15 MARCH 1919, Page 19

We have received the first number of Ways and Means,

a new sixpenny weekly which is to be " a platform for any responsible industrial opinion," and which starts with instructive articles by Mr. Whitley on "Industrial Councils," Mr. Clynes on "The Responsibility of Trade Unions in Relation to Industry," and Sir D. M. Stevenson on "How We Supplied Our Allies with Coal"—a very important aide-issue of the war. The editor, Mr. E. J. P. Bean, in his introductory notes takes a hopeful view of the future of industry, provided that the reactionaries and the wild revolutionaries are both kept in order: If the new weekly can throw light on the true facts of industry, it will serve a useful purpose.