Monmouth Guardian and Bargoed and Caerphilly Observer

WHAT IS THE INFERENCE? I To tie Editor. Sir,— Reference has b en made to a certain person at a meeting referring j to the Triple Alliance." Ishontd, feel deeply indebted, if he would in- j form U:4 on whose authority was sach j an assertion made. Had the majority of the members of that organization committed themselves to a. policy of ) the character hinted by that leader ? On enquiry, I have been satisfied from active members of the different. unions which form the Triple AUiapce, that they have no knowledge of such a committanee. If the mem- bers of the" Triple Alliance" have ubt been consulted absiit EH]!.h a policy, what reliance can a man have in a leader who is foolish enough ti) commit Ruch a magnificent body of wo ktjrs before consultation ? Jf that 1.4, how he aoderstauds demooracy, it does not flp.ak wtll for a leader's intelligerice on the question. Offcimes, people who stand in the lime-light p-ate fnquently about the democratization of this, that, and toe: other thing, but what, in my opinion, wauta democratising first, is the brains of soma men for the purpose of giving them better understanding III: tbtl Word*, "autocracy and demo- Evi d eu-- l y, cracy Evidently, democracy does u?t mean u-?ia? r,he imperative, but dIe affirmauve mood. No person outside an autocrat would think of taking the righc of finality from a body of meu, particularly a body like the Triple Alliance." If a moment's consideration is given to the stitte- ment made, the fallacy becomes apparent. Lot as for a moment assume that the members of these organisations were ready through a brilliant con- ception of politics to adopt the attitude outlined by that leader, it would not necessitate a stoppage, because the seafc for labour would be assured at the ballot box. Perhaps it would be wise for the enlightenment of ihose persons who are not directly in touch with trade unionism, to show what is the composition of the 14 Triple Alliance." The Triple Alliance is composed of the three greatest and most important organisations in Great Britain. The three unions are the Miners, Railwaymen, and Trans- port Workers' Organisations. Seeing that be can commit this influential army of workers, perhaps be will enlighten as on what point they have agreed to take common action. I don't thick that definite action of the character aaggested without consulta- tion of the three bodies can be taken, and then only on the question of wages, [ have not heard or read anything to tbe dTect, that the potent power of the "Triple Alliance" can be used to attain political supremacy for labour. If such a n'diculous front was adopted, it would be copying the exam pi., of the Bolsheviks in Russia No eensiblo man would think of such I a despotic course tor one movement. It is only those who have a big opinion fit themselves/ and are en- wrapped with the lidre for power. that would cunningly advocate such a courao, and I don't think att such men have been outside tLe labour move- men t. Of course, I have not the slightest intpntiou of inferring that the threat referred to, mean't taking drastic action to attain political superiority, but I am positive many of his listeners had that impression. What other impressions could a statement of that kind convey ? Let us put it this way If we fail to achieve our ends at the ballot box, we shall,win by, and through, the much-dreaded power of the workers. I would be ashamed to show such fatuity of thought No one will deny the t formidable power of these three Wties, when acting in cont for a <<  .Hd 4 IJ I. r definite object But concerted action I becomes an impossibility uutil the members intelligently conceive that their interests are identical. When the proletarial aWfI ke from their slumber, and with clearness of thought comprehend the mighty power they possess, 11, will not only be disastrous u> those who a e in poefcession of the where withal to live, hut, also, to the labour leaders w ho h ve autocratic power. If the threat of the Triplr Alliance did not infer industrial action, what was the inference ? I am, &c I Bargoed. OBSERVER I

I THE MUSI CI AN 6' GIFT. I To the Editor. I Dear Sir,—The Musicians and Mujc 1.0V\']'I of tbi., e,uHII'Y hwv»\ •hiring th« past year, provided f°r thf- use of [I.. M. P'oi ceq, in t h t, Y M C A. Fluts, clow n pnn 100,01)0 V)I,,ees of mu ..io. siimti oOO'JO soug books, and about l,Uuu muøicft.1 inl4l'um nIt" Moreover, they havi,- raised over X3,000 in Trit)liev, and of this sum all but < £ ^0 lias now been expend d. As you probably know, t liim effort has been organised under the title of tfw I Musicians' Gift, by the KJiiors of the musical press, and now forms a recog- nised section of the Y.M C.A. activities. The cocditioua of transition from War to Peace only intensify the taeed of our men for musical recreation. Urgent appeals for instruments and mubic are being received daily from the Y.M.C.A. Hats abroad and at home, and P,2,000 is required immedi- ately to enable the music section to meet the demands of the next few months, which cannot but be very tedious to the men awaiting release. May I ask for your co-operation in placing this letter before your music- loving readers ? All donations should be sent to me at the address given below Y ours faithfully, H. WALFORD DAVIES, Hon. Treasurer, Musicians Gift, Universities House, 25, Bloomsbury Square, London, W.C.I.

I AN APPEAL. I I To tHe Discharged MiM Demobilised Sailors I and Soldiers of Rhymnty and South Wales generally. Comrades, -Six hundred men charged at Balaclava, less than two hundred returned. The event was proclaimed as one of the noblest events in history. One hundred and sixty thousand men were rushed across the Channel in 1 14 they were proclaimed the Saviours of the world, iiow many returned? Of the six hund red Lord Tennyson wrote the poem, that thrilled the English-speak- ing world, and to-day is still a Stirring piece of poetry to those with the least drop of warm blood in their veins. But. what became of the two hun- dred ? Lord Tennyson never wrote the aftermath-whisper it, some of them died in the workhouse. So much for glory. Shall it happen again ? Never we shall say. What will happen to all the thousands who have been maimed and broken by this great War ?—The same thing Com- rades" unless we all stick together. Some will say we are in the Feder- ation, or something else the fit man on discharge will say I dou't want to j in anything, they will do me no good," but how many of the." Com- rades" have you left behind who will never return ? The comrades who cracked the joke witb you when fac- ing death. As pals is it not our dntly to stand together to see that their wives and ohildren get fair play? Are our comrades who have been blinded, crippled, and broken ia this war get- ting all they are, entitled to ? Do you know that there is a group of Politicians out to smash the dis- charged men's movement, because they represent the people with vestod j interests, the big inoome tax Jpayer ? I Pensions'mean taxes, that is why the Politician creeps in. Keep him out "Comrades" of oar movement! Oar cause and his are diametrioally opposed. Join the National Association, it was formed by discharged men uot for the personal aggrandizement of any particular politician or party. Its objects are to fight for justice and nor charity, it is non-seetarian, non-party, and democratic. The Asaocistion is doing everything possible to bind all those that are left together, "Together we standi, divided we fall We have OLIV, purpose, then why should we not all Btand shoulder to shoulder and present as strong a front as we did when we faced the Hunnish hordes. We must combine to present our view of what the pensions warrant should be. Tothent mau on discharge I Bey, you do not know how tho eln of the service it} the past will atfeibt your future, and lor tile glory of the past join the National Association. It will enable us to keep together and keep alive the spirt of Cameraderie, for the var'oos purposes that will present themselves in the future. Re- membor that we formerly worked for the largest employer of labour in the Empire, therefore we can, with unity become tha largest association to Re- care our jast doe in the future. Make it your business to join the Association on your arrival home, secure your f u tu re, TJ nity is strength." T. E. THOMAS, Rhymuey Jan 10th, 1919. Rules and Constitution can be ob- tained on Replication to Mr Nelson M. Price, 2. Broad-street, DowUis, or from any Branch Secretary. Rhymney, T. Thomas and G Davies, 24. Upper High-street.

1 11 You can. THOUGH the issue 'of j| j ? War Bonds came to m •«« an end last Saturday, the Still Government intends to con- tinue the sale of War Savings Certificates, so as to provide  a secure and profitable invest- buy ment for your savings. You can bey War Savings ¥17 A g Certificates through your local WAR War Savings AMod&ttOBt or (rom ?-?' .ny Money Order Post OHicc. Bank, or Shopkeeper acting at -mr Official Agent. &ch Certificate ^■■*1 #jb m ?/ ? t? ? ?.?? costs 15/6, and increases in value SAVINGsevery year Mtit. at the end of five years, it will be worth £ 1. CERTIFICATES ™ to 5? £  cent. ConyoMd ?ere.t. free of Income ¡ø. !f you need the *'Or bacl you can get it by t?vrng a few days' notice. But it is mu h better w te part with y=w War Sm.. Certificates before they reach their fall valve, as the longer yea keep them the bigger yotr profit. t I £ 1 tor 15'6 abi. for I 5' ———— Anxious to Help Others. Mrs. K. Braiier, of 80, Lan?ey St., 1 Luton, gives a striking proof of the lasting effect of Doan's Pills. Few women can have suffered more than I have fiom kidney com- plaint," said Mrs Brazier, on July 21st, 1906. I think my reason would have left me but for J Joan's Bachache Kid. ney Pills. Across the back, just where the kidneys are, bard cutting pains would catch me. My legs became swollen and I seeme.1 to lose all my strength. The urinary system was disorderd, a desire to relieve t he bladder being too frequent. Neuralgic headaches never seemed to leave me, and uric-acid so upset the optic nerves that I was nearly blind at times. A welcome change in my health occurred shortly after I commenced uping Doan's Pills, and four boxes absointeir cured mfe. Should anyooe make enquiry of me I will gladly reply, for I am anxious that others shall benefit by Down's Backache Kidney JPills. (Sgd ) K. Brazier." i I Years' Corroboration. On January 7th, 1918, Mrs Brazier" said :—44 That Doan'a Pills completely cured me is proved by twelve years' freedom from all trace of kidney or bladder complaint. I keep remark- ably well." To eiuure the tame results as Mrs. Brazier, insist upon the saint Kidney Medicine—DOAN'S BAOK. AOHE KIDNEY PILLS.-Sold by all Dealers or 2s. 9d. a bottle from Foster. McClellan 0" 8 Wells Street, Oxford Street, London, W.I.

On Saturday lq-t the body of a girl, Ethel MayTWrytlij), was recovered from a pond in the Park at Victoria, Ebbw Vale. The girl, who was in service at Messrs Jones and Roes, Victoria, is the daughter of a family whe house collapsed in the landslide! disaster

I RHYMNEY VALLEY SCHOOL I MANAGERS. i I TEACHERS NEW SCALE OF I SALARIES. The monthly meeting of the Rhym- ney Valloy (Monmouthshire section) group of. School Managers was titir4 at New Tredegar-on Tuesday, Aid. N. Phillips, J.p. in the chair. Councillor Edgar Davies, J. P., drew attention to the new scale of salaries which had been formulated by the County Committee, and pointed out that according to this a college trained teacher received only £ 10 more per ar.Dum than an untrained teacher, or at tbe expiration of 16 year8 a nett gain of.415C, Rfiir g.,inq to the ex- pense of a t*vo-ye*r*' coarse of train- ing at the college and the best, of I salary during that period which the nlltrsluèd teacher wbuid be earning. Thin, he thought, wa* decidedly nu- fair, and out of all proportion to the expense of a training:.—Mr W. S. Nash, J P pointed out tbat,wil col- leges were now open to teachers irrespective of creed, and that in future there would be no need for a teacher to be confirmed to gain ad- mission to a college or to change her religion, say from a Baptist to a Wes- leyan. The colleges were now free to hil to encourage them to undergo the period of training. He thought the difference of ICIO between tbe two met the situation. This basis was adopted by nearly all county authorities.—Mr Langmaid, the deputy-clerk, said that 16 years' ex. perience in the school as a teacher must be regarded ae of great value. Those who bad had a college training were eligible for a headship, a con- ssion vwh n cession which the untrained was debarred from.—Mr Edgar Davies I ath taking the scale as it stands and maintain that the margin of £ 10 is not sufficient. For that sum it was no advantage to sacrifice time and money to go to college.—Mr W. S. Nash Yon can level lour criticism against practically every county authority.—Mr Langmaid, said that at the County School for Monmouth- shire, the cost amoanted to only about £ 23,for the entire course, and that was for elbthing which would have to be provided whether the teaoher was in college or not.— Mr W. s. Nash said that it would be well for people when- they commenced to criticise the eatariea of the teachers to get at the Whole bf t%e .facts. Mr Edgkr Davies I *%m dealing with ttfe factfe a's they are presented in this riew scale.—Tke tnattertben ended. A letter will read from Mr Ruther- ford, intiriiattug that the managers should bhve the II rst refusal of a plot of laudWjoining the Upper Rhymney Schools. It wob decided to approve of the transfer of Miss Florence Jones from Aberbargo^d to Pbillipstown, and that a teacher from New Tredegar, named Enalyn Jones, who is about to be released from the Navy, should go I to Aberbargoed.

I PENOAM EX-SOLDIER'S PLEA. Alfred Polkrugborne Hicks, 27, Craig-crescent, rengam, who was charged at Plymouth on Wednesday with non-payment of 97 maintenance arrears to his wife stated he bad been discharged frem the 4-rmy with a pension of £ il a week, and could not work owing to defective eyesight. The Bench sent him to prison for fourteen days, advising him to apply fer a reduction of the order. ✓

A lesson OF THE War. WHY SALVAGE 11A8 COME TO STAY. The war-clouds are rolling away, and those who have worked so strenuously during tae dark da.ï feel that they may now- rest and re- turn to their own life, and, as schoolboys say, "slack off" war work, and ease the high pressure at which we have all been living. To a certain extent this feeling must take possession of us all, hut -we reco,-nise that, although peace with all her blessings is smil- ing at us, this is no time for slacking," for the whole life of the nation has to be rebuilt. We must not grow lazy again, or indifferent to the hard yet wonderful lessors we have learnt, during the stormy days we have, passed through. Among these lessons, fhrift and saving may be considered as particularly important, and their widespread influence Oil the national character 6tiotild not be overlooked, for they have brought .a revival of one of our old national virtues which had grown out of date- For years many other nations had practised economy and salvage work was carried on with zeal and energy; nothing was wasted that could be re-used, and this pract ce of -I v -z i gRt-reiigtliened enor- moV'Uy the resources bf these countries when war began. But among ourselves the habits of extravagance and wastefulness had grown so gradually that iii, ceased to understand that we were wasteful. Then, as a bolt from the blue. the war- storm burst, and our trade. our shipping, and our transport, in fact all that had made life so easy, were at once disarranged men, muni- tions, and war materials of every kind had to, be carried across the sea; for this, all possible space in ships was noeded, and yet the neces- saries of life had to be supplied. Thanks to the patriotic spirit of our great merchants, who fell into line at once with Government regulations, the man in the str4,t has felt little of the want of anything that could reasonably be purchased. But there were many gaps to be filled, and here Salvage work came to the rescue. To supplement the shortened supply of raw materials old materials had to be re-used and wonderful transformations were accomplished as with a conjurer's magic wand. J housands of -tons of waste which for years found an untidy resting-place on rubbish-heaps, or ended their career in the dust-bin or fire, were rescued and re-made, so once more become useftil articles, or muni- tions of war. ine rsavy and Army tiave done gigantic work in this way, and the nation, too, has risen to the occasion. Nor has the Rural Sec- tion of the National Salvage Council been be- hindhand in stimulating this movement in the country districts. Throughout the length and breadth of the land the spirit of helpfulness and thrift has been abroad. Lumber-rooms, cupboards, and drawers have been turned out and their contents sorted. Rubbish heaps were overhauled and a saving eye kept oa kitchen and garden. As fast as the salvage" sacks were supplied they were filled ana re- turned to the depots. Cotton and woollen rags, paper, bones, rubber, tins, iron and other metals, everything, in fact, that could be utilised, came pouring in, and the gape caused by enemy action were filled. WASTE GREASE STILL WANTED. Although the demand for waste grease and fats for munition purposes no longer exiet., the requirements of commercial and industrial firms in this direction aTe, by reason of the removal of the restrictions which have hitherto prevailed, larger than ever. Local Authorities should not, therefore, relax their activities in this direction, says the Sanitary Record. Indeed, the demand for fats and grease is likely too increase to such an extent that many authorities will find it of advantage to install suitable plant for dealing with this material, and on this subject we shall be pleased to afford information and advice. THE MAGIC BONE. At a recent meeting of the West of Eng- land and South Wales Iron, Metal, and Waste Trade Association a scheme, involving the expenditure of £ 50,000, was outlined, the object being to establish hone-crushing and chemical works. Difficulties in connectioa with the disposal and utilisation of bones have apparently arisen, and hence the seheme in question. Local Authorities who have ex- perienced difficulties in the same direction, will, no doubt, be interested in details of the undertaking when they take concrete shape. PIG FOOD FROM WASTE. Although the supply of feeding stufs for animals is certain to improve rapidly, it is hoped that the public will not forget that a great deal of valuable food can be recovered from "waste," and may form a valuable addi- tion to supplies of concentrated feeding tttuffs. It was recently estimated by the National Salvage Council that some 358,000 pigs could be fed en kitchen refuse from the urban dis- tricts in England and Wales that have a popu- lation of over 10,000. The estimate is based on the achievement of Bury, in Lancashire, where 104 pigs are being fed on kitchen refuse collected from one-eighth of the population. The householders carefully keep their garbage detain from ashes for a separate collection. When refuse cannot be given directly to.the pigs it can be converted by a simple process mto a Very valuable dry pig-food.

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