Social and Industrial Reform: Some International AspectsSherratt & Hughes, 1919 - 344 pages |
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Social and Industrial Reform; Some International Aspects Charles Wright Macara No preview available - 2015 |
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adopted advocated American cotton British Empire British industry Brooklands Capital and Labour capitalist cent co-operation commercial Committee cost of living Cotton Control Board cotton crop cotton industry cotton manufacture cotton spinning cotton trade crisis danger David Lubin David Shackleton dealing demand disputes employers and employed enemy England favour foreign trade future German Government grievances growers hope important incal increased indus Industrial Council industrial unrest Institute of Agriculture interests International Cotton Federation International Institute King of Italy Lancashire cotton leaders League of Nations machinery Manchester markets matter Mediterranean basin ment mills organisations of Capital outbreak past peace position pre-war present President production profits proposal prosperity raw material realise recommended reform regard representatives of Capital reserve of cotton scheme serious Sir Charles Macara spindles spinner and manufacturer staple industries supply tariff reform tion tives to-day United wages welfare whole industry workers
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Page 302 - President of the Incorporated Federated Associations of Boot and Shoe Manufacturers of Great Britain and Ireland. Mr.
Page 30 - Labour was the first price, the original purchasemoney that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased; and its value, to those who possess it, and who want to exchange it for some new productions, is precisely equal to the quantity of labour which it can enable them to purchase or command.
Page 326 - AND Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho.
Page 308 - The powers given under this Act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other powers of any court.
Page 279 - ... with respect to measures for securing the position, after the war, of certain branches of British industry.
Page 308 - The Lord Chancellor may make such rules and give such directions as he thinks fit for the purpose of giving full effect to this Act, and may, by those rules or directions, provide for any proceedings for the purposes of this Act being conducted, so far as desirable, in private and for the remission of any fees.
Page 303 - Hon. Thomas Burt, MP — General Secretary of the Northumberland Miners' Mutual Confident Association. Mr. T. Ashton, JP — Secretary of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain and General Secretary of the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation. Mr. CW Bowerman, MP — Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress and President of the Printing and Kindred Trades Federation of the United Kingdom. Mr. F. Chandler, JP— General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters...
Page 271 - Corporation's activities as being "to consider the best means of meeting the needs of British firms after the war as regards financial facilities for trade.
Page 279 - ... training. (b) The universities should be encouraged to maintain and extend research work devoted to the main industry or industries located in their respective districts, and manufacturers engaged in these industries should be encouraged to cooperate with the universities in such work, either through...
Page 179 - Many shall commend his understanding; and so long as the world endureth, it shall not be blotted out; his memorial shall not depart away, and his name shall live from generation to generation.