10 FEBRUARY 1906, Page 17

WILLIAM JOYNSON AND SON—A DISCLAIMER. [TO THE EDITOR OD THE

"SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—The erroneous statement regarding our mills made by one of the leading London papers on January 26th, and copied by numerous other papers, although contradicted and

* " A Short Day's Work." By Monica Pe veril Turnbull. apologised for in the issue of January 29th, appears to be still credited, as shown by the letters we receive. The con- tradiction has failed to reach many who saw the original statement. May we ask you to allow us through your columns to assure your readers that our workmen were perfectly free to vote as they thought right P We are not suffering from foreign competition. Our mills are fully occupied. The statement that we contemplate working short time is a pure invention.—We are, Sir, &.e., WM. JOYNSON AND SON.

Paper Mills, St. Mary Cray, Kent.