We fear that we see no advance towards any solution
of the troubles in the Cotton Industry. On the em- ployers' side there is not even agreement between the spinners and manufacturers. It is now suggested that the arrangement of hours should be discussed on a new basis, which would put cleaning and other ancillary work outside the reckoning of the regular work of production. The misery in some of the coal-fields, particularly, of 'course, South Wales, is undiminished. Reports of the Parliamentary Labour Party and of the Liberal Candi- dates Association give most gloomy accounts of the present, and offer no prospect of improvement in the future. Unfortunately, the people themselves seem to ' have no initiative towards getting. out of their miserable ' plight by turning to any other district where they could support themselves (if it could be found), or to any land overseas where they might be welcomed. • We • cannot expect the Industrial Transfer Board to show - -itself able -as yet to do anything on the scale that the situation'' demands.
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