The Committee appointed last manth by the National Industrial Conference
of employers and workmen has presented a unani- mous Report in favour of certain broad principles of reform. The Committee proposes that Parliament should establish a maximum working week of forty-eight hours for all workpeople, and should legalize minimum rates of wages in all trades. Further, it recommends the statutory maintenance of wages at war rates for six months from May next. It also suggests that employers and workmen should elect a National Industrial Council of four hundred members to advise the Government on industrial questions. This seems to us a fruitful idea, which deserves serious consideration. Both employers and workmen, and the community above all, stand to gain by any organization which would tend to prevent disputes arising.
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