London, Sept, 8
The advent of September, _and with it a belated summer, has been productive of such a vast volume news this week that the newspapers have had great difficulty in dealing with it.In the first place we Ihave had the gathering of the Trade Unions Congress in Edinburgh, to which, it will be recollected, Mr. Baldwin spoke in Lanarkshire before going to Aix-les-Bains, appealing for conciliation in industry. Mr. George Hicks, the President of the Congress, who is an extremist, fired off, as usual, all the violent statements about society and capital which is expected on these occasi bat he finished up on rather res-pensive lines and several speakers [did the xame. \At once all the newspapers concluded that there was) hope of a better understanding between Capital and Labour, and that} now we could all "get down to brass tacks" and sce if something really could be hammered out which would stop constant friction and: improve trade. Unfortunately, the next day, the Congress unanimously' passed a resolution indicating that the Trades Union Act was the greatest hindrance to any response to the Prime Minister's appeal, and that he would first of all have to repeal the measure, which the Ca gress called on him to do. Thi Fetolution does not absolutely turn down every chance of conciliation, but it makes the outlook a little less hopeful.
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