HANDICAPS OF TRADE
SIR,—In your issue of Octhber 27th under "News of the Week "— "Home Truths for Lancashire "—you state, " We are hampered by a
conservative tradition, by insufficient co-operation between spinners and manufacturers and by trade union rules." You are quite correct in your statements. These conditions, unfortunately, do not apply only to the tton industry, but to practically every industry in which we previously ed the world. If we are to survive in world markets these handicaps ust be swept away and encouragement given to men with up-to-date deas and knowledge.
Above all, the self-respecting working-man must be protected both ainst the unscrupulous o -n'oyer and the present-day trade union. It should not be compulsory to belong to a union before obtaining employ- ment. Rates of pay to be fixed by independent tribunals composed of men having the honesty and integrity of our judges. Their decision to be binding both on employer and employee. Strikes to be a thing of the past as all disputes will be settled by the tribunals.—Yours faithfully,
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