Turning to the policy of " anticipated " works, Mr.
Balfour said it was not satisfactory that in its efforts to get over the dead times of trade the State should turn highly skilled workmen on to work for which they Were as unfitted by their previous training as a University Professor was to heat granite in a quarry. Mr.13alfour's speech, which was frequently applauded from the Labour benches, was clearly influenced by the minority Report of the Poor Law Commission. AS a Net-off, however., Mr. Burns met with unexpected support front Mr. George Nicholls, the Labour Member for North Northants, who asked hots' the agricultural labourers, for whom he spoke, could be expected to go on working for 18s, a week when the others had at easy life at Hollesley Bay at a cost of 82s. a week to the State. Ultimately, the vote for the extra £100,000 was agreed to, after Mr. Ramsay Maadonald's amendment had been rejected by 159 votes to 70.
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