At the annual meeting of the United Textile Trades, -held.
in Manchester on Saturday, a letter was read from Sir Henry James pointing out "the great difficulty existing, under- present circumstances, of fully placing the views of the textile factory operatives before the House of Commons," and urging that the Lancashire operatives should be represented by one- of themselves, as are the miners. "It seems strange," says Sir Henry James, "that the textile factory operatives (num- bering, I believe, some 125,000 persons) have no direct repre- sentation, and I feel strongly that they would do well for their own interests if they endeavoured to secure the presence of one of their own body in the House of Commons." This opinion we most heartily endorse. We have always felt the need of more working-men Members, and this need is specially conspicuous when so complicated a subject as the welfare of the textile industries is under discussion.
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