e. I w?uld appeal to everyone for the sake of the workers of this country to feel assured that thIS pomt of VIew IS the one the gnls all~ boys of, the ComlOg generatIOn to use every OpportUllit . in their which will appeal most strongly to them, power to 1'alSe the llltellectual and moral standard of the workshJ andto I will now put forward one OJ' two lines upon which I think much might remove, what must be to any of us who desire the '''elfal'e a 1 h ,P, f 1 f t t b h . " ne appll!ess 0 Our be done to improve the position of working women. ess or una e rot el'S and SIsters a terrible evil frnught 'tl '} '1" f t Id ' t th b ' ' .. WI 1 pOSSI)l ItIeS 0 In the first place, necessary as legislation is for the protection and improve­ un 0 n11sery, 0 e oys and gIrls we see growing up around us. Then, agall1, fa,thers who have dllUghters employed in indnstl'j" I. t' '. ment of the position of women and girls, fu~ther l:gislation, although Ul'ge~tly 1 a a g t ,l 1 ve lea' mora1 responsl'b'l' I Ity to -see that tllel'!' dau 'I t .- Occulm. f IOn~ needed, is not the only avenue a,long whICh acb~m ca~l be taken, The first ') I I : , ' g 1 el'S are as ar as thing to 00 is to secure that the laws already 111 eXIstence are more f~lly POSSI ) e emp oyed un(~er pro~Cl' conditIOns, Should it not be their dut . to make themselves aCf[uamted WIth the conditions Ull(ler '''ll1CI tl' 'I Y t enforced, and to do this public opinion, especially among the ranks of orgamsed 'J- ? If I fi ' ' , ,,1 lCll' gu' g are a Labour, lllust be n.Toused and educated. For laws that do not rest on a sOU1~d '~Ol , , t ley nd the Factory Acts bemg evaaec1, they should son(l informa- basis of educated public opinion often tend to become a de~d letter anc1, 111 tIOn t~ the Women Factory Inspectors' Department, Victoria Stl'Cpt Borne cases, n. hindrance rather than a help to the cause of SOCIal progress, and We~tl~mster, S,W" where every care will ,b~ taken that theil' identity will n~t to judge by the lack of enforcement of the bws wo already have, the ~ve.rage be ~e\ ~aled, If they fir;d th~ moml con(htlO~s unsuitable, they should see if public opinion of a workshop does not seem to be ahead of, but sometImes the~e IS not some way III whIch they can lll'lng these bar! conditions to the would even seem to lag behind, existing legislation. One of the best :vay~ of n?tICe of the fOl:emlLll or. en~ployer, Probably it would be in llIall\" cases very educating this public opinion, and thus preparing the way for fUl'Lher leglsh~tl?n, dlt!!cnlt to do tIllS, but stIll It seems that the responsihility of not 'taking some will be in the making provision for the most stringe~Jt ~nforcement .of eXlstmg actIOn, must ?~ vel'y great, . They should also inquire about the moritl and lecrislation. The present overworked and extremely limIted staff of 111ne women ma,tel'lal conchtlOns under whICh their daughters will work hefore allowin" them fa~tory inspectors' is entirely ~nn.def[uate to Cop? wi~h the ~eeds ~f more, th?,ll to enter any ;l1npl?):ment. As far as c[Ln be jndgecl from inVestigation, I think IlHUlY one million women employed III the manufacturmg llldustnes of Great Bntmn, a ,strong pubbc OpllllOn can do a great deal in imprm-ing the condition of therefore the Ln.boul' members in the Honse of Commons should be strenuously of O~l: WOl"kshops, and surely those who have daughters at work undel' ba~l Suppol'ted and encouraged in their demands for a largl3 increase i!l the n,umb~r coudlt;ons should be the first to try to endeavour to get tllese conditions of women inspectors, Another £20,000 or £25,000 a year, whICh It r~mec1Iecl It must be always remembered that in many of Our factories the would cost at ths most to bring the number up to fifty would be a gll'ls emploY,ed ~r~_, V~l'Y hel~l~ss, and art; ,afmid to speak, even if they know mere trifle when compared with the huge Bums spent on the army that they, are ,\o~kIDg u~del Illegal c,ond.ltlOn~, They are often terrorised by and navy. The expenditure would be reproductive in every sense of the those OV~I th~!n,

I L 12 13 than his " 1\fe.l'r~e England," His attacks on the ChriRti- f.' . made more stIr 111 the Ohurches than" Morrie Engla I" i1.~ ,11}!1 have perh~ps tabour and tb~ tr~~ Cburcb~s. we should do well to boar the attacks with patie~ce' n\ 'I ( l( '. ut to my nund heed to that touching and passionate aPlleal Wc 's\b~ 1111 0 ~e glYO ll)l?kf;t earnest Bl I f 1 t f . . , a Will men I (' Pobe t A~ ApPEAl, BY THE REV. ROBER'r P. HORTON, M.A., D.D., atc 1 orc 0 our mth when we carry out in the E'n rI- 1 f t d .,".' r f th Ir. d f G d " b ,tnc 0 o· ay tIle (olo81lPl ? e u~g. om 0 0, as our Lord cal'l'ledlt out in the world of II'· 1 ' .­ President lJ'nc Chnrch Conncil. IS the omlSSlOn of 80 large a part of the Gos el of tl 1(' .. I~ ( f1). It these bitter assaults on the Ohristianity ol our tiI~~ 1~<10l~ Wlll~:; cau~es should repair the omission, And is it not posRl'ble tl . t le I reo J l,lll'chefl 'k' " . " . . la one reason W ly the -----~I-!8l-,-===-<'------WOl lllg mon ale so dlfilCUlb to bl'ln cr mto Christ's Churell' tl t tl J • . t t· h " , 18 }[1 10 proac lilt" 18 no S lOng enoug or concrete enouO'h to win and to 110Il tl . .) 'f >:'l ,I . en who wO! C WI, 1 e an 8 acqUIre much mental ahility of tIle t' 1 I. t f 1 t' d ' , prac!Ca HI not 0 the >--r< HE Rev. R. F. Horton, M.A., D.D., President of the United Pree sp~cu a .lYe or er. Abstract reasoning is to thorn intau"ible' H {t I '. i· Churches, in:Lllgurated his entrance into the responsible position as unllltelliglble; even the poets are insubstantial. A pl'eacherh who' wou~rle wi~ head of the Prce Churches of this country by making a strong appeal to them ~nust be. cOJ;cl'ete, must touch them ltt the practical point of life as the the great [tnnual gathering of the Free Churches, at JYIanches~er, a wee~ or two know It and hve It; he must be full of information he nlust gl've d I' ·t· Y.l ,'fi bl f t H ..' e IIlI e all! ago, to more closely identify the Free Church move~ent WIth the clauns a.nd vell a e ac s. e must grapple WIth tlllngs as they are. aspirations of Labour. We append an extract from hIS address, together WIth a supplementary letter :- . Ou~' Lord spoke th.e truths of the Kingdom under the guise of the actual lIfe whICh He and HIS hearers saw before them' He t'lll{ecl f . f fi h' f . It· , , 0 sowlllg. 0 The Free Churches might take a more effective part in improving the s :ng, 0 agrlcu ~re, or vme cultUl'~, ~f building houses, of foremon, IUld social condition of our people. We might a~ a .Council express more distinctly wOllnnen, wage.s, a,ld the ways of capItalIsts; family life, weddings, even the and prrtctically our sympathy with the asp~rat!Ons and. struggles .of the class ga,mes of the c~llldren, were the ~ppal'ent sU.bjects of discourse; through these which forms the vast majority of the populatlOn .. What IS the relatIOn between thmgs He pOUled the truth andlrfe of the Klllgdom of Heavon. the working people and the Free Churches of thIS ?ountry? On the one hand, the Frce Churches are formed very largely of workmg people; not a few of onr ministers are drawn from the ranks of artisans. On the other hand, the SUPPLEMENTARY LET'mR. working people show their. unconscious symp~thy with our Ohurc.hes. by the .At the ,Fre? Ohurch Oouncil in Manchester I ventured to plead for It more fact that, with few exceptlOns, they select theIr leaders from the mmorIty who cordIal relatIOn oetween the Ohurches and the Tl·nde DIII'olls-a d 1 1 ' " " n mvappea are within, and not from the majority who are outside, the Ohurches. The appea met WIth a warm and general response. I proposed, for e"xam le, names of Joseph Arch, Broadhurst, "Mabon," Wilson, Johnson, Henderson, that we .should send a brotherly greeting to the Tl'I1des Union Congl'!s; Crooks, are enough to remind us how close is the relation between and nothmg would please me better than to be present at the Congres;; and to LABOUR AND NONCONFORMITY. be the beilor:!' o~ th~ message. One ~eason for my pr?posal was my cOllviction that th~ ~lgal1lSatlOns for mutual aId and for securmg the rights of Labour That relation should be strengthened and deepened. The interests of the ~re C!hl'lstran, and, as they are Ohristian in origin, they ought to be Christian people !Lre our concern; their welfare is the real object of our work and life. 111 SpIrIt. Thif; bct is established by three things which are characteristic of the Gospel But in the broadest sense I am convinced that we ought to do all in our we preach, viz.: (1) That our Lord Himself was known as a carpenter, and the power to remove the estrangement between the Churches and the manhood of son of !t carpenter ;(2) that His great invitation was, " Oome unto Me, all ye Eng~and. The wo~king men need religion, and religion needs the working men. that labour"; (3) that His activity on ea,rth consisted largely in caring Or, If I may ~ut It more pointec11y, the working men need Christ, and Christ for the physical well-being of the multitude, who were drawn to Him very needs the workll1g men. largely by this unique fact: the" new doctrine" of the Gospel was the practical help given to the suffering and the needy. ~here are three reasons why the working men need religion and are suffermg mortally for the want of it :_ ' I do not see, therefore, why we should not, as a Oouncil of Free Ohurches, identify ourselves more specifically with the needs and the interests of the 1. If the working men hac1 the guidance and strength of Christ they people. Why should we not frankly say: The housing question is our question; woul~ be saved. from the. two things which are the eituse of half'their healthy conditions in workshops and factories are our concern; a living wage, sufferll1gs, gamb1ll1g ancl drInk. reasonable hours of lahour, provision of work for the unemployed, harmonious 2. If they had Ohrist as their leader they would be able to secure the relations between landlord and tenant, between capital and labour, between essential conditions of well being, regular employment, fair wages, healthy m!L:lter and employe, are our interest? These things touch us because they homes, anc1 hon0l!~able old age. The failure in these struggles is due to touch Christ. We take them up, not in order to serve ulterior ends, but for the absence of spmtual power. Without God we can do nothing. their own flake, because the Lord who fed the multitude and healed the sick in Galilee, and declared that what we do to men we do to Him, would concern . 3. W Ol'king men, like all other human beings, need the strength and Himself with th~se matters if He were incarnate now; and as He was in the JOY that are found in worship, the ideal aims that are furnished by faith, world 80 are we 111 the world. and t.he softeni~g and sweetening of life which come only from love. And There is a writer of singular earnestness anc1 eloquence well known in these workm.g men, lIke th? rest of .the worlc1, need the anchor of hope within the veIl, a sense of llnmortalrty, and the assurance, not only of the life parts, Mr. Blatchforc1. I do not know that I ever read a more moving book that now is, but also of that which is to come.

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I cannot help saying, therefore, that the working people need the Ohurches, .. ml that the substitution of drink shops for houses of ":otship in their lives is the main cause of the continued enslavement and suffermgs of Labour. But on the other hn,nd, I am equally conscious that the Ohurches need the working men, nay more, that Olll'i~t, the Divine working-man needs the~ for His purposes. As surely as He sald to the :fishermen, "Oome, follow Me,' He says to the working men of this country, "Oome unto Me, all ye that labo1tr." If the Churches consisted of strong men, with deep convictions and Ohristian love, men like the Ironsides, whom Crolllwell led to victory, they would not only change the conditions of Labour, cleanse the slums, and re-people the country side, making our dear land the home of the masses instead of merely the Paradise of the rich, but they would make England, what she ought to be, the noblest influence for the elevation of mankind, and the regeneration of the world. It will be seen then, that an understanding between the Ohurches and Labour would be an incalculable blessing to the working classes and to the country at large. When I look at the programme which Christ himself announced in the Synagogue of Nazareth (Luke IV., 16·19), I cannot help recognising that this is the very programme which the wisest leaders of the working men have set before them. But that programme can never be realised without the religious dynamic. If there is no God who cares, if He has not sent His Son to save, if His Holy Spirit does not work within us to realise things greater than we know, if we cannot by prayer enter into relation with the Divine powers, there is little hope of seeing a regenerated society, as there is no reason for supposing that such a regeneration is the end and purpose of human history. It was the Gospel that gave the hope, and it is the Gospel which supplies the power. I do not know how to get into closer relations with the working men whose interests and welfare I have so much at heart, but I am thankful to the Editor for the opportunity of saying in these pages that the desire for such a lllutual understanding is, at least on the part of the Free Ohurches, deep and strong.

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Cb~ Int~rnafjonal RssOciatlon for tabour £~giSlatjon. By SOrRY SANGER, Hon. Secretary British Association for Labour Legislation. . ------'''?------PrC? ~ l HE International A~sociation for La.bo.ur Legislatio~ camp., i~lto existeI~cP in )~\, 190.0. Long: bef?Ie that,. ho,:"ever, It had b?811 fully realIsed tlutt mter. ~. natIOnal actIOn IS essentIal If Labour LegIslation if; to he really and c?mpletely effective. The. ~r~ument that strj~gent factory or workshop regulatIOns, or the absolute prohIbItIOn of dangerous lllgredients in manufacture will drive the trade ~o some other country, where no such regulations flxist, must always be a lundrance to the development of Industrial laws until it can be obviated by international action in Labour Legisbtioll. In 1890 the principle of international co· operation was apparently assured. The Emperor of Germany convened an official conferenco at Berlin, to cOllsider questions concernin~ SundaJ.'.work, e.mployment of childre!l, young persons and women, and even of mternatlOnal actIOn to secure the execution of the decisions reached at the conference. The hopes of the advocates of Labour Legislation ran high. However, the delezates from most of the nations representea at the conference, instead of being free to discuss the questions before them on their merits, were bound by official instructions, and the conference led to 110 practical result. Thus the need for the movement to be started by voluntary effort became clear. Eventually, in 1900, as a result of two congresses, separately organised in 1697 at Brussels and Zurich respectively, an international congress Itt Paris was arranged by a group of Frenchmen keenly interested in Labour Legislation. At this Congress the International Association for Labour Legislation was formed. The Association is composed of national sections each consisting of at least 50 members and contributing at least 1,000 francs per annum to the

• Mr. Thomas Bnrt'- was abroad. ENGLAND.

ABSENT. IN FAVOUR AGAINST. . Aircl Sir John, Paddington Burns J., Battersea Banbury, Sir F. G., Pee~ham Allh{lsen, A. H. K, Hackney Buxto~ Sidney 0., Poplar Bartley, Sir G. O. ~., I~hngton Bailey J. Wa]worth Causto~, R. K., W. Southwark OeciI, Lord H., GreenwICh B 110' CJ.tpt CB, }[OfllS(JY Cremer W. R., Haggerston Cook, Sir F. L., Kennington B~ uri[a'J'or ·G.'E.' West Halll · T R Tower Ham- ,mes, 1 , '[ l' 'hnal Crooks,'W., Woolwioh Dewar, SIr . ., BhoWllllggrec, Sir ll., lO, Fisher, W. Hayes, Fulham lets S' J T Green Gray, E., W. Ham . Dimsdale, Rt. Hon. Ir . ., Boulnois, I~., E. Maryldmne Lough, Thomas, W. Islu"!gton City. • " d- Bousfleld. W. R, N. Hl~cknoy l\faedona, J. C., Rothorlllthe Fardell, SIr F. G., S. I It Bowles, Col. H. F., 1~nil7lcl Maonamara, Dr. T. J., Camber- dington • ", Bull, W. J., Hanlln~rSllllt,h well Gibbs Hon.A. (T. H., Clt) B dett.Contts W.L.A.h.,West- Norton, Otlpt. O. W., W. New- Jessel: Oapt.H. M.,N. St. Pan eras ur minstcr ., ington . Kimber, Sir H .. Wandsworth, Coates )\Iajor 1'], F., IJowishaID Rollitt, Sir A. K., S. Islmgton Lagge 001. H. H., St. George s Ch' B L E, Islington ' R P St PallCrtlS 0 en". .,. . 1 Moon E. . .,' . O.t H J C Hormon( HOY Mort~n, A. H. A"hDOPltGford l!'~~t~r Sir' 1\1.: London Ulliver. Hidloy, S. F., Bet na ~een '.' Sharpe, W.E.T.,N. K~llsIngton G~:~~n Major W. J;::., Stepney Thornton, P. M., Olaljlam Grahan~ II R, W. St. Pancras Whitmore, C. A., Che se~ Ot;thrio' W·. N., Bow Wrightson,SirT.,E.St,Iancras Jlambr;, C. K, Wim~lctlon Harris Dr. R, DulwICh Hay, IIoll. 0., HoxtOIl "'1 P W N Lambeth .J: orner, . ., '1"1 E cl IJaw301l, IJ. h, "! le' 11 1I1a880y Maillwarmg, lIolI. W. F., C. Pinshury 1\Iilvain T., Hampsteatl 'D J Waltham,tow 1\Iorgan, ',."" G Brixton Mowbray SIr h. . 0 ., Earl Por~y Kensington Sir J J;' Holbcrn Remllan" t,~ C· E" :B'illsbury R, iclmrds, U. I'I' S Hackney Robert-oll, T. .". 'I t . i S· H S Tower Halll e s Samue , ,Ir I' \Vhitcchapel Samuel:. S. 1\ i/ W lIflllVlebono SIr D' Westminster SmIth,Sco~t, H. S"\. T. ., d 'fritton, C. E., Norwoo

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W., Bury-St.­ Wilson, J., Durham Wa/sall Davies, 001. Sir H. D., Chat ham WiIson, J. W., Worcestersh. N. \Vonh Edmunds Dickenson, R. E., Wells ?lIildmay, F. B., Totncs HI}lnw, N. \V., Lancaster Greone, H. D., Shrewsbury Woodhouso, Sir J. T., Hudders- Henderson, A., Durham Diokson-Poynder, Sir J., Chippen_ field ~fiIner, Rt. HOIl. Sir P. G., Hamilton, Rt. Hon. Lord G., ham BasRctlaw Higham, J. S., Soworhy Ealing Holll1nd, Sir W. H., Rotherham Dlsraeli, O. R., Altrilloham Mitrhell, W., Bumley Hardy, L., Kent, Ashford Douglas, Rt. Hon. A. A., St. l\folesworth, Sir L. W., Bodmin Hornimlln, F. J., Ponrhyn Heath, Sir J., Staffs. N.W. Hutton, A. E., lIIorley Augustines l\fontague, G. 0., Huntingdc'll HonderEon, Sir. A., W. Staffs. Dyke, Rt. Hon. Sir W. H., Montaguc, Hall. J. S., New For(,st Jucohy, .T. A., Mid Derby HermoIl- Hodge, Sir R. T., ;r ohnson. J., Gateshead D90rtford Morg!ln, Col. Hon. F. C., S.lIfon- Henley Evans, Sir F. H., Maidstone mouth ;roicey, Sir J., Chester-le-Street Hoult, J., Wirral Jonos, Lcif, Appleby Faber, E. B., Andover Morley, 0., Breckllock Kennaway, Rt. Hon. Sir J. H., Fitzroy, Hon. E. A" S. Northants Morroll, G. H., Wnodstock Lambert, G. South Molton Honiton Morri,on, J. A., Wilton Ln.mbton, H. F. W., South East Flannery, Sir J. F., Shipley Kenyon-Slaney, Rt. Hon. Col. Fuller, J. M. F., Westbury lIfount, W. A., Newhnry Durham W., Newport Lllwson, Sir W., Cornwall Gardner, E" Wokingham Munty, P. A., Tamworth Keswick, W., Epsom Godson, Sir A.. F., Kidderminster Murray, C. J., Coventry Layland-Barratt, F., Torquay Lawrence, Sir J., lIIonmouth Myers, W. H., Winchester Leese, Sir ,J, F., Accringtoll Gore, Hon. S. T. 0., Gaillsborough Lawson, J. G., Yorks., N.R. Gorst, Ht. Hon. Sir J. E., Cam- Nuwdigat(!, F. A., Nmwa.ton Levy, 111., Loughhoro' Lees, Sir E., Birkenhead Palmcr, Sir C. M., ;Jarrow Lyell, C. H., East Dorset bridge Llewellyn, EH., N. Somerset Goschen, Hon. G. J., E. Grinstead Palmer. Sir W., Salisbury lII'Kenna, R., N. Monmouth Lockwood, Lieut.-Col. A. R., PlLrker, Sir G., Gravesend lII'LlIrcn, Sir C. B., Bosworth Grant., C., Rugby Epping Greene, W. D" Wedllesbury Pear_on, Sir W. D., Colchester l\Iarkh!1m, A. B., lIfansfield Lyttelton,Rt.Hon. A.,Wanviak Pease, H. P., Darlington J\IOUItOIl, J. F., Launceston Greel1o. W. R., Chesterton Nieholson, W. G., Petersfield Grenfell, W. H .• Wycombe Pease, J. A., Saffron Waldon Nussey, T. W., Pontcfract Pilkington, Col. R., Newton Perks. R. W., Louth Parrott, W., Normanton Gretton, J., S. Derbyshire Powell, Sir F. S., Wigan Grey, Sir E., Berwick Pierpoint, Ho, Warrington Partington. 0., High Peak Ratcliff, R. F., Burton Pretyman, KG., 'Woodbridge Paulton,J.lII., Bishop Auckland Gunter, 001. Sir R., Parkstono Rothschild, Hon. L. W., Ayles- Gurdoll, Sir W. R, Norfolk Price, R. J .. E. Norfolk Priestley, A.. Gran tham bury Purvis, It, P(lterboro'. Ran(Ucs, J. S., Cockormouth Haine, E., St. Ives Rounds, Rt. 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C., Cambridgo TollclI{ache, H. J., Eddishury Jefiries, Rt. Hon. A. F.,N. Hants Stanhope, Hon. P. J., lIfal'kct Tu1Inell. Lt.-CoL, S.E. E~scx Harboro' Kcmp, Lt.-Col. G., Heywood Vinccnt, Sir R, I

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IN FA'OCR. AGAINST. ABSENT. AbrahBm, W., Glamorgan Laurie, Lt.-Gen. J. ·W., Pem. Griffiths, E. J., Anglesey I~ FAHll'R. A(;.HNST. Davies, A., Carmarthen broke Hurnphreys.Owen, A. C., ::IIollt. Abraham, W., Cork Davies, M. V., Cardigan Pryce-Jones, Lt.-Col., E. Mont. gomery Arnoltl-Forster, Ht, H(Jll. H. 0., CampoolI, J. H. l\I., DulJlill Evans, S. T., Mid. Glamorgan Ambroso, R., Mayo Belfast gomory Phillips, J. W., Pembroke Barry, E., Oork University Hardie, J. K., l\ferthyr AtJ,illSOIl, Rt. Hon. J., N. Cngan, D. J., Eaht Wi~kJ()w Jones, D. B., SWlllISea Reed, Sir E. J., Oardiff Blake, E., South Longford Londonderry Th:Jmas, A., E. Oarmarthen Boland, J., Sonth Kerry Dilloll, J., E,.st Mayo .Tones, 'N .. Carnar,on Carson, Ht. Hon. Sir E. H., Dorwlau, ClIpt. A. I. C., E. (',:.rk Wyndham-Quinn, iIlaj., S. Gla. Burke, E. H., King's County Dublin Uni';ersity Kenyon, Hon. G. T., Donbigh morgan Pfrench, P .. South Woxfor(] Lewis, H. J., Flint OamplJell, J., South Armagh Corbett, '1'. L., North Down Carvill, P. G. H., Newry FlaVin, M.• L, North Kerry Lloyd-Georgo, D., Carnarvon Oraig, C. 0., South Antrim GonIon, I., South LOIl(lontleny Morgan, J. L., W. Carmarthen 0lan0Y, J. J. i'l'., Dublin County Marquis of Hamilton, TJondon- HiLnllllOlld. I., Clrlow 1\Ioss, S., D~nbighshlre Condoll, T. J., East Tipperary derry Orean, E., S.E. Oork Hllslctt, Sir .1. H., Xnrth Belia,t. Newnes, Sir G., Swansea lI[ooro, \V., North Antrim Hill, Capt. A., West Dowll Roberts, J. B., Carnarvonshire Oullinan, J., South Tipperary Wolff, G. W., Ea~t Belfast De]aney, W., Ossery Jame,;oll, Major, \Ye"t Clare Roberts, J. H., Donblghshire JordOll, J .• South Fermanagh Thomas, Sir A" E. Glamorgan Devlin, C. R., Galway Devlin, J., Kilkenny Kenncdy, P. J., N.W. ~klth Thomas, D. A., Merthyr Law, H. A., WCiit DOllq;al Thomas, J. A.. Gower Doogan, P. 0., East Tyrone LonBdllle, J. B., Mid. Armagh Duffy, W. J., South Galway Williams, A. 0., Meri:meth MeDonncll, Dr., (,~llCen's County Esmollde, SirF. G.,N. Wcxforcl MeNdl, J. G. S., So nth Pnnegal . Farrell, J. P., North Longford McUltlmont, Col. J., East Antrim Field, W., Dublin lIIc·Pa.dden, K, East llilllcgal Flynn, J. 0., North Cork In FAVOUR. AGAINST. Murnaghan, G., Mi(l. Tyroll~ ABSENT. Gilhoolcy, J., West Cork No\an, Col. .T. P., North (h,lway Aberdeen. Harrington, T., Dublin O'Briell, W., Omk Bryce, Rt. Hon. J. Hayden, J. B., S. Roscommon O'Dolwrty, W., North Donegal Pirrie, Capt. D. V. Healy, T. M., North Louth O'DollnclI, 1'., WeRt Kerry Glasgow. Hemphill, Rt. Hon. C. H., N. O'Mara, J., South KilkElUny Cross, A., Camlachie Tyrone O'Ncil, Hon. H. T., Mid. Antrim Dickson, C. Scott, Bridgton Wilson, J., St. Rollox Joyoe, M., Limerick Law, A. B., Blackfriar~ O'Sheo, J. J., West Waterford Corbett, A. O. 0., Tradeton Kennedy, V. P., W. Cavan RerImolld, W. H. K., Clare Baird, J. G. A., Central Kilbridc, D., South Kildaro Saunderson, Col. Ht. HOll. K, N. Maxwell, Sir J. S., Oollege Lundon, \V., East Limerick Armagh Robertson, E, . McVea"h, J., South Down Thomp.son, Dr. ID. U., i'l'''rtl~ Leng, Sir J. MoHugOh, P. A., North Leitrim Monaghan Edinburgh. M'Kcan, J., South l\Ionaghan Tully, J., South Leitrim Brown, G.M. Agnew, Sir A. McKillop, W., North Sligo Wood, J., Ea,t Pown McCrae. G, Melver, Sir L. 1Iitchell, E., North Fermanagh Single Oonstituencies. Moonoy, J. J., S. Dublin County Asquith, Rt. Hon. H. H., Murphy, J., East Kerry Arrol, Sir W., Ayrshire Ainsworth, J. S., Argyle Nannetti, J. P., Oollege Green, Black, A. W., Banffshiro Dublin Huchanan, T. R., Porthshire Bignold, Sir A., Wick Campbell-Bannerman, Rt. Hon. ~ Caldwell, J., Micl Lanark Oampbell, Rt. Hon. J. A., Glas- H., S&irling Nolan, J., South Louth Craig, R. H., Govan gow and Aberdeen University Cochrano, Hon. T_ H. N., Ayr- O'Bricn, Jamos F .. X., Cork . Gordon, Hon. J. E., Elgin and shire ·Crombio, J. W., Kincardineshire O'Briell Kendal, TIpperary, Mid Dalziel, J. H., Kirkcaldy Nairn Dalkcith, Earl of, Roxburgh O'Brien: Patrick, Kilkenny Dowar, J. A., InYerness Hozier,Hon.J.H.C.,B.Lanark Denny, 001. J. M., Kilmarnock O'Brian, P. J., North Tipperary Dobbie, J., Ayr Leyeson-Gower, F. S., Suther. Elibank, Master of, Midlothian O'Connor James, W. Wioklow Douglas, C. M., N.W. Lanark land Farquharson, Dr., W. Abol'dean. O'Oonnor; John, North Kildare Dunn, Sir W., Paisloy Maconoohie, A. W., E. Aberdeen· shire O'Donnell, John, South Mayo EJlice, Capt. E. C., St. Andrews shire Findlay, Sir R. B., Inverness O'Dowd, John, Sligo Ferguson, R. C. 1II.. Leith ilIaxwell, W. J., Dumfriesshire M'Killop, J., Btirlingshire O'Kelly, Oonor, North lIIayo Findlay, A., Lanark Reid, J., Greenock ilIaxwell, Rt. Hon. H. E., Wigton O'Kelly, James, N. Roscommon Haldanc, Rt. Hon. R. B., Henshaw, Sir O. B., Renfrew Shaw, F., Hawiok O'Malley, W., Galway Haddington Shaw-Stewart, Sir H., Renfrew Smith, J. P., Par tick O'ShaughneRsy, P. J., West Harmsworth, R. L., Oaithness Thorburn, Sir W., Poebles Stewart, Sir M. J.l\T., Kircudbright Limorick Hopo, J. D., W. Fife Tuke. Sir J. B., Edinburgh and Stroyan, J., W. Perthshire Power, P. J., East Waterford IJamont, N., Buto St. Androw's University Wilson, J., Falkirk Reddy, M., Birr Morley, Rt. Hon. J., Montrose Wylie, A., Dumbartonshire Redmond, J. E., \Vaterford Rcid, Sir R. T., Dumfries Roaho, J., East Galway Sinclair, Oapt. J .• Forfarshlre Russell, T. W., South Tyrone Sheehan, D. D., Oork County 'fennant, H. J. t Berwickshire Ure, A" Linlithgow Sheehy, D., South Meath Wal1ace, R, Perth SIoan, T. H., South BaUast WaRon, E., Olllckmannan Sullivall, D., S.W. Meath Wason, J. C., Orkney Waldron, L. A' I Dublin Weir, J. G., Ross and Cromarty White, P., North lIfeath Young, S., East Oavan TWENTY=THIRD QUARTERLY BALANCE SHEET, ending March 31st, 1905.

1NCOllIE. EXPENDITURE. 1905. CO~'TlUBUTIONS- £ s. d. £ s. d. .£ s. d. .£ B. d. Jan. 2. Fancy Leather Workers ....•..•.•...••. 1 16 0 FEDERATION BENEFIT- 2. London Society of Glass Blowers ..••••.. 4 17 4 National Amalgamated Society of Brassworkers 23 12 (j 7. Barge Builders' Trade Union ...•.....•.. 5 12 8 Ble~chers and Dyers, Federated !Ilid. Counties. 10 0 0 7. Nat. Amalgamated Operative Plasterers .. 134 17 0 Boot and Shoe Operatives, National Union .... 78 10 10 9. Burnley and District Textile Operatives .• 424 Clothiers' Operatives, National Union .•..•... CO 7 6 11. Electrical Trades' Union ....••..••..•..• 822 Cotton Spinners, Arnal. Association Operative .. 103 10 0 11. Amalgamated Shuttle lIlakers •....•.... 3 r. 0 Card and Blowing Room Operatives, Amal. •... 102 13 ·1 .. 11. Nat. Union Gasworkers and General Lab. 223 7 10 Compositors, London Society ....••...... 11 7 (j 11. Lace Pattern Readers ...... 140 Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers .. 8.1 14 2 " 13. Stevedores' Labour Protection League .• 25 16 8 National Union of Dock Labourers .•...... 87 10 0 13. Plate Spoon and Fork Filers •••.••.••..• 168 Engineers, Amalgamated Society ...... 1000 17 6 13. Amalgamated 1I1usicians' Union ..••.•.. 23 0 8 Furnishing Trades' Association, National Ama!. 4.5 19 2 " 17. Amalgamated Journeymen Felt Hatters •. 46 15 8 French Polishers, Amalgamated Society ...... 642 17. Amalgamated Felt Hat Tri=ers' Society 16 1 10 Gasworkers and General Labourers, Nat. Union 6610 0 J) 17. Dock, 'Wharf, and Riverside General Amal. Society of Journeymen Felt Halters ... . 27 510 Workers •••...... ••...••.•..• ,. 92 16 0 Amalgamated Felt Hat 'rrimmers ...... 19 lO 0 t

25. Iteywood and District General Labourers. 200 Joint Meeting Expenses •• , ...... Q7 IG 4 " 25. United Ovenmen's Society ••.•.•.•••.... '" 13 0 Rent ..•...... •...... •.•....••...... 25 o 0 25. National Glass Bottlemakers' Society .... 10 18 0 Office Cleaning ••..•...... •. , ....•••..•. 7 6 6 25. National Boot and Shoe Operatives.••••.• 844 2 8 Lighting .•...... •...... •.•.... 2 4 1 " 25. Card Setting Machine Tenters' Society .• 216 8 Stationery, etc. • ...••...... •...... • 3 1 7 25. Tin and Sheet Millmen's Association .•.• 21 0 0 Postage ....••..••..••••..•....•...•....••••.••. 1(j 10 (j 25. Amalgamated Clothiers' Operatives .•••.. ~1 9 0 Translations ....•...... •...... •....•••..... 010 0 26. l\Iidland Counties' Trade Federation ••.• 30 0 0 Delegation-Nottingham .•.•..•....•...... •.... 24 16 0 " 26. Denton Silk Hat Trimmers and Stitchers.. 019 6 Liverpool ••.•.....•...••.•...... 7 1 G 26. Railway \Vagon and Carriage Builders .. 2 13 8 Leeds ••.•..•.•••...... •....•••.... 01510 26. British Labour Amalgamation .....•...• 19. 13 4 Watermen and Porters •....•..•..... o 19 6 26. Amalgamated Society of Jewish Tailors, Newcastle ...... H 16 0 Machinists, Pressers, etc. • •.••.••••.• 9 15 0 H<1nley ...•....•.•....•...... •.... 11 \) 1 26. United Society of Drillers ••••...••••••. 384 Sheffield ..•...•••••••...... ••.•• 017 2 26 . Amu.l. Society of Smiths and Strikers •.•• 5112 0 l\Iossley .••...... •....•...•• 011 0 .. 27. Toolmakers, Engincers' Machinists, etc ..• 3217 4. Bristol ...... •.•.....••..••....•... 012 G 27. Rolloware Buffers' Trade Society •••.•..• 015 0 Articles for Reports ...... 6 6 0 21. Trunk and Packing Case Makers ••..•.•. 1 16 0 Unemployed Conference ...... •....•..•.•..•.•.. 25 17 6 28. Amalgamated Operative Lace Makers ..•• 45 15 0 Co.operative Printers' Account •••...•...... IB3 () 7 " 28. Silver and Electro Plate Finishers .••••• 1 18 0 Cheque Book ...... •••..•.•..•.•..•..••.. o ·1 2 " 28. Silversmiths' Trade Protection Society •• 810 Secretary's Salary ..•.•...... 48 0 0 W " 28. Amalgamated Society of Tailors ••.••••• 192 10 8 Clerk's " ....•...•.....••....•...... 15 o 0 <0 28. Amalgamated Freneh Polishers' Society •• 15 \) 8 Bank Charges and Commission .•...... •. 2 15 G 28. lIIidland Counties Leather Trades Fed. .. 11 5 0 Interest charged on Overdrawn Current Account HJ 4 li 28. Amalgamated \Vood Turners, Sa.wyers, ctc. 2 10 8 --- 51G 14 1 28. National United Smiths and Hammermen 642 Balance, March 31st, 1005-- --- 30. Amalgamated Society of Brassworkers ...• 49 1 0 Cash in Co.op. Bank, Deposit SGH 16 7 30. United Machine Workers ••.••.•••••••• 54 18 0 Account ...... 28541 3 tl 30. Britannia Metal \Vorkers ..•••...... • 010 0 Cash ill London City and Mid. Bk. 11 16 10 30. National Steelworkers, Engineering and Labour League ...... 18 10 8 28553 0 7 30. National Hosiery Federation •••.•••.•••• 48 0 0 Overdra.wn from Co-operative Bank, 30. Printers and Transferrers' l'rade Society •• 4. 18 8 Current Account ....•.•.•.•• 3!J15 2 2 30. Bleachers and Dyers' Pederation '" _ .•.. 14 13 4 -----24G3718 5 30. Holloware Stump"r:;' Trade Society ....•• 1 (; 0 Invested with Leicester Corporation ••..••• , •. 50000 0 0 3f). National Ama!. Furnishing l'rades' Assoe. 95 5 4 Invested with Sunderland Corporation ...... •• 25000 0 0 81. Cnmherland Limestone Quarrymen's Asso. 211 0 Invested with Oldham Corporatic.n .••..•.... 10000 (l 0 31. National Flint Glass ~rakers' Society ..•• 13 4. 8 Invested with Batley Corporation •..•.•..•.•. 10000 0 (l F~b. 1. Amalgamated Plate"alld Machine Mo'ulders 6 15 9 Cash in hands of Secretary ...... IS 15 6 1. Amal. Society of Brassworkers (balance) •. 020 ------11965613 11 1. China Potters' Federation .••...•.••.... o 18 8

Carried forward...... 4032 13 4. Carried forward ...... 12a298 10 (j '--~--~------~--.------TWENTY-TlfIRD QUARTERLY BALANCE SlfEET-continued. . ------~--.------.. ~".---.-. INCOl\IE. EXPENDl'I'URE. 1905. CONTRIBUTIONS- £ s. d. £ s. U. Brought forward •• " ••.•.... 40:32 I;! 4 £ !I. d. Feb. 1. SOuth of England Block Printers .•••••.. 100 Brought forward ...... 1212~)S 10 (; 1. Associated Shipwrights ....••....•••.•. 13410 () " 2. Enginemen, Cranemen, Boilermen, etc... 23 8 8 2. National Union of Dock Labourers ...••. 58 ·1 7 2. Amal. Card and Blowing Room Oper. (bal) 100 0 0 23. Pocket Book and Leather Case Makers' Soc. o 10 G " 24. *Opera~ive Roller Makers ...... •....••• 250 Mar. 3. UpP'r M~rsey Watermen aud Porcers •... 644 " 21. *Gasworkers, Brickmakers, and Gen. Lab. 27 3 G Ill. *Amalgamated Steam Trawl Engineers .... 4. 10 0 22. *London Society of Compositors ....•....• 161 15 0 31. South of England mock Printers .•••.... 114 ENTRANCE FEIl:S- ---- ·1553 6 3 Perseverance Gabinelmakers' Society •.•• 250 Nat. Amal. Iron Plato Trade ...... •••... 5 12 6 Elas~ic Webb Weavers, etc...... •••.. 714 0 'Vatermcn and Lightermen of Thames " 47 5 0 Cigar Makers' Mutual Association ...... 43 14 6 Chainmakers and StrikerB' Association .. 20 16 8 c.o INTEREST, DIVIDEND, ETU.- 127 7 8 o Leicester Corporation ...... •...•• 831 5 0 Batley Corporation ...•...... •.....• 83 2 6 OIdbam Oorporation ...... 166 5 0 Batlcy Corporation ...... •••....•.. 83 2 G Co.operative Bank, Deposit Account •... 244 18 5 " Dividend ...... 116 7 " ---14lO 10 0 Literature, etc...... •...... • 011 3 Received from P.C. T. U. Congress as Share of Unemployed Oonference Deputation .. lO 15 (l

6102 7 11 Balance, December 31st, 1904 ••••.•..•.••.•.•.... 117196 2 7

£123298 lO 6 £123298 lO 6 * Not due until April, In03. 'Ve have carefully examined the Books and Vouchers for the Quarter ending l\'[arch, 1904, and find the saone correct, and the Balance in Bank, Invested, and Secretary's hands to be the same as shown above. Those Societies who failed to pay their Contributions on or before January 28th, have besn found dis. entitled to benefit, as per Rule 4, clause 3, and those having reach'ed benefit contrary tc. above clause bn,ve been notified to refund same.

ALBER I' TAYLOR, } A •• '>', __ 5th ApriZ, 1905. DOCTOR ISHJ<;RWOOD, ""' ...... ""'8.