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DAV INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSH1P.S.
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not responsible for that report, inesmnch he, wjth anofier
member, had been obliged to dissent from it, and had presented
another Report to Her Majesty. He agreed with the
lecturer in thinking that the principle of this scheme had
not been understood or appreciated by the Commission, and
thought the Report must have done harm in many plao~,
He did not think the system had been appreciated either by
masters or men, and he hoped this lecture would be extensively
circulated, and would lead to a better understanding of
the subject. He thought hc need not say much on the subject
of Trades Unions, as he saw that they were exceedingly
well represented in the room, but he must say a few words in
reference to one point, namely, M to tho exclusive system of
industrial partnerships. The Nessrs. Eriggs had, it was true,
absolute power, but they were now by no means fearful of the
admission to some share of power of the people who were
working with them, ond they had established a committee of
men, who met to advise them, and ml1o had suggested many
valuable improvements. They had also given the workingmen
the power of sending one director to the board, so that
one of the five directors waa now n working shareholder in the
mine. He quite agreed with the lecturer that this system
offered the best solution which had yet been arrived at of the
great labour question. He quite felt that the system of
arbitration was only a sort of stopgap, and could only bring
about a truce, but never a satisfactory peace. To have
arbitration it was necessary to have two hostile organktions.
While the men were kept in ignorance of the details of the
business, and could only form a guess at the amount of the
master's profits, s permanent peace could not be hoped for,
such BD he thooght would come about by the development of
the idustrial partnership system. Those that had tried it
deserved well of their country. They had done more for the
prosperity of England, and for its establishment on e firm
basis, than many who had made more noise.
Mr. Hughes having to leave, Mr. Frederic Hill WW dled
to the chair,
Mr. Pare said that he doubted whether the diviaion of the