Mr. Archibald Rose. of the British-American Tobacco Ca.. meaking on behalf of the Employers' Federation, dealt with general industrial conditions, and went on to refer to the recent epidemic of strikes. There was same difforones of ninian mone employers, he said. as to the desirability of yeenenizing any form of workers' Union, They were nervous of euch unions, partly heeanse ther had been used so largely merely to stir up political and industrial unr But he thought they. must remember the special conditions existing in China. The growth of large industrial centres had disturbed the fabric of Chinese social life by removing large numbers of men and women from their villages and their families. They had thus lost the mutual support, and the discipline and restraint of their old life. Some means must be found of creating 2 new support, a new discipline and a New sense of responsibility. <A number of employers were trying the experiment of founding social clubs for each factory. They were anxious to do everything in their nower to improve the condition of their workers and to consider eared fullw any suggestion as to the way in which their happiness and nrosperity can he imnraved. One had only to look at the faces and general annearance of the workers to know that they were as happy, as healthy and as__ prosperous as any community in China. and he thought their conditions of labour could safely hear compari-san with those of the more develop-od industrial countries.
Mr. Okada, of the Nagai Wata Ca. by roanest described the welfare work conducted in connexion with his company's mills, the programme including elementary education, 1 hospital, housing, and various recreations. such as cinema and field sports. As showing the difficulty of keeping very young children out of the factories, he mentioned that they had had to resort ta a standard measurement, and all who came below it were nat admitted to work.
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