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MR. SMILIE'S STATEMENT
A special conference of the distrims of the 3tinels Federation of Gradt Britain. meeting in the Central HAIR; Westin ter, on September 3rd. to 'consider the aituntion created by the refusal of the Government to give legislative affect to the recommendation of the Sankey repurt in favour of the nationalisation of the coul-mining industry, alufest ananimous ty armed the executive's resolution for continning the agitation along contite tional lines. Mr. Robert Sinili pre sided, and there were 156 delegates pre- BOTTL
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ful not to make statements about men in the position of the miners' executive unless he had evidence. He would like to ask the Duke of Northumberland either to prow his charge of Bolshevik influence or money, or to have the courage to with- draw it. (Cheers.)
The Right, Hon W, Brace, M.P., moved
pationallation of mines, it was the duty, be asked to abandon the weapon of direct of the Government to carry out the And action if they felt it was necessary. But]
(Cheers.) In Mr. Lloyd George's the resolution indicated what the execu speech there was some talk of some kind tive intended. They had no right just at of Chare in, the control of the miqës
the moment to advise their people to take! Before the tumission they put forward drastic action to force the Government to Fa, claim in the interest of safety, in the nationalise the mines. The question of a interest of industrial peace in the indus week, or formight, or month, was neither to joint control with the State in here nor there on a question of this kind. the administration and carrying on of the They advised the conference to reject the mining industry in this country. They proposals of the Government, not merely did not know whether Mr. Lloyd George in the interests of the miners, but of the proposed to accept Sir Arthur Duckham's nation itself. They advised then to report of, whether he proposed to build bring the matter before the Trade Can- up some sort of scheme of his own, but Mr.gress at Glasgow, with the request for a Lloyd George, did vaguely suggest that resolution to say whether organised there way to be some sort of control. The labour was" behind them The miners miners wanted effective control for the would still reserve to themselves the safety of the men, and effective control right, as a national conference to ask for the protection of the public as well. the miners whether they would take a We do not said Mr. Stalie, want ballot vote as to whether stoppage abinte control. We do not want to should take place. He noticed that hig work the mines in our own interests, Friend and comrade the Dukni forgetful of the interests of others. Northumberland, speaking at Liverpool En opening the discussion the president but 你 want" effective control of made a statement that behind the feilen mid at the meeting, on the previous day, an industry which is as auch our tion there must be Bolshevik influence the executive had before them, not the industry as it is the employers indus. and Bolshevik gold. The family of Percy scheme of the Prime Minister or the try" Mr. Lloyd George said they were had been famed for many generations for flovernment which wou'd take the place not to have contrul in the managemens a certain degree of chivalry. The Duke- of nationalisation, but merely a speech The miners did propose that they should of Northumberland told them perfectly delivered by the Prime Malater to have a committee which should be con- clearly that he would fight nationalisn why the Government had come to the consulted on every question-questions of tion of mines and mineral inside and clusion that they were not going to safety and of development and every outside the House of Lord. That was pationalise the coal mine of the country thing of that kinda committee of prae straightforward and manly, The Duke It was true that when making that state tieal men, who would advise those respon. had gone out to fight, and be was doing ment the Prime Minister also made a sible for the rannagement of the mine- some useful work, because he was getting rather garbled statement of what the and the probabilities were that in 90 petaoca" experience as an agitator. But be Government did propose to do. It was sometimes difficult for one to judge of the of the cases their advice would be would have expected that the Duke of taken The coal owners bad told the Northumberland would have been enre- spirit in which they should approach a Government that if they gave any exe matter of this kind. a scheme which was cutive control of the miners they would merely talked about and not put into con prefer the mines to be nationalised. The crete form. but their executive were un Government were on the horns of a animously of opinion that ang proposals Filemma. If they gave the miners any outlined by the Prime Minister in his executive control they must nationalise speech for the fetum government of the the mines. If they do not give us any mining industry were absolutely unsatis executive control,"
proceeded Mr. Iactory, and
could not be accepted by the Smillie, we will tell them that they will minors of this country. (Hear hear.) have to nationalise the mines.
There was one thing which the Govern
THE DROP IN OUTPUT., ment. and certainly the mine-owners,
The Government said these were con land-owners and capitalist classes were particularly anxious to accomplish, and red about the output. So were the that was to take the minds of the people miners cuecerned about output. He (Mr of this country off the proceetings Before Smillie) admitted that he was concerned the Coal Commission. They wished the about output.
He had hoped because public to forget all about the enormous Herbert Smith, Frank Hodges, and him- profits which were taken out of the pockets order to get its proposals carried into
self reluctantly signed this report in industry of consumers; they wished them to forget effect that steps would be taken im the conditions under which the mining
mediately to reorganise the mining in working. The colliery, owners and capi dustry. He had hoped that the Govern talists generally, combined with the landen would give a promise not that they owners had spent thousands of pounds, would nationalise the mises to morrow or next week, or next year, but that they advertisements against the nationalisa,
would give a promise that. the mines tion of mines. On reading the speech of would be nationalised within three years the Premier, he had a feeling that And in the meanwhile all the ingenuity all of the mining engineers would have been Lloyd George at a channel through which the act to work to the development of the capitalists were speaking to, the coun. mining industry to get the highest out try. Ther
it time when the put. That wag what had been refused Prime Minister spoke of (robbing-hen-
by the Government roosts in his Limehouse days, but when he spoke on this occasion, he was limping and weak from beginning to end, and be neither satisfied the Efpuse of Commons, nor did he satisfy the general public out side. Ir Lloyd George must have been very hard up for argument when be aug gested that one of the hopes of Mr. Jus tice Sanker in giving his report to the nation was that under nationalisation strikes would be prevented, and then said: We have a Yorkshire strike going on at the present time." The Yorkshire strike began because of the bungling and folie of, the Government | itself. The Yorkshire strike could not be traced to the workers in the York hire coalfield, but their executive could trace it step by step to the Government departments in London, a small coterie of people, heads of departments, and members of the Cabinet, because, after all, the Coal Controller had very little to do with coal control or the mines It was the power behind, hím.
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Union Congress to declare that the fullest There was one usher thing the public and met effective action be taken to should not lose sight of The miners had secure that the Government shall adopt always felt that the consumers of coal the majority report of the Commission in this country had not been fairly dealt as to the future, zovernance of the in- with always between the producer and dustry. the consumer came in a crowd of peuple who not only earned a good living, but Mr. Brace said he moved the resolution. laude furtunes out of the distributing as the miners' reasoned, reply to the trade. The majority of the Commission Government's proposals. They would recommended that not only should the observe that the first passage made no State take over the production. but the demand for nationalisation It was distribution of coal and wipe out the not presented as a grievance because they middleman, who stood between the pro had introduced something else, but they ducer and the consumer. In the Prime founded their opposition to the Govern Minister's specch not a single word was
ment's scheme on the broad, unanswer- said about the distribution of coal to the able ground that the · Govertument's consumer. There was nothing that bad scheme was wholly impracticable. No been proposed by the Government that one had a great interest than the miner would justify them in believing that they to give the maximum output. It was would get the highest possible outputting they put on record the fact that from the mines of the country. The the fall in outpat was due to no polieg mines would not be developed nationally, of ca canayi on the part of the work- but in the interests of particular dis tricts. They agreed that so far as the sed by the war, and they were convinced
men. The whole industry was disorgani
recovery of the nation from the position that was the cause of the lessened output. in which it had been placed because of of ccal. The old system of working the this, world-war was concerned, that coal mines was condemned. What was to take It was the little coterie which was call. ed the anti-Sillie ter party because as one of the most important resets the its place 1 The Government said, "A system of trusts." How could they nak it met fruin time to time to find out the ion had at the present time. best methods of circumventing the Miners largest supply of coal that could be the workmen to take part in entrenching Federation in their claim for the nation. given to the antion was what was desir organised capital in a stronger position The Yorkshireble, and the adoption of any "system than before What the miners said to the alisation of the mines. atriky was the fault of these people in which would give the fullest possible in Government was this that as an honour refusing to allow a settlement to take the nation. Their executive rejetted the accepted the Commission's report.
crease would be best in the interests of able undertaking they ought to have place. But the Yorkshire strike took Government scheme because they honestly the Government would not accept tar place, not under State ownership, but believed that it was not the best scheme Commission's report, then they were on under the present system. Al Mr. Justice Sankey hoped for was that it would be to give the nation the largest output, the horns of a dilemma. The miners possible to renove causes of strikes. He because they felt the continuance of the could be no party to any system whi Jever suggested that machinery would be present system, or the setting up of the did not give them effective representation crude proposals of the Prime Minister, in the control of the industry. Immed set up to crush out strikes if there were
would not make for larger output. causes for strikes. Give the workers a
Itately the Government was in a position voice in the control of their own indus
was Duly by getting rid of the present to hy they would give the miners effec try, and you will remove pine-tenths of hors of the mices and reorganising tivo representation, then they were faced the causes of the strikes which have taken the mining industry on national lines with the official declaration of the soul- place in the past. In that he believed that they could secure output. He be owners that they would have no part of lieved their men were willing to co- Mr. Justice Sankey was right is aiming operate with the Government if the Gov- them full control over the indui
lot in any scheme which did not leave at the prevention of strikes. But gil these things were put forward by would only invite co-operation when they be parties to wasting the precious the in earnest. But they Therefore, the miners said they would not Lloyd George for the purpose of getting got their fair share of responsibility and of the nation in discussing schernes which Away from the facts of the case..
of the control of the industry.
contained within themselves their own What were the facts? Nationalisation bad beca part of the programme of the Press to lead the country to beliers that
There had been an agitation in the destruction and disaster.
If there ever was a time when the Miners' Federation, for twenty years.
Cool a large section of the miners were de nation wanted cual it was now. The Trade Union Congress had passed liberately limiting the output of coal. was more valuable thân gold. It was it over and over again. Each of these took the responsibility of denying the one acceptable exchange betwee.. this Special Arrangement for Families questions ought to be dealt with from absolutely that the miners were to blame country and others Therefore, when it Application to-- the point of whether they are a national
Eur the lessened output or failure to was so essential to the welfare of the necessity and right or wrong, and if you secure higher output. They were told nation, why did not the Government be Mr. Prime Minister, can prove that cach there had been a very large increase in guided by the Commission which had of them are wrong the Miners' Federa- absenteeism in certain mining districts, probed the problem and made recommen tion will withdraw them and not trouble and there had been deliberate, if not dations upon it. Did the nation want any more about them," said Mr. Smillie organised, efforts on the part of miners cheap coal? Them it could only get cheap DAIRY When they met the Prime Minister at certain collieries a lessers output. coal by nationalising the miners. Why? carlier in the year he was neutral on the The miners were prepared to court the Because it was only by a question of nationalisation of maizes, but fullest inquiry as to who was responsible nationalisation that they could co-ordi he said: We cannot ace the prin Thoy said they knew. hundreds of col nate all the things which made for maxi ciple of nationalisation of, we can crise where the miners were willing to mum production: Only under a system not settle your wages question or your produce coal, but were denied the op of nationalisation could they remove the hours question without an inquiry. Let portunity of producing it. It had heen mines out of the area of speculative it us reason together. Let us came together stated over and over again to the Coal dustry, and ask capital to receive a and get at the facts, and if facts are Commission, to the Prime Minister, and reasonable return upon the money which as you say they are, if you can substan to the Coal Controller, yet it had never it had invested. tinto the claims you make, then it will formed the subject of a discussion by the Mr. W. Adamson, M.P. (Fife), who
the duty of the Government to meet Coal Advisory Committo. Yet charges those claime." Beluctantly they accepted were being thrown about that the miners the Commission. Some of the worked were deliberately limiting output. for a considerable time to secure that FEDERATION, AND DIRECT ACTION, Commission, and it was because they be lieved their cause was so just that they
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to be got out of the mining industry the Government must nationalise it.
The President promised that after they; had placed the matter before the Trades Congress the miners would be consulted. Either the Government had got to:
The Press headed their reports dealing went to the Commission. If the Commis with the executive meeting with the state dion bad reported against nationalisation mentMiners abandon direct action:" nationalise the mines or the miners Bad
what case would the miners have bad to force nationalisation upon the country The Commission having agreed to the
He did not know whether the wish was got to say what they were going to do. father to the thought. The resolution
The resolution was carried almost un- did not indicate that the miners would animously.
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