The Trade UnionCongress was welcomed to Cardiff on Monday by
the Lord, ayor, himself a railwayman, who frankly warned the members that municipalities could not continue to find work for the unemployed if the men deliberately idled away their time while receiving good wages. The same note of candour was struck in the presidential address by Mr. E. L. Poulton, of the Boot and Shoe Operatives' Union, who told the Congress that their "more impetuous comrades " were wrong in crying for revolution, and that they could only look for " a system of progress from a broad to yet a broader base " or " revolution by evolution." He pleaded for unity and discipline in the ranks ; internal strife would only help the reactionary employers. He blamed " the present methods " for the prevailing unemploy- ment, forgetting that it was largely caused by the constant demands for higher wages and by the incessant strikes. He declared that "Labour " could govern better than " the favoured classes," though the present Government depend mainly on the votes of working men and women.
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