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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1931,

LABOUR'S PLACE IN INDUSTRY

Working With The Good Employer.

MR. BELL'S ADDRESS.

The Fallacy Of Cheap Labour.

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Social Functions.“ To-day--Ten Dance at Kong: Hotel, 4.80 p.m.- A by-election will take place, To-day-Dinner Dances at Hong almost immediately in the Fare-Kong and Repulse Bay Hotels, ham division of Hampshire, owing to the resignation of the Con-

Sir John Davidson.

p.m.

Saturday Bachelors' Dance,

Entertainmenta Today Queen's

The important part played in industry by modern Labourservative member, Major General Craigengower Cricket Club. Organisations was emphasised by Mr. James Bell, M.P., in an address to the Rotary Club of Hong Kong at the weekly tiffin yester-torney-General in the late Govern- "Romance." day.

Mr. Bell, in the course of his talk, referred to the unfavourable and insanitary conditions under which labour in Britain had worked in the past. He stated that the British Economic Mission to the Far East, of which he is a member, had come across similar con- ditions in their tour of the East.

Sir Thomas' Inskip, the At-

ment, will be the Conservative] candidate, and he states he is anxious to return to the House of Commons in time to take part In the debates on the Trades Dia- pute Bill.

at

In a three-cornered conteat the General Election, Sir John Davidson had a majority of 11,000.

The speaker further stressed the value of a Labour Organisa--Reuter. tion to the high-minded employer who wished to give his work- people a fair deal. He contended that without the help of the Labour Organisation, such an employer would be at an economic disadvantage with the exploiter of sweated labouri

STRIKES NOT DESIRED.

No Labour Organisation wanted atrikes or disputes, auid Mr. Bell, They wanted to work side by side with the good employer. Nor ahould the utterances of extremists in their ranks be sufficient to cause the movement to be condemned. "Labour Organisations are not the only one where extremists are allowed to air their views," he re-, marked, significantly..

"I think of some of the things

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Today — Majesti "Swing High

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The Flying Fleet."

To-day Star

To-morrow-Concert, Helena May

Institute.

Home Malla An exchange of letters between

To-day-Inward from Europe via Mr. Paul Springman, represents-Siberia (Kidderpore). Live of the Empire Crusade and United Empire Party in the East via Vancouver B.C. and Europe via To-morrow Outward for Europe Islington by-election, now pend-Siberia (Empress of Japan), 10 ng, and Miss Cazalet, the Con-m servative candidate, has resulted in the withdrawal of Mr Spring- man, and the contest will be be- tween Labour, Conservative and Liberal candidates.

Sports.

See Diary on page 8.

Meetings. February 10-H. K. Land In- vestment & The vacancy was caused by the ordinary meeting, Mussra Jardine Agency Go., Ltd., the Economic Mission has seen in leath of the Lahour member, Matheson's Office 12.30 p.m. the Far East-for instance, little Doctor Ethel Bentham, who had a children working in the silk flature majority of 2,000 over the Conser-"Star" Ferry Company Ltd., Jardine February 12-Annual meeting of factories, scalding their fingers in vativo candidate and 4,000 over the Matheson's Dice, 12.30 p.m. bandling the silk as it passes Liberat in the General Election. through boiling water. That was British Wireless Service. all being done to provide someone with silk stockings to wear. But kind.

things cannot afford to wear them themselves.

What docs

that mean?

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Hong Kong. February 4, 1931.

HONG KONG FOOTBALL CLUB.

RUGBY INTERPORT.

HONG KONG v. SHANGHAI en Saturday, 14th February, 1931. SHANGHAI v. UNITED SERVICES

on Tuesday. 17th February, 1931. Club Ground. Kick-off 3.30 p.m.

4th February. Covered Stand for Booking opens on Wednesday,

Interport game only (Members Section) at the Club House, Non- Members (Covered Stand) #t p.m. Moutrie's,

H. M. MeTAVISH,

Hon Secretary. Hong Kong, 2nd February, 1931.

Friday-At Sales room, 4 Dud. dell Street, curlos, 2.30 I know that those girls who were That those engaged in industry jewellery, 3 p.m.

Miscellaneous.

Price of Admission, Interport scalding their fingers would never from the capitalistic side cannot be To-day-University Lecture on covered Stand $1.00; East and Game, Covered Starid $3.00; Un- The President, Sir W. W. Hornell, be able

silk stockings. trusted to do the fair thing by "Radium" by Dr. J. K. Montgomery. West Stands 50 cta. to wear introducing Mr. Reli, said that he There must be something wrong if those they employ. They have to 5.30 p.m.

Including was Member of Parliament for the, those engaged in making these be forced to do it. It is not be-

Tax. Ormskirk Division of Lancashire.

cause there are not capitalists who

Service's Game, Covered Friday--Queen's College Prize

Stand: $2.20; Uncovered Stand 60 He was Secretary of the United

Distribution, 11 am. want to do right. It is because Textile Workers" Association, and

Saturday - Diocesan Girls East and West Stands 40 cts. Children in Factories. there are some who do not want to. School priza distribution, 2.30 p.m.

Including Tax. resided at Oldham.

"It is not so many years ago since Value of Labour Bodies. little children in the British Isles

February 12-French Convent "And this brings me to the School prize distribution. were housed and fed in our cotton second part of my talk-that of factories. You can picture opening Labour Organisations. You will find the door of a factory, and being it impossible in any country in the unable to see the children, put in world to carry on industry without baskets by the machines, for the some form of Labour Organisation. February 25-Horticultural So-case, the flight could only be re- steam that filled

the place. We have always tried to point out cloty's Annual Show of Flowers and Barded as a desperate and wilful were told then the same tale that that those engaged in industry on Vegetables, City Hall

flirtation with death. we are told now, "We are not in the capitalistic side who want to do industry for the good of our health. what is right and do the fair And when we met some of the thing by their work-people are only leaders of industry in Japan re-jable to do that when there are cently wo got the same tale; Labour Organisations of sufficient although it was put in different strength to make the others who do words. They said there We are not want to do it, do so in spite of in this business to make money, and their unwillingness. not for love." ·

The President added that. Sir Ernest Thompson, Chairman of the Economia Mission, was unfortun- ately under doctor's orders for a few days. He had forwarded his apologies for non-attendance, to- gether with his kindest regards.

Members of the British Economic Mission who also attended were Sir Thomas Allen, (Vice-Chairman),

lecture on economy."

Good Employers, Handicapped.

February 19-Entries close for Horticultural Society's Annuzi Show of Flowers and Vegetables, noon.

KINGSFORD SMITH.

TO FLY THE PACIFIC TO JAPAN.

Atlantic Flights Recalled. But, of course, it must not be

|forgotten that Colonel Lindbergh. In May 1927, few solo 9,639 miles across the Atlantic non-stop from New York to Paris in 33 hours in a 220 h.p. Ryan monoplane.

Sir John Alcock aud Sir Arthur Although the famous Australian aviater, Air-Commodore Kingsford Whitten Brown, on the first non- "Доев industrial development "Some of my friends on the Smith,, has been credited with the ion Atlantic aeroplane flight ever mean, then, that women and little Economic Mission are employers of intention of abandoning all ambi. made, covered the 1,890 miles children should be called upon te labour.. They may, and I know tious flights since his marriage, his which separate St. John's, New work all the twenty-four hours and they do, want to give their work brother has announced that the foundland, and Ireland, in June, that women with little babies people a fair deal. But these good Air-Commodore will bring his bride 1919, in 16 hours 12 mins. using should be called upon-ne we have employers alone cannot set the to San Francisco la April: to a twin-engined, Vickers biplanc. seen to bring their children with standard for industry. Call them prepare to fly the Pacific to Japan-feld and Commandant Fitzmaurice Captain Kohl, Baron von Hune them inside the mills?

Labour. Organisations, Trades

The Nature of the Flight. would be impossible for

Fallacy of Cheap Labour. Unions, or what you like, but it This is a most amazing and sen- (flying a Corman Bremen mone- "I refer to these things merely

good sationally daring proposal since it plane) made the first non-stop for this reason. We are sometimes employer to exist in industry unless would involve a flight of approxi- North Atlantic flight from east to "Yesterday I gave my wife a told-aye, often told that our he had some form of Labour Organ-mately 5,560 miles across the descest in April 1928, flying the

capital, our money, must be used in isation working with him.

late wastes of the North Pacific dox in 36 hours.

2,800 miles from Ireland to Labra- lands and in countries where there

"Take away your Trades Union Ocean all the way; is an abundant supply of cheap organisations and leave employers The first "hop," presumably, Then, too, Captain Coste and M. labour. We are told that in some to treat workpeople just, as they would have to be one of 2,100 miles Bellonte, Jast September, flew a countries

there is that abundant would like? What happens? The from San Francisco to Honolulu in from Paris to New York (3,639 150 h.p. Bregnet biplane, non-stop, supply. Is that an advantage? bad employer can work his people the Hawalian (or Sandwich)

***? | miles) in '37 hours 17 min." From Honolulu direct to Yoko-

"Did it have any effect?" "Yes, sho forbado me smoke."-Wahre Jakob, Berlin.

to

Mr. Louis Beale, C.B.E., Mr. Wm.

A. Crowther, J.P., Lt.-Col. Reginald

Morcom, C.B.E., Mr. F. W. Birch

enough, J.P., Mr. E. Duxbury, Mr. George Green, Mr. Joseph Wild, and Mr. Arthur Reiss, J.P.

pir. Bell's Speech.

Mr. Bell. introducing his subject said, "I know that in this room there are various interests repre- sented, and I daresay there are some of them who thought that when a so-called Labour man had to make a speech on this subject, or what should really be called *Labour Organisation in Industry,' they wondered what kind of men these Labour people were.

"After all, what is industry

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that abundant supply? I venture twelve hours a day, if Parliament Islands. N

to say that it is not. Whether it is does not interfere, and if there are

"The Southern Cross" Flight. Finally it must not be forgotten

in China or Japan, shall employers no Trades Unions to prevent him; hama, on the east coast of Japan, that Air-Commodore Kingsford

of labour and those in control of whilst the good employer works is 3,445 miles. Upon the surface 2mith himself, in his famous

| capital be allowed to take advantage them 'only eight hours.

Southern Cross monoplane, has

of an abundant supply of cheap And who will get the business of that vast expange of ocean shich separates the Sandwich labour, in order to use that labour Net the good employer. I, as aslands from Japan there are made the dimcult and most dan to lower the standard of life elther bad employer, can go into the mar-comparatively few tiny islands dot serous cast to west crossing of for workers in Great Britain, ket, and cut you out. You would ted here and there, but, on charts

the North Atlantic. He flew, in America, or any other of our more have to come down to my standard of the North Pacific, they merely June, 1930, from Ireland to New- advanced nations? Long hours, and which means that the bad, em lack like insignificant pin-points in hours 12 mins,

foundland (1,900, milos) in 82 all the other miseries in their trall player would set the standard for a huge wilderness of blue. Whe are some of the evils our country is the business;-

ther there are gry suitable land-fore, the suggested North Pacific Though utterly foolhardy, there- suffering _from_to-day......

The Inevitable Extremist, ing places on these islands is very fight is not entirely beyond the The Considerate Employer.

"Labour organisations do not problematical. In p "There are employera of labour want strikes or disputes. They

One possible landing place, after realms of present-day possibilities.

Possible Landing Places.

UNUSUAL DUEL,

SABRES, AND' FISTICUFFS"-

ALTERNATED.

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in this room. But I don't believe want to make the bad employer de leaving Honolulu, would be Midnie, there can be one of them wants to ds the good employer would do. For Eastern Island, a United States "I want to assure you that what work his employees long hours, That is the be-all and end-all of possession which lies roughly 1,000 ever anybody has sald of us, or wants to pay them low wages or Labour organisations; We get the miles west by north from Honolulu whatever picture is painted of us, to work them under insanitary con extremists, of course" But I am But, once at Middle, Island Air- WO are men like yourselves," he ditions, or any other conditions de not going to condemn Labour Lommodore Kingsford Smith would sald. "We have the same kind of trimental to their health and well- Organisations because of them still have practically 2,500 miles of thoughts and the same kind of feel-being. When they say that are hof They are not the only organisations virtually landless. ocean between Ings, although we may look at in industry for the good of their where extremists are allowed to air him and bla goal things from a very different angle health I know they speak a fact. If their views.

Duels, ars' somewhat rare even on from that which you have know, too, that many of them want So do not condemn our Labour. There is one little leland, about the Continent Dowadays, but they locked in the past. I am going to to carry on their industry with organisations merely because apie 660 miles west by north of Eastern do take place occasionally, as a maintain that our attitude is right, very consideration, not only for extreme men use extreme words Island, called Rocade: Plata or recent affair in Budapest shows. that if you differ, youre is wrong" their own health, but for that of But give us the credit that we are Crespo, but it is a tiny and udiAn elderly-count and another (Laughter and applause.);

those who are working for them anxious that those amongst the portant that few maps or gazetteers count aged 25, met with sabres as "What is Industry

If industry cannot be carried out employing classes who want to do either show ur mention it More the chosen weapon, because the on these lines, It is not worth the the fair thing, shall have the chance over, it is completely folkted in a elder man considered himself in Mr. Bell proceeded. "What do we candid, for industry must not be to do so. Don't forget that watery wilderndia, for from alt salted by some remarks the young maan when we talk about Indus-carried on for the benefit of only a wherever industry in carried it le stehmer routester hobleman had made about him. trial development? We have men Low.

not good for any nation if it la Then from 800 to 1850 miles The duel, however, took an un- and women who are engag "Sometimes I wish, and I dare used in order to make a few west of Grosso, there are two other dedly turnfor both combatants, ed in drawing food from say a good many of our leaders of millionaires, willet keeping the thimitive pid-polttel Garges after brossing their words threw the soil of our country. Industry wish, that we could have workers in poverty, ---

feland anti: Colunas lalind which them aside and went for long an- They are all engaged in industry. the same treatment for labour as True Wealth,

eem to be the only remotely other with fists, much to the And those engaged in making for capital, and that the funds that Wealtir in any nation does hot fodsible places where an emer- horror of the seconds, who, after go to pay for interest upon barrow coprit" of LSD The wealth of gency landing could be made. some time, persuaded them to fight en capital could be used to create a our own-motion doof-not Corletst sat Garges Inland (Lg berween 800 lke wentlemen' with their sabres. reserve fund for use in those times the amount of money if we polness: and kionana Oalunsa Tatand is epsonly, for a short while, however, when labour is fälgarrien Talhaista be the prosperity and roximately 925 hilles Yoked when the bout of fisticuffs was

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