Fnow Our Own wr London. Nov. 6. outerwear has been the feature The most pessimistic organiza-of the past month's trading, and ton in this country is the Feder-with the nearer approach of -wination of British Industries; they ter it is reasonably certain that are nearly always plunged in good employment will continue.
So perhaps it is worth re-Too Many Silly Strikes cording that in their current issue October 30, they really strike a Colonel Willey evidently "antici-note of optimism. Perhaps they. pate greater cooperation between will strike this note with increasing.
Capital and Labour. I trust his energy in future because their Pre-hope will materialize but T am not! aident, Colonel Vernon Willey, has too sure. Strikes vf every sort Vast come back from the United and king on purely trivial grounds States and is advocating a policy continue. There have been half-of greater cheerfulness and less a-dozen this week. At Wolverton 5000 men came out on adit-depreciation, He has come to the conclusion evidently from his American experiences that it is At Leicester the employees came Wamaging to our trade to permit out on a lighting strike as a protest against new—managerial the world to believe that we are methods; in London there were two ere ae some of the extracts bad ws strikes of this nature, one bei from the issue of the Journal I against the employment of two nonunion women. Another big strike have referred to:—is certain in the printing and book Bors AND Swors AND Lear~ trade of London, this being on a ugn:—Northampton reports that wwe issue. Severs there are slight indications of a close down for a few days n better state of affairs in the boot and again because of some loc and shoe industry. trouble.
Inox, Stee, Taave Berrer.
None of these strikes are seri propverion Ficunss:—The Sep. but they all cause loss and they all tember returns indicate at last a how that there is a great deal of ast a check in the decline in pro-luck of discipline.
duction which has continued so People are rapidly toming round.
ong. to the view that you cannot carry
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