Signor Giolitti ended the strike in the Italian metal trades
last year by promising to introduce a Bill giving the workmen a share of the control in each industry. The Bill was published on Tuesday. In each of the ten main industries, one of which is agriculture, the workmen are to elect a committee of nine members—six workmen and three experts—and the employers are to elect a similar committee, The workmen's committee is to receive full information as to the cost of production, the methods of management, the wages paid and the capital invested. It is to supervise the enforcement of labour laws, to suggest improvements in production,and to promote friendly relations with the employers. Workmen are not to be dia. charged for holding political opinions which their employers do not share—a provision which will seem very odd to British employers who have long ceased to trouble about their employees' politics. Two workmen in each factory are to act as delegated for the committee of the industry. On the other hand, the employers have the right to send two representatives to all
meetings of the workmen's committee. It is an interesting scheme, which, with goodwill on both sides, might work well.
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