Rhondda Leader Maesteg Garw and Ogmore Telegraph

A DISHONEST SYSTEM. There is nothing in public affairs that tends more to make men dishonest than the system of Protection. It was so in this country before our Free Trade era; it is so now in the United States. There is no meanness to which those who gain by tariff obstruction to trade will not stoop, to continue a system by which they profit at the expense of the consuming public." JOHN BRIGHT.

The House of Lords has two ears, one for the Conservative Party, so keen and alert that it catches the faintest whisper; the other for a Liberal Government, ex- pressing the wishes of the people, and this ear is stone deaf I Help the Liberal Govern- ment to perform a Surgical Operation on that Deaf Ear by Voting for MABON.

Mr. W. p. Nicholas. I Mr. W. P. Nicholas said that Mabon was opening his campaign under circum- stances somewhat unusual. He (Mr. Nicholas) felt that it was his duty to stand on the same platform as him, and to show in this hour of crisis that as far as he was concerned, he was prepared to still act under his leadership and generalship, which he had no hesitation in saying had brought about incalculable benefits to the workers of these Valleys. If they had to fight those who ought to be ranked on their side. let there be no misunderstanding as to what the issue was to be or as to how the battle was to proceed. He was, however, still hope- ful that as regards an attack from their own ranks, they should be saved from that spectacle. If the battle was, how- ever, at the gates, then he for one was prepared to take up the challenge, and if Mabon and those who believed in him were to go down, they would go down with their colours flying (loud applause). They would go down fighting for the prin- ciples which they believed were the true principles in the interests of the working classes of the district (hear, hear). In some parts of the Rhondda. pro- ceeded the speaker, there was a, feeling of aloofness against their respected can- didate, and therefore he did not want them to be under a false impression as to the zeal to be put forward in this fight if they were going to secure for Mabon that triumphant return which they accomplished on the last occasion. If there was a great set-back in Mabon's majority on this occasion, it would not only be misconstrued in the Rhondda, but throughout the whole of the South Wales coalfield. He therefore impressed upon them that every effort should be put forward by every individual elector in the district to see that on the day of election every voter was brought to the poll, so that they might establish in the eyes of the South Wales coalfield that the great majority of the people in the Rhondda believed in the veteran leader who had so successfully led the colliers of this coalfield through times of stress and storm (loud cheers). The Rev. E. Richards, Tonypandy, delivered a chari. eteristic,, address in Welsh, and roused the meeting to a white heat of enthusiasm with his fiery eloquence. His witty epigrams were much relished, while his references to the Chancellor evoked thunderous cheers. The resolution was carried with acclama- tion.

No Canvassing this Year. A meeting was convened at Bethlehem Chapel, Porth, on Friday evening, to further the candidature of Mr. William Abraham (Mabon). Mr. R. Thomas, Ty- draw, presided. Every district in the Rhondda was represented. Mr. D. Watts Morgan has been ap- pointed as Mabon's election agent, with Mr. John Kemp as sub-agent.» Mr. Morgan suggested to the meeting a plan of campaign, and this was adopted. There is not going to be any systematic canvassing, and there is not to bo any unnecessary printing of literature, so that the expenses should be narrowed down to the lowest limits in view of the suffering and distress prevailing in many districts. rl

W"A Which will you be- PEERS9 MEN or FREE MEN? I

Mabon Adopted by Liberal- Labour Association. A special, meeting of the Executive Committee of the Rhondda Labour and Liberal Association wais held at the Washington Hotel, Porth, on Monday evening, Councillor Edward Jones, Ton- Pentre, presiding. The following resolu- tion was moved by Alderman Richard Lewis, J.P., Tonypandy:- That this meeting records its implicit confidence in William Abraham, Esq. (Mabon), and cordially adopts his can- didature in the coming election, and pledges itself to do all in its power to return him triumphantly at the poll; 'hoping that his, life will he spared to serve the Rhondda in Parliament for many years to come. Mr. Lewis called upon the members to rally round their faithful member and leader, who had been a staunch advocate of Liberalism in the Rhondda. for up- wards of twenty-five years. He had been true to the principles they lotfed. The resolution was seconded by Dr. W. E. Thomas, Ystrad, and supported by the Rev. E. Richards, Tonypandy; Mr. John Edwards, Treorchy; Mr. M. Morris, Ferndale; Councillor W. T. Jones, Treorehy; and Councillor David Smith, Tylorstown. The resolution was unanimously adopted. A vote of thanks to the chairman ter- minated a, very enthusiastic meeting.

Socalisis Abandon Fight. The Mid-Rhondda Socialistic Propa- ganda Committee held a meeting on Tuesday evening to consider the ques- tion of running a Socialist candidate against, Mr. W. Abraham (Mabon). It was reported that the committee had been unable to collect sufficient funds to pay the returning officer's fees, and it was consequently decided to abandon the idea of running a Socialist candidate. The

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Mr. Clem. Edwards at Pontygwaith. On Wednesday last, Mr. Clement Edwards visited Stanleytown as Parlia, mentary candidate. He was well received, and his enthusiasm for the Labour cause was evident, both from the record he gave of his past services and his eloquent appeal on behalf of righteousness and truth. His denouncement of the in- sincerity and callous indifference of the Lords was well received. At the close of the meeting, a vote of confidence in Mr. Edwards was passed, and the candidate expressed the hope that that vote would be worked out by them in good solid work of canvassing.

Mr. Stanton at Porth. Mr. C'. B. Stanton, the Labour candi- date for East Glamorgan, held a meet- ing at the John Pugh Memorial Sail, Porth, on Monday evening. There was a large attendance, over which Mr, Harry Luxton presided. Several gentle- men addressed the meeting, amongst whom were Mr. Albert Thomas (sub- agent, Rhymney district). Mr. Tons Andrews, Mr. Jack Prowle (Aberdare), and Mr. Davidson (Newport). A vote of confidence, moved by Mr. Wkartteton and seconded by Mr. J. Davies (Porth), was carried unanimously. Mr. Stanton also addressed a meeting at Blaenllechau on Monday evening. Addresses were also given by the chair- man, Mr. John Williams (checkweigher), Mr. Mardy Jones, and others. A vote of confidence in Mr. Stanton was carried.

A Dozen Questions TO Tariff Reformers. (1) If the aim of Tariff Reform is to keep out the foreign goods from this country, why not put a tax of 100 per cent. ? Tariff Reformers only advocate a tax or "5. 10- or 15 per cent. If it is good for the British working man that those foreign goods should be kept out, why not make the tax 100 per cent.? (2) If the foreigner pays the tax, why not let him pay a tax on raw material? If the aim of the Tariff Reformer is to increase trade with the Colonies, why tax Colonial wheat, which at present comes into Great Britain free? Or, if they do not want to tax Colonial wheat, where is the protection for the British farmer ? (3) If tariffs keep out the goods of a* foreign country, how is it that Protec- tionist countries such as Russia, Ger- many, France, Belgium, Austria, the United States, Italy, and Spain buy, from Great Britain ever increasing quantities of goods? (4) If Free Trade is as bad as we are told, how is it that our trade is increas- ing by leaps and bounds? (5) If Tariff Reform is a remedy for unemployment, poverty, and slums, how; is it that Germany, Belgium, France, the United States, Italy and Austria—all Protectionist countries—have unemploy- ment, poverty, and slums? (6) If Protection is good for working men, why have Frenchmen, Germans, Austrians, and Belgians lower wages and longer hours than British workmen? (7) Can Tariff Reformers explain why the working men in Germany and France and other Protectionist countries are agitating against their Protective tariffs? (8) If Protection was such a good thing, why did British workmen revolt. against it when it existed in this country before the repeal of the Corn Laws? (9) Why is it that Protectionist coun- v trict have a. deficit each year, although they put on taxes every year, whilst Free-Trade England, with a diminished taxation on sugar and tea, has paid off over C50,000,000 from the National Debt since 1906? (10) Why are the supporters of the Tariff Reform League, dukes, earls, barons, landlordfJ, monopolists, -and manu- facturers ? (11) If the Tariff Reform League's propaganda is good for the working man, how comes it to be that the League does not contain a single Labour member of Parliament? (12) If Protection is good for the work- ing man, why is Socialism, which is the Tariff Reformer's dread, so much in- creasing in Germany? Until these questions are satisfactorily answered you will do well to Stick to Free Trade PHOTOGRAPHIC Half-tone and Line JL Blocks for all classes of Printing are- supplied at most moderate charges by the "Hhoødda Leader" Limited. ApbJy- Manager, "Rhondda Leader" Offices, Excel' sior Buildings, Tonypandy. Y pLLIMANS JL-y J&mbrocoti on < 1 I U^^ROYALfor ANIMAUS^-UiJ Seethe Elliman E.F.A.Booklet f UNIVERSAL, for HUMAN USE L See the Elliman R.E.P. Booklet J found enclosed with bottles of Eiliman's The Name is Eiiiman j )_[_ ELLIMAN, SONS ft CO., SLOUGH. ENGLAND,

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contest will therefore be confined to Mr. W. Abraham and Mr. Harold Lloyd, the Conservative candidate.

but the only greatness that he could dis- cover in it was the greatness of common- ness (laughter). They were going to send Mabon back to the House of Commons to slay the old dragon of the Lords' Veto once and for all (applause). Mabon, who was received with cor- diality, said that the Chairman's Scrip- tural references had rather touched his feelings. He came to the meeting rather disappointed. He had expected a reward, and was given a blow. He had expected that his long services would have merited an uncontested return to Parliament, but, like Jacob of old, who went to Bethel for his inspiration, he came to Treorehy, and vl having come there he would tell them he was going to win (applause). He did not care to blow his own trumpet, but he might tell them that he had refused two Government appointments, and now he found himself in the midst of a fight (Shame). Continuing, he said that the issue before the country was a simple, precise and direct one. It was this: Shall the people govern themselves, or will they submit to be thwarted, hindered and overruled by the Peers? Everything else for the moment had to be subordi- nated to that one issue. The last elec- tion was brought about by the action of the Peers in rejecting the Budget; the present election was brought about because the Peers refused to accept the proposals put forward to curtail their Veto. This was their second chance; they would not get a third. Were they (the people) prepared to abolish the Veto of the Peers? (Chorus of "Yes"). Mabon: Very well then; now we'll go on. The next issue, he proceeded, was Free Trade or Protection; free imports versus taxation; cheaper land or a dearer loaf. Tariff Reform in practice would mean that workmen would be kept idle, wages would be lowered, the. cost of living would go up, and poverty would be rampant throughout the country.

Owing to. Mabon's indisposition and the heavy work he has in hand with the pre- sent crisis, he has only promised to take part in five meetings, which are to be held as follow —Tuesday, December 6th, Noddfa, Treorehy; chairman, Dr. W. Morris. Thursday, December 8th, Ton- Pentre chairman. Mr. Matthew Banner. Friday, December 9th, Ynyshir; chair- man, Alderman Morgan Williams. Tues- day, December 13th, Judge's Hall, Tre- alaw; chairman, Mr. W. P. Nicholas. Wednesday, December 14th, Ferndale; chairman, Councillor Dl. Evans. We should like to draw our readers' attention to the fact that if they were qualified to vote in January last, the same qualification holds good, and they will have to poll at the same polling station as they polled at in January.

The third issue was the Osborne judg- ment, and in this matter he was with the Trades Union Congress and the Labour Party. The judges had decided that Trades Unions must not defend their members and advance their in- terests by political, means, whereas land- lords, railway directors, brewers, and others could enter Parliament. Labour was forbidden to use the only means-tbey could adopt to go there. The rich could finance their political friends to the tune of thousands of pounds, but when com- bined Labour tried to help the poor by means of their combined fund, the judges declared it to be illegal. On the face of it there was one law for the rich and another for the poor. The judges had declared that if one man in a thou- sand objected to the Trade Unions doing their necessary political work, the other nine hundred and ninety-nine would not be allowed to do it. Further, the one man who thus objected and who paralysed the Union might be a tool in the hands of an "hostile employer or an opposing political party, and the workers had no redress. The Osborne judgment had thus made a. present of the House of Com- mons to the rich classes, and unless the judgment was reversed, Trades Unionism as a political power was doomed. Wales also had a. particular grievance against the Lords. For years, Welshmen had agitated for Disestablishment and Disendowment of the Church, but so lonp as the Veto of the Lords remained there was no hope of the passage of the Bill through that House. That Veto must go, Tariff Reform must be rejected, and the benefits of the Old Age Pension Act I further extended (applause). A resolution approving the candidature of Mabon was proposed by Mr. J. D. Edwards, and seconded by Mr. John Jones.