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Import Duties and Price of Bread To the Editor of the Bhondda Leader. Sir,—In your editorial notes of last week, referring to the Gladstone League., you had some bitterly-worded remarks about Tariff Reformers. These remarks contained the assertion that It is not possible. to put a. duty on any imported article without at once raising the price of the article." Surely, this is arguing against the laws of probability, to say the least of it. At the end of 1906 the price of wheat went up by 9s. per quarter. Free Traders—so-called—would naturally expect the price of bread to rise imme- diately all over the country. But what hapnened? At the most the price of bread only rose one penny in some parts > of the country; in other parts it only rose one-halfpenny. And in some parts of the country the price did not rise at all! It might be said that on the average the price rose. one-halfpenny as the result of the 9s. increase per quarter. The pro- posal of the Tariff Reformers is to put a 2s. duty on all imported foreign corn. Surely, if the rise of 9s. per quarter only sent up the price of bread by one-half- penny, a duty of 2s. per quarter on foreign corn will not send up the price. That, of course, is arguing the point on the. ground of existing circumstances. But the imposition of the 2s. duty on foreign corn would bring into play certain factors which would reduce the likelihood of any rise in the price of bread to almost nil. It should not be forgotten that in proportion as the foreign wheat grower would be discouraged, our Colonies would be encouraged. It has been said that the foreigner might be discouraged to such an extent that he would stay away form our markets altogether, and then where should we look for our corn supplies? I maintain that so long as the duty on foreign corn is less than the profit the foreigner makes by importing his corn into this country, he will always come here. Rather than lose our fine market he would lower his price. That is only busline,ss. But supposing that after a time he did stay away, we could look to our Colonies for an adequate supply. They have enormous wheat-growing re- sources. According to a report issued in 1904 by the Canadian Deputy Minister of Agriculture, there were in North-West Canada 75 millions of acres suitable for farming, and the wheat production in that area in 1912 would amount to pro- bably 350 millions of bushels—that is, half as much again as we require to im- port. Apologising for trespassing on your space at this length.—I am. yours, &c., T. L. JONES.

The Workers' Educational Association. To the Editor of the Bhondda Leader. Sir,—I feel very grateful to Mr. Edgar Evans for his letter in your last issue, because once the aims and objects of the Association are understood, there can be no doubt of its success. In Wales (which is an autonomous district) we shall have to depend entirely oh voluntary workers who are prepared to give their time in their own district in the interest of edu- cation. There is no district in the United Kingdom which would benefit more than I the Rhondda if branches were formed to carry on the work. It is true that we have our Workmen's Institutes, Work- men's Clubs, Trades and Labour Councils, and Lecture Committees, but the work carried on by them, though excellent in itself, does not aim at uniformity and permanence. When lectures are arranged, we must admit that they are to a great extent looked upon as means of enter- tainment and not as educational facilities. Whilst we appreciate the fact that there are some who attend with a view of learning something, we have to admit that a good number attend in a patron- ising spirit, and who, as soon as the lec- turer has said his last work, pick up their hats and leave without giving the subject dealt with any further considera- tion. The Association considers that, after an hour's lecture, a certain period should be spent in asking questions, and thella discussion should follow. To sit down and merely listen to the lecturer is not what lovers of education aim at. It is a very poor return for the labour and expense the promoters have gone to. It might naturally be asked how do we select and develop talent in this country. In our elementary schools we give each child out of every 100 the same oppor- tunity. But when these children arrive at a certain age, 80 out of every 100 a.re allowed to drift without any further edu- cation. Thus, under our present system, we can only select from the 10 per cent. that continue their education after leav- ing the elementary school. Any head- teacher will tell us that amongst the 80 who leave and do not receive any further education, there are a large number of promising boys and girls who would be of great service to the nation if their education had been continued. There is not a penny too much being spent on our elementary schools to-day, "but any mem- ber of our Education Committees has to admit that we do not get the return we ought to from the outlay. Until we do something to get the 80 per cent. referred to to continue their education, this dis- appointing result will remain. There may be many inventors, writers, and states- men amongst them, and we should try and save their services to the natios. Where the Association is at work, this aspect of the question is being dealt with. Are our Evening Classes as success- ful as they should be? From the stand- ful as they should be? From the stand- I point of attendance they are not. Owing to the unsatisfactory number that attend these classes, it is impossible to organise them efficiently. To-dav there is a demand for grouping small schools into one large centre. In reply to this we have the objection that yourag boys, working during the day, cannot be expected to walk a long distance to an Evening Class. In a populous district like the Rhondda, this difficulty should not arise, providing that we can get the number that ought to attend these classes to do so. With a branch of the Association in each locality composed of members of Education Com- mittees, Trade Unions, Chambers of Trade, Workmen's Clubs, and other organ- isations willing to work for tne success of the movement, this very necessary reform can be brought about. Should any locality desire to have a branch formed, let one of the bodies named

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Workers Association. To the Editor of the Rhondda Leader. Sir,—I read with great interest the letter by Mr. Edgar Evans which ap- peared in your last week's issue. It seems to me that a Workers' Educa- tional Association is badly needed in the Rhondda, for it would add greatly to the efficiency and success of the various edu- cational agencies which are now at work nT"our Valley. We are not a benighted community: we are proud to think that we are as progressive as the best; but there seems lacking in our efforts that wholesome and unanimous co-operation and co-ordination so helpful in sustaining and strengthening educational effort. By the term educational I wish, of course, to connote that process of pro- ducing the best in each individual who forms an unit in the community. There is a grave weakness in the isolated char- acter of our various enterprises. In union we would find a strength that would hearten us in the face of difficulties; we would be supported in our efforts by others with whom we are, united in ser- vice. The potentialities of such an Associa- tion would, however, be more in the direction of new work than in the mere consolidation of the old. The excellent training given in our primary schools is for the greater number of our people the be all and end all" of study. It is for them the first and last course of directed educational effort. It is a seven years of plenty followed by years of famine. Adolescence and early manhood, so fruit- ful in possibilities, pass quickly. There are many who profit during these years, but the majority allow this period to pass without true pleasure or profit. The Workers' Educational Association seeks, however, to provide means of stimulating a demand for education amongst the people. The different branches of work undertaken by Associations are very suc- cessful. Their introduction into the social life of the Rhondda would produce results which would provide the best proof of their work. D.M.

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Presentations to Mr. Edgar Jones, M P. Felicitous Meeting at Wattstown Calf aria (W.B.) Church, Wattstown, and the one-time active but now defunct Wattstown Temperance and Mutual Im- provement Society on Friday evening last joined in doing honour to Mr. Edgar Jones, M.A., M.P. Very fittingly, the presentations took place at the venue where the member for Merthyr Boroughs had engaged in his most arduous labours on Sundays with the school of Calfaria Church and on week-days with the Watts- town Temperance and Mutual Improve- ment Society—the Calfaria Vestry. Fur- ther, the event was accompanied by one of those functions at the arrangement of which Mr. Jones in the old days distinctly shone-a social tea. Many of those pre- sent represented both the church and the Society, but the great feature of this unique Society was that its members were made up of representatives of all denominations. Representing the church were the Rev. Christmas Jones (pastor), Mr. Thomas Lewis and Mr. Wm. Thomas (deacons), and Mr. James Rosser (con- ductor). Amongst the members of Mr. Edgar Jones' old Society and others pre- sent were: —Messrs. J. Kane, M.E. (manager, National Collieries), Evan Mor- gan (overman), John Rees, Penygraig (secretary of the Mid-Rhondda Trades and Labour Council and East Glamorgan Association of Co-operative Societies), D. R. Davies (Pontypridd), David Rees (Trevecca College), T'om Griffiths, Chris. Evans. John E. Jenkins, David Thomas (conductor and soloist, St. Anne's Parish Church), Lewis Rees ("Rhondda Leader"1), David Jenkins, Evan Thomas (time- keeper, National Collieries), W. H. Jones (storekeeper, National Collieries), W. J. Parry (Ynyshir), Robert Sampson, etc. Quite a bevy of the lady members of the old Society were also present, and per- formed those duties which made quite a reputation for them in by-gone years in social teas. The tables were laid in a manner that did credit to the ladies. At the cross-table the hero of the evening occupied the central position, and on each side of him sat members of his family. The Rev. Christmas Jones (pastor) in a capable manner presided, and said he was reminded of the lines, There is joy in happy memories." To his mind there could be nothing more joyful than this gathering of early friends (applause). On behalf of the pastor and deacons of Oalfaria Church, Mr. James Rosser pre- sented Mr. Jones with a fountain pen, and expressed the hope that with it Mr. Jones would some day prepare a Budget —one that would meet the needs of the people (applause). Mr. Wm. Thomas (deacon), in an in- teresting Welsh speech, supported tha presentation. Mr. Thomas Lewis (Ynyshir), the oldest deacon of the church, also in a Welsh speech, made the presentation on behalf of the members of the church. This took the form of a handsome silver-mounted walking-stick. The old gentleman, who was accorded a fine ovation, hoped Mr. Jones would never require the aid of a walking-stick. He (the speaker) had reached a great age without having yet needed one (hear, hear). On behalf of the Wattstowll Temper- ance and Mutual Improvement Society, Mr. Evan Morgan presented to Mr. Jones a portfolio, and declared that the Society was now dead—(cries oL" No, no ")—but the results of the work would never die (hear, hear). They saw the greatest result in Mr. Jones (applause). Though the Society was nominally dead. it had a representative in Parliament (loud ap- plause). The portfolio might at some future date, perhaps soon, carry State secrets (laughter). He asked him to accent the portfolio as a token of their great esteem and friendship (loud cheers). Mr. David Rees (Trevecca College) sup- ported. Mr. D. R. Davies (Pontypridd), in a pleasing Welsh speech, was reminiscent of Mr. Jones' early labours in connection with the Society, and said it was most fitting that they should do him honour on the scene of those labours. There was no work too humble, no task too small or too great for him to give his attention to. To-day he was in a great and honoured position, and -no one could deny that he deserved it (an-lause). Mr. J. Kane, M.E., rising to further support, said he had already availed him- self of two opportunities in public to pay his tribute to Mr. Edgar Jones, and did not desire to take away any of the time that would give others a chance to speak, especially those of the old Society who desired to show their oratorical paces (laughter). He was, however, happy to again testify to Mr. Jones' high-minded character and straightforward fighting at all times, and his irreproachable demean- our both in private and in public (ap- plause). Mr. Tom Griffiths (Wattstown) grate- fully testified to Mr. Jones' great influ- ence for good on his life. Mr. John Rees (Penygraig), in a char- acteristic speech full of force, spoke of Mr. Jones' admirable work in the up- lifting of the moral standard of the place in his earlier days, and of his tremendous influence on the minds of the children who gathered at his meetings. It was men of this stamp that were required in Parliament to-day (applause). Mr. Jones would, he felt sure, raise his voice in Parliament in the cause of the people. Whether he went to the Cabinet—and he hoped he would—Mr. Jones would sink party politics when the interests of the people were at stake. He joined in wish- ing him success (aplause). Mr. Edgar Jones, M.P., whose rising was the signal for an outburst of pro- longed cheering, earnestly apologised for making the tea such a perfunctory affair. His speech must be brief, as in a short time he had to leave to attend a meeting at Mountain Ash. That meeting he was going to was a very much bigger one, and doubtless there would be more noise and excitement, but it could never be so happy a one as this, where he was sur- rounded by kind and familiar faces. In humorous vein Mr. Jones dwelt on inci- dents in bygone days. He had had a good leal of celebrations and receptions lately, but he could not think of this present occasion without. feeling a choking sob rising to his throat, partly of pleasure and partly of sorrow, for the days of old. The reason was, he thought, that he saw around him faces that were with him in those days. Some were with him at school. Here were the boys or the old Society, fellow-sufferers of bad argument and bad logic, got together again (laugh- ter and applause). The Society could not possibly be dead. If at any time a change happened in his life, and they felt they would like to celebrate it, he would be there if he possibly could (loud applause). This was his home and they were his political relatives. There was a common bond between them. It was peculiar that the first speech he would make in London would be a temperance one to a Temperance Society (applause). He had been invited by Mrs. Lloyd George to address a Women's Temperance Association, of which that lady was the

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undertake to call a, meeting of various representatives and individuals interested in education. They can then organise a public meeting with a, view of having a branch formed. The annual subscription is one shilling for ordinary members, and five shillings for honorary members. Branches of Trade Unions, Institutes, Guilds, and other organisations can affiliate by paying 2s. 6d. per annum, and are thus entitled to have a "member on the committee. Out of every shilling subscribed, lid. is used by the branch, the other penny goes to the central organ- isation for propaganda. The branch has a right to elect a representative on the Central Council. The braiiclf must not recognise class, creed or politics. Out- ride this, the branch has a free hand in forming its own policy, and through its representative on the Central Council can have the advice and assistance of the Association. I think I have written enough to prove that there is a real need for such an Association and as to how the need can be met, but should further information be necessary, I shall be glad to comply with any request made by post or through your columns. Let me con- clude by appealing for the assistance of your readers in a movement which is described by Sir Oliver Lodge as follows: Such a movement, if wisely conducted and steadily persisted in, is of the utmost importance and hope; for it is only people who are hungry for knowledge who can rightly digest and assimilate it. It is no use stoking people with information, when they have nowhere to put it. The first thing is to provide storage room, to rouse curiosity and interest, and to stimulate the will to learn. That is the essence of sound teaching-too often for- gotten, or in practice ignored, by hard- pressed teachers. Adults of the present day are not really, on the average, fit for University education; it is only one or two here and there wh.) can profit by it. For such, scholarships or other exceptional means may or might exist; but it is not the elevation of the bright individual, one here and. another there, that is the aim of this movement. That can always go on to some extent: but what is aimed at now is the elevation of the whole body of workers-the raising of the whole standard of life—not raising people out of their class, but raising them and their class at the same time—all to- gether—by co-operation and mutual effort and a long steady pull." —Yours truly, MOSES JONES, Hon. Sec.

-9 president (hear, hear). Mr. Jones them t referred to temperance matters, saying that temperance and its objects were not so well thought of as they were to-day J- and how his connection with this Society had enabled him at all times to refuse intoxicants at the functions he had at- 1 tended in high places. He was a temper- ance man always, and never found it | difficult to say No." He thanked those 1 who had given him the pen, as it was J with a pen he would probably have to I 9 difficult to say No." He thanked those 1 who had given him the pen, as it was J with a pen he would probably have to I earn a livelihood, and if the inspiration J did not come. at any rate the perspiration would (laughter and applause). He thanked Mr. Thomas Lewis for making the presentation of the walking-stick. When he saw that stick, it would bring back to him recollection of that plac& where he had lived and where he had been made what he was, and where he knew kind hearts would beat and good wishes be uttered for him (hear, hear). The portfolio would be especially handy. He would be reminded of those days when he made magic lantern slides, writing on the glass something that woula come out in big letters on the screen. He- hoped he would be able to write a mes- sage that would be read by a good many < people message that would go home (applause). Continuing, he said that he had made his best speeches in the vestry, and he did not expect to hear more eloquent and more genuine speeches than he had heard here (applause). He also referred to the early days of the Calfaria Church, when it commenced its life in the Wattstown Hotel, before that place- was opened for licensed premises. It was very pleasing to him to see the ladies come together once more in this place. They, too, had been faithful members of the old Society. Concluding, Mr. Jones wished all the members long life and happiness. It was indeed a happy gathering, and some day they would again have a re-union, perhaps many. years hence. It would be a day such as not been known in the Valley. He hoped they would all still keep steady, staunch5 abstainers, never having forgotten and never having left the pledge, ready to help and to sustain one another (loud cheers).