South Wales Weekly Post

WELSH TINPLATE WORKERS' INVENTION. CONTRACTS FROM SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES. It has been asked wlji>:h invention pro- duced dining the war has |Jio\t*cl of the frreatest financial value '-says the Stan- dard. This in a very difficult question to answer, as there are many small inventions from which fortunes are imule before the fublic Imov; much regarding: them. It is generally held that tlie best-pnyinjf involi- tions are those connected with tho utilisation of waste products. The German insentor lias jnade this a special study, and since the out- break of the war many inventor-! in this country have turned their ;ITHHIí.iOl to tl1..J subject. The result, will be that fortunes will he made by these astuu- persons and their financial backers. Three remunerative inven- tions are as follows: subsh'true for cclhi- loid possessing all its advantages without any of its drawback' The success of this in- vention is assured, and the company control- ling: the patent rights have ,secured orders for the whole of their possible output for come years. 2.—A substitute for gla, 3.—A process for leu.ovinyr the -colder, iin, and chemicals from scrap tinned and gal- vanised articles, and for utilising the base tnetal. The inve nt or of this process is a Soci h Wales tinplate worker, who has already- secured contracts from several municipali- ties for treating town refuse. This invention will be the means of establishing- a new British industry that should give employ- ment to many thousands of partially disabled toldiers. Hitherto German?' has monopolised the industry in question, Iiavinar taken, -practically at the cost of the carriage, scrap metal from our country to the extern. >f I Several millions of pounds annually. I

PATRIOTIC NEATH. I ANTI-CONSCRIPTIONISTS SNUBBED. I rpon the report, of the Hal's Committee »»eing read on Thursday at the meeting nf Neath Town Council it transpired that Councillor \V. Challacombe had applied for the use of the Town Hall for the purpose of holding a. meeting against Con.-cription. it ) hieing proposed by the applicant to convene the meeting for Sunday next. The decision of the Halls Committee was brief but emphatic. It read as follows Mr. Challacombe's application for the Town Hali on Sunday next against the Military Enlistment Jil\ was Hut euter- tamed. The Council unanimously confirmed this (decision without discussion. Mr. Challacombe is one of the two Soeial- ist members of the Council.

SUFFOCATED I N A VAN. 6TRANGE TRAGEDY AT TON I PENTRE. I At Ton iPentre, Rhondda Valley, Hetty iaiid Ully Cogger, sisters, agerl 17 and 18 respectively, were found dead in bed on Tuesday in a travelling van, having appar- ently been suffocated during Monday night bv fumes from oil lamps. They were attached to a shooting gallery, and took the lamps therefrom to light the van when thev retired.

Our Portrait is of Mr. C; ROGERS, §Our Portrait who writes as I feel :t !H'" unt\" to leL yon  ho\ to leL N.011 kilowi?o)V lure cured ille of ffc. I' C, (I íjl'st 'ilh ¡ eni hIe itehjTl of t he hand, anel then ¡¡, n¡.h (,O'red illY Locly .9 if I h:'d heen stung by n(.ttle. J suffered''for twelve months anit weak that, I had to take t" my bed and WR a, hetpteaa?tf a child. I tried aever?t remedies and doctor?' nledldn{\. but to i?o good pdrpose. Then LI decited to Blood Mixture, and ??'??'")? fo'.jr'borttt-.s I was cured a year H?o, and have had no return of ir.sit?e. )xmn?? I% ithotit Sonle Of tho I I consider it a a-rMd medicine. !SigHed) G. Ho?t.r? ] Holers J?rm, ??v Thund?rstey. Essex. [CURED BY 1-. II von suffer fronl an, Sl];,h disease as Eciemai Scrofula, Bad Legs, Abscesses, Ulcere, landular Swellings, Boils, Pimples, ores of any kind, Piles, Blood Poison, theumatism, Gout, &C., done walit vonr imeand money on useless lotions and messy oint- Lieiua which cannot get below tha surface of the tin. What yall want, and what you inust have to e permanently cured 18 a medicine that will horouglily free the blood of the poisonous matter which alone is the true cause of all .your suffering, Clarke's Blood Mixture is Just such a medicine. It fc composed of ingredients which quickly expel from rihe Wood all impurities from whatever cause aris- rig, and by rendering it clean and pure can be t-k- (".eù on to effect a complete and ltwtins; eure. Over fifty ?tars' .uccess, ,<.„——  S     pleasant to the jr f J if ? ?"' ???k? L -?-??ood ? Chemi?and J. fiajISCftlSfQ J[jf Stores. m<!?!N!! 2/9 per bok,t!d. Refuse Substitutes. "THE WOPLDS BEST BLOOD PURIFIER.'

I FELL OFF A STAGE. I INQUEST ON WELL-KNOWN ST. THOMASITE. Deputy Borough C'ojoner (Mr. Giyn Munis) held un inuuest at Swansea on Wednesday on the body of a much-respected Sot. Thomas resident in the person of Mr. Richard .\1. Harris, of 96, Kilvey-torrace, St. Thomas Swansea. Mr. Edward Henry Harris (son) said his 1:11 her was 64 years of age, and wus a ship- wright After Ls Accident at his work he was removed to the Hospital, where he i remained unconscious up to the time of his dedth on Tuesday last. Mr. Yauglwll Edwards here appeared tor the Swansea Harbour Trust. h. Hilditch (H.M. Inspector of Factories) was also pre- sent. Richards. 27, V» rnon-stveet. Hafod, worked with the late Mr, Harris, and they weix; engagtd on No. 4 barge. Witness was loosening a bolt with a spanner when the spanner slipped and touched deceased, who fell overboard, as aiso did witness who nearly got drowned in the river. By Mr. Hilditch The stage from winch deceased fell was about nine feet high. The spanner was rather large for the job. By Mr. Vaughnn Edwards: Witness had hceu a ;-hlpwright for 25 years. The deceased overbalanced and dung-to witness, both falling. Eva:i Jones. 4, Sllp-ro?d. sh!pwrj?])? .mj Jw was a.?o eng?gfd on the ?%,o I 1,1? heard the spanner fall and saw the two men in the water. They were got out, Mr. Harris being then unconscious, and after beino- attended to. the latter,was removed to the Hospital. Deeea-i-ed had struck his head on runic .slag j.n his fall. The inquiry was here held up pending the arrival (if Dr. Louden, who said deceased was admitted on Thursday liasfc nt 4.30, suffering from cuts and hemorrhage of the brain, which was the, cause of Iris death there was no fracture of the skull. The jllry brought in a verdict of Acci- dentil Dnt.h," at accordance with the medical evidence. Mr. Vaughan Edwards, on behalf of the Swansea Harbour Trust, expressed their .sorrow at the loss of a. good and experienced \OT km a J_l who !l:id _)een in tbeil- eiriplov fitt(wll ,al' Th., (-kroner and jury also expressed sympathy with the relatives.

SWANSEA MARKET. 9350 DECLINE IN THE PROFITS. Swans.en, \Lrkd,G:¡jttt>fI "'? ?' Wed- j ue;dy. h' p ?r"???'? (?ce-ehai?an) presiding? The Market Manger (?Jr. J. ?- ti reported that the rcv?ue of the' Oxford- street Market for tho 44 we?. i i'T 29 an?utcd to £ 6,791 8^til d" rre;?? of £ 350 10s. lid. compared with ?. c?-n-spomimg period of 1;,? year. j?um? the past lour weeks the revenue was R,027 2: uiI or a decrease of £ 9 14s. 2d. compared witn: the same period of 1915. The Slautrfi- tcr Honrevenue was £ 1.674 15? M or :m IncreaAC of ?60 18s. 7d., fur the 44 ?-?k? .?d £ 173 11s. 10d.. or an incre^c of ?15 4? 3(1., for the past four weeks. The number ol a.nnnals slaughterea 111 the 44 weeks was • Beasts 5,638, stieap 27,469, calves 1 0,52. and pigs 12.547, or a total of 46,706, as a"a/'n«t 46.271 for the corresponding period ol kst year, an increase of 435 animals. The report was adopted. Jl, was stated that the draft agreement with reference to the toll" payable by the Castle Steam Trawlers, Ltd., was prepared

NEARLY 3.000 ARTICLES. WORK OF MORRISTON SEWING GUILD. SPLENDID WORK BY LOCAL LADIES. j The members of the Morriston Free Oliuicli Red Cross Sewing Guild, who meet at Taber- i~iele Chapel, Mo 1*1'is toil, are living up to the S'ood things t;a.id of them, the ladies having devoted two afternoons weekly without a break since the outbreak oi' the war. and the following particulars of the completed articles i!in' but a slight idea of the work entailed in their preparation. The guild deserves to be warmly congratulated upon their efforts. The secretary is -Mrs. T. D. Jones, Frond eg, Morriston, and Mrs. I)rtviQj,, Delfan, Morris- ton, R<t? M treasurer. Mrs. T. J. Davies, Morfydd Honse, has also )?ven her valuable support to the ?uitd since its inception. ? is estimated that the completed articles are valued at £400, and the funds necessary to Procure the material have been obtained mainly from the workmen and oftjeiala of the Worcester and Upper Forest Tinplat<? Works Morriston. ijist oiart icles forwarded 2nd Februarv 1916 (z iutil shirts (total num- 13 iiiS), 62 slieeto (196\, 108 pillow«caues (93), 44 towels 144;. 12, huokabaok towels (102), ?2 roller towels (100), 98 kitchen towels (200), 10 pairs socks (143), 14 pairs bed-socks (26), 4 pairs mit- tens and ciiffa (236), 1 lielt (181). Also 45 hel- mets, 192 scarves, lZU pocket fi-andkerohiefs, 115 rolls of bandages, 9 pairs stockings, 6 pairs kneecaps, 5 pairs gloves, 39 pyjama suita, 23 navy sei-ge w a I'd suits. 22 drassiu^r- gowns. 15 vests. 6 pant-s. 5 Cardigan jackets, 24 blankets, 1 counterpane. Total 2,714. In addition, the following1 list of articles were sent to Morriston Committee ikit, Janu- ary, 1916, as New Year comforts for those who have joined Forces :-22 pairs sooks, 3 lielmots. 1 pair mit-tens, 1 pair (':aff'. 1 belt.

TINPLATE RISERS' AND SHEARERS' POSITION. -1? ?. -? Some dissatisfaction is felt in the tinplate trade that riRers and shearers have been ex- cluded from the. reserved occupations. A number of the former haTP enlisted already, and tinmen, it is stated, will be greatly in- convenienced by the increased absence of thi3 fofmer, the majority of whom are of mili- tary ayte.

CAPTAIN WILSON'S ) EXPERIENCES. I "VERY STRONG" SUB- MARINE COMMANDER. -1 1,11- i e l N?,1] 7 7 oii s recei_ ved from her J brother, Captain Stanley Wilson, M.P.. a letter whiqh gives an account of his capture bv an Austrian submarine in the Mediterra- nean. He isavs At a,bout 4.30 p.m., after a oup of tea I had just I a-ld down in ijiv for a few I minutes when I heard a snot fired a long- way off. I out.of iii, cabin to find petiole rushing down saying that a submar- ine had fti-ed <icross our bows. Of course we stopped, and it took about ten minutes for the submaiiue to come up to us. You can imagine what my feeling's were. ly first duty was Lo make my dispatches secure, which I did, and I am nfraid it involved the Christinas presents of the Athene Ministry staff going into the sea. The submarine canit) alongside—a. fine boat, flying the Austrian colours. The cap- tain, with the list of passengers, was ordered on board. My heart was sinking lower and lower. Ill, a few minutes the submarine or- dered ''Colonel Xapier, Captain Wilson, and Dr. Finlay" to come on board. There was, of course, 110 hope for us, but Dr. Finluy was allowed to return as Eed Cross. They al- lowed us to go had: and get our luggage, though in the excitement of the moment I forgot some things I should have liked. When we got back to the submarine we were taken down to the cabin, where we were Very well treated. AVe spc-nt two days and mgnts on the sub- marine, and had an exciting time. The offi- cer.- gave up to us two berth. and we shared their food. They all spoke a certain amount of English. I Embarrassing \A e had a h?ht with a patrol boat on the way up. The colonel and I sut in the cabin :mdheard the guns going, not knowing what mi,?j)t happen. It waBra.therdifRout, un- der the circumstances, to hope for the ?uc- ces-, ,f the Allies' boat. The first night we spent some boms under water, and the oiext night we were down for some twelve hours. In the afternoon of the first day we were told by t'\¡8 officers that they had sighted a cruiser. We submerged, but through tlie periscope the officers told us they saw it torpedoed by another submarine. This was on December 5. Next day we were near our destination, and at 8 o clock we were allowed oil deck. We found we were escorted bv three destroyers. They were just in fruit 01 us and we were closv into the land when suddenly, amidst i A scene Df wild excitement, tlie periscope of a submaiiue was seen and a torpedo going straight at'the. destroyeis. It just missed them, and within a second they were all firing as hard as they could, but the submarine submerged very quickly. V, e were landed and tiid. theii placed for two days in a fortress. .1 could not help admiring the way our captain managed his submarine in the face of grave danger. He was a man 01 very strung character; l-cadv to fight anything that came in his way and I am afraid he has dune much damage to our shipping. The officers were all very nice to us, and endea- voured to make us as comfortable as pos- sible, but nothing could make up for the loss of our liberty. French Comrades in Distress. I We found in the fortress two French sub- maiine officers who had been captured a day before. Their boat ran ashore in a fog. J hey landed 011 a small island and tried to defend their boat from the Aust-n-ans. They prevented them from getting it, and the Aust-ri-ans were obliged to destroy it. The French had two men killed and one or two wounued. They behaved with the greatest gallantry, and were Complimented by the Austrian Com- I mander. I, I Ihey were capita:! tellows, and we greatly enjoyed their society. On December 8th we Icft. the fortress in the ady morning and went by train, pass- ing through Sarajevo and Budapest, arriv- ing at Vienna a-fter travelling three nights and three days. We were very sorry to leave our new French friends the evening before we, arrived at Vienna, and I thtnk they were sorry to part with us.1 Onr jour- ney was not very uncomfortable. We were accompanied by one of the officers of the submarine whtiich caught 113; also we had the honour of two gendarmes to look after us and see we did not. escape. Woe expected to straight, on from here with our officer, but were told at the station that we were to be parted and that- we were to stay in Vienna. for a day or two. We dined with him -it the station, and wished him good-bye, thanking him very sincerely for all hiB kindne, Alas. we were then to find ourselves not so comfortable, ns we are iiow residing :n the ordinary prison, in a room that lias been allotted to officer of war. Fortunately we have it to ourselves, but we are not- allowed the liberties we have had up to the present, not oven newspapers, which we have been allowed all the time, and Colonel Napier tivinslatea splendidly. In a postscript, dated December 15. Cap- tain Wilson adds.: Just arrived at our per- manent addi'e? after 6ve nights in the prison in Germany. We are at ?aiserbad 0. The place ? {mil of Russian cinccr?. Please write. It may interest you tc hear that the same submarine that captured us sank our Col?nso. As I told the captain, it was adding insult to injury.

GOSSIP OF THE CLUBS. KITCHENER'S RETICENCE I EXPLAINED. From the New Pepys Diary in I-pruth But, Lord! for our business, every- thing in the world debated except the c1ub'" a flairs: so that, among other things, I did hear of my Lorct Kitchener how, in the Cabinet, be tells the others naught of the business of the warr, and for this do justify himself among his friends, saying- that for the 21 ministers there be nigh a score of wives, and to each wife a tongue; of my Lord Ctit-zoii aii(I LL George how they be set, against him to have him out of liis office, but; he thought to be too tough for them of 1J1. (jeorge. in particular, what a muddle he maker, of the munitions, and to squander millions life half-pence; and many other strange things, Another thing he told me, and grieves me sore to hear it. and this was of the Natal, how when she blew up, she then lying in a certain northern harbour, the officers to entertain their friends to a tea-drinking, whereby many ladies a.nd child- ren aboard, of whom a good number very sadly perished." I

BAD BOYS. I EPIDEMIC OF CRIME IN I LONDON. "There were fifty-five child offenders at, Tower Bridge (London) Children's Court on Tuesday. Juvenile crime figures show that since the, war there have been many more, bad boys. -It is thought that the absence of the father in the Army, the darkened streets, which inako shop lifting easy .and a general at- mosphere of contempt- for supervision are the chief causes for juvenile offences. Mothers at J-khnonton and Tottenham. London, re- fused at. the Childnll's Court" to sta^d bail for their sons' appearance a week lielce on reulanded summonses. The cuurt a place of te-ars and lamen- tations; many of the children were crying, one mother became hysterical, and another mother dramatically appealed for terrible punishment to descend upon those who had brought her son to such a. place. Outside, where the children were ?tthered. it \va? pandemonium. It wa impoas??Ie to 1,C oeR'p the boy* quiet, and once, to liecli up their spirits, they started singing "Keep the home fires burning." Boys are believed to be guilty of the thefts of parcels intended for men at the front. The driver of one Army parcel-post lorry says tlmt seeing a suspicious bulging of the canvas sheet that closes the back of the lorry, he lifted the flap, and a boy tumbled out. Tpn boys, sorts of respectable parents, were charged with stealing postal orders a,4 Old-street, Lf?ndon. QJl Tuesday. A wave of ju.y d reported -SAM?4,q L??o i-eported

TRADE AFTER THE I WAR. RECOMMENDATION OF COMMITTEE. The report of the Sub-committee of the Ad visorv Committee to the Board of Trade on Commercial Litelligence with respect. to measures for securing the position after the war of certain branches of British industry, was issued on Wednesday. lit opening the committee enumerated the branches of industry to which it appeared their inquiries could most usefully be directed. They recommended that goods im- ported should have an i-ndel ble mark "Made in Germany/' or "Made in Austria Hungary, and other foreign gcods should be -&imilady marked with the country of origin or with the words "foreign, made" or not. British alien firms and alien owned companies should be prohibited from registering in the United Kingdom trade n-larks containing English words. Shipping coippanies .or shipowners, or home railways shipping companies should be prohibited from charging higher freight rates from British ports than from any North European ports. A definite policy for the improvement and extension 01 The British canal sysiem I I snouici beformulated. Joint Stock Banks should be invited by the Govemment as soon as the opportunity oilers to consider the; possibility of affording a greater measure of assistance to British industrial enterprise. Public bodies with control of monies raasect by Kites or taxes should be under obligation to purchase far as pos- sible only goods produced within the Bric-ish Lmpire. To meet exceptional cases, the F,- ? i Boaid of Trade might be empowered to grant licences to public bodies for the puT- chase of foreign goods where the existence of a combine or trust can be proTd. Trade exhibitions should be held under the Board of Trade control. Consular officers should report cases of apparent infringement of P,Itd,sli trade marks. A Ministry of Trade. ihe Government should be uroed to con- si d eraue-A-the of sider anew toe advisability of establishing a separate Ministry cha-rgad solelv wit.h the safeguarding and extension of Brit.ish in- dustry and trade. Referring to t-riff protection, the com- mutea state We are of opinion that where the national supply of certain manufactured arjcJes wntch are of vital importance to national safety, or are essential to other iiidiistri,E,s, hits fallen into t,he hands ot !n:uiufact,urers and traders .-I ,it- side this country, British mnnnnc. tarnii l+:;dv to u.nderta? the manufacture f articles. in this conntrv should be .h? erdied ? &unM?nt iai-ff jn-ot-.ction to ena ble them to maintain --Lic?i i,ft,-i- the war. V\ e wish to report that, in view of the loiiOWi:g considerations— (a) That theie exists a strong desire to respond t,) the feeling in our Dominions in tavour of Imperial preference in trade, and that there is also a strong desire to arrange preferential trading vvith these who are our Allies in the present- Avar and (b) 'J'nat the' present high direct taxation- tend s to ra;?e the rate of mtprest on money, I and cheap and .abundant capital for the em-1 ploynieait of labour is of the greatest im-1 portance t? the working cla?f?. it will oe necessary to impose some widely- spread import duties, and we are prepared to recommend that a larger proportion of revenue should be raised by reasonable im- port duties. We are of opinion that such' import duties woald go a long way towards* satisfying requests for special treatment for industries which we have had under con- sideration. \\e would only add (the Com- mittee stated in conclusion) that in view of the threatened dumping of stocks which may bo eiiemy countries, the Government, should take steps such as would prevent the position of industries likely to be affected being endangered after the war or during the period required for a wider ccnsideratios of the whole question.

 PRUSS:AN!SM AND SYNDICALISM.I THE POISON IN OUR I YEINS. I The greatest surprises of the war belong to the sphere of psychology (writes Lord Sydenham in the "Naval and Military Gazette.) To most minds it wpj impossible to believe that a nation which claimed to lead the Ya-ng-uard of civilisation would, jit a time of rapidly growing' success and pros- perity, delibera.tely plot and prepare to set Europe in flames. Still less was iu imagined that such a nation would proceed to the wholesale murder of non-combetants, women and children, to use torturing gas, to poison wells, and to perpetrate acts of barbarity from which savages might shrink. No one could have expected that an Ameri- can Administration would submit to the massacre of its citizens, to wholesale con- spiracy on its own soil, and to diplomatic methods plainly insulting, without taking an instant stand in defence of the rights of humanity aDd its own. 1 OUR OWN 1NTEENAL DANGER, I Only i)essimiets at home could have ex- pecrted that one section of the community would for a, time hold up vital supplies of coal, nnd another would, by adherence to demoralising rules evolved in peace, check the output of munitions on which the lives I of its brothers in the field depended. These and certain other phenomena of the war provide alike pregnant lessons and grave warnings. We now know that, by a system of State education directed to one main pur- pose, the whole German people could be Prussianised in less than two generations, and could be made oblivious to the dictates of politicaJ and international morality. We can also see the direct effect of teaching which has in recent years made ominous progress among our own population. When this war has ended our whole future will depend upon the correct, reading1 of ita les- sons, and all the statesmanship and pat- ¡ riotism at our command will be urgently needed lefft, we foiget."

in Britain's Chain of War (First Series) 111 r No. 11. Nelsorfs Crowning Achievement. 1805 ^5- 'h b tMlf £ Jr'li! ? ????. ?° 1805 Napoleon's armies were everywhere victorious, his Beet was still intact. Britain, however, -?' 1 j i'i JiJ[fJ n B?t?k* pressed forward co?aucted by land and sea, and en ? —?'??????????? <??? ??!?? Oct. ??' ?05, Nelaon achieved the victory ofTraftI?af ???S?T?.X????'   ?" ?y )?? ? which gsve Bnte!n the uodíp.ted supremacy of the jj fml I see, the great Admiral's death sanctifying his triumph ft- 11 ears op The preparations in the matter of stores for the Navy in the months preceding Nelson's last great venture were beyond all previous record, and included, of course, for the Officers, a goodly supply of Pears, then the fashionable soap par excellence I To-day Pears is the Favourite I Soap of both Officers and Men Because it's the BEST and MOST ECONOMICAL. Put it in your Parcels for the Front A beautiful coloured reproduction of "BUBBLES" a facsimile of the famous picture by Sir John E. Millais. P.R.A., size 21 in- by 19 ijo., free frcrr, will be se-?t on rece.pt of 11,J. in o- ,P.O,Pears, L,- d New Oxford St., Iondon, W.C ?y 19 in., free ?cm advert?;n4, will be se?t on receipt of lid. in st?ps or P.O.-Pears, Ltd., ?ew Oxford St., London, ?.C

SWANSEA AND FREIGHTS PROBLEM.! MAXIMUM RATES SUGGESTED. A -special meeting of the Swansea Cham- ber of Commerce was held at noon on Thurs- day to consider the question of the high freights. Mr. H. Goldberg (president) pie- i sided.. b.Il d been The President said the meeting had been called at the request of seine members in order to discuss the .question. lie hoped they would be able to out forward some practical suggestions to tlie Government with a view to it reduction. -Nir. il Hodg-ens (who had asked for the mp6tmg) said it was time they heJd such a  de the wa); n. f meeting. No question outside the war ;¡,f- fccted the country mo]"' than the exceF61ve freights, i't bore • hea viiy on our country and more especially our Allies. He thought tliov should ask the Government to "ib:. maximum freights cit' import's and exports, including coals and 'all' necessa/rks,. food- stuffs and raw materials required for. muni- tion purposes. He had nothing to say ngamst shipowners—some of them were better than other»—but if we waited for shipowners to voluntarily fix rates we would never have it done. There was the neutral question, he realised, but while we were waiting for something. t-o be done we and cur Allies were being bled white. The time charterer under some ci.reuuis<t<anees W<1S a. very useful man, but not so during the present .period.. At the early stages of the war boats w ere rushed after and taken on time charter. As each period expired rates were raised by the, neutrals, who got them from the charterers. In fixing maximun): ratcn some people thouaht we should lose the ton- nage of our markets. But there was no danger of anything of the kind. The class of tonnage we had in this Channel was con- fined chiefly to the north French ports; it was of a special description fit for no other trade. "We are the people to move in the matter." declared Mr. Hodgens. There was the question of bunkers that could be brought to bea.r, and there was nothing to stop A fair maximum freight being fixed. Let. it be fair and reasonable, based on pie-war profit, but not the present excessive freights. There was no reason why we should be paying such enormous prices for food; nor was there any reason why the Allies should be paying so great a price. He moved the following resolution That the present excessive, freights on all our imports and exports are bearing too heavily upon our country, and even to a greater extent upon our Allies. It is of the greatest urgency for the successful N conduct of the war that freights on imports a.nd exports should immediately be brought under Government control, end reasonable maximum freights fixed on necessaries, including ccal to our Allies, imported foodstuffs, and raw materials for munitions and other purposes. I Major Harries seconded, and said it was high time that England woke up to the fact that it was necessary that the question should be taken in hand very seriously. It was absurd that our Allies. who were shedding their blood, should be practically debarred from purchasing coal and other necessaries, whilst we sat down and d:d nothing. Not only had it upset the coal supplies, particularly of Italy, but had also disorganised the anthracite trade in South Wales. He liad month, ago suggested to the Board of Trade the fixing or maximum rates month by month for each of the ports of this country. He pointed out that a rate of 7s. to' Rouen was good business in ordinary times, and so he suggested 12s. at the present time. To Genoa he suggested an increase of 15s. cr 16a. (10s. to 2.Es, or 26s.) as hiT to ail concerned. It had been I said that the nxingof maximum rates w<jjild not increa.se the tonnage. Tliat was so. but it would not reduce it. It w&? not merely a question of £ s. 6d., but of lives, and if the question was not taken in hand quicklv there was every fear that the Allies, w ho were looking for a backing from Uii, would be tempted to make overtures for a separate peace. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Arthur Andrews said lie was entirely in sympathy with the movement, but there was one point that was lost sight of, and that was that the bulk of the tonnage was j under neutral control. If the freights were therefore limited was it not likely • that it would bring about at once a war 'of ratesT He suggested that the Government should first 01 all by means of t Bls;lless Illff I'tt,,e re-organise the tonnage it h,"l lIuW re- I 1 | quisHioned. so that it could he made to move ¡JLlster, :dher than adopt the drastic step ?01 limiting freights. Hcadd?d that in a freight war the foreigner would beat us. Mr. R. L. Sails asked h"w Mr. Andrews 'suggested it could be dOlle: sti -gested it, could be doiie'-? Mr. Andrews: By withholding tonnage: going on strike if you like to ca'i it; tying go iiig ?rjn stril?e if iii,e t,) ca?i it tviii, I Norwegian Boats Predominance. I -Mr. r. Le Bars said from bwaoisea to France last, year the number which cleared from Swansea was 1,777 vessels. Amongst- these boats there were 919 Norwegians, 667 British, 53 Russian, 35 Danish, 25 Spanish, 26 Belgian, Greeks and 7 Italian. A Iii-ge iiiiinrer Norwegian boats were British controlled, b-aca-use they were in the hands of British time charterers. The British time charterer of Norwegian boats was a help at the he- ginning of the war. but subsequently the time cha-rterer had jbeen the chief cause of the rise. It was not the neutral shipowner that put freights up but the time ch trterers -.on oiu-own- markets. ("Xo.) Although they wanted the shipowners and charterers to havf A M?sonabI? ?'H.'c'iit, ytt 'it was crim!i;a1"to 'm?kp pxcesM\'c weaiili on the and blood of'France and Italy. They did not grudge reasonable freights, a.nd if th? hUer were fixed they would still be j generous and quite snfncient for th? neutrals to continue to run their boats. Thpyh?d the weapon of the withdrawal of bunkers in rpsppctottho?p owners who desi?c? more than the Government rates. Where, he asked, could ships go if they were refused bunkers? After the recent Cardiff meeting patriotic shipowners favourable for reason-. ,.a,ble clapped 6d. on the freights when approached. Even now freights were ris- ing. In- reply to ihe. Chairman. M. Ie Bars said that. the number of French boats was I approximately atout 1.300. but he could not give the tonnage, though the majority of those trading to Swansea weie prin- cipally small sailing ships. Mr. A E. Wynne ,advocated limitations of freights, and said that when they found the freight to Italy was from L4 to £ 5 per ton. and that the voyage there and back wa.s less than a month, it ,a.> high time some- thing was done to" stop it, particularly when thcv remembered that the freight on a carga sometimes covered the old value of tho sliij). (Hear, hear.) He oid not agree with Mr. Andrews that a [imitation of freights would result in a ireight war. because the freights that would be offered would be amply sufficient to induce owners to continue trading. He pointed out t;3t.: whilst British owners had to remit about. two-thirds of their profits to the Govern- | ment in taxes, the rentraJ owner took the lot." He also said that in to-day's papers thev wou?d R&e more sales of ships to j neutrals, and why OH earth the Government aEowed it he did not. know. He felt, how- ever, that if sale W3Te allowed en that N?-a Great Britain would be much depleted of I her shipping at the end o{ the war. (Hear. hear.) It was his opinion tha-t the presen I' tonnage could be made to go twice as far as at present if properly regulated by the Government, and in this connection he instanced cases where boats had been kept idle for months, one at Miiford since the I outbreak of the war. Mr. Turpin Going to be Bold. Several voices and laughter. Mr. R. L. Sails said he did not see people who had money in steamships should not be called upon to do the right and proper thing by the country at the present time, just as the colliery owners were compelled tn do; but he did not agree with Mr. Wynne i tJlat much relief would be afforded by re- o\ganieiiig the tonn-age now under the can-! trol cf the Admiralty. There might be a. few cases of ships lying idle, but it wae not general; whilst it was important that ships should be available for bunkering the Navy wherever it might be called. "TAX UX NEUTRAL SHIPPING." Captain Jenkins endorsed the resolution. I and. thought we should put a tax on neutral shipping equal to what the Britisher paid. (Applause.) Mr. W. Turpin ■-(shipowner) humorously said lie felt somewhat afraid to come to the meeting. Voices.: Why? "Well." replied Mr. Turpin, "I am an unfortunate man who, it has becji said, ought to be lia.ii,ed." His firm imported a good deal from abroad, and they. too. were hit like many in the coal trtaie. fit., moved an amendment: "That this meeting of the members of the Swansea. Chamber of Commerce records its approval of the ar- rangements made and su?.?ested for dealing with the present serious shortage o: tonnage ?3' the ?o?enmie'tt. and express 1:e hVjw th?t the same m?y result in a ?M.i?fa.ctoty solution of the difficulty." "We must take a. broad view we are all agreed they are excessive and that there is a serious conse- quence arising," declared Mr. Turpin. What we wanted was a sound, solid and remedy. The Government 'had ap- pointed a committee of splendid men, who are directing their attention to the Government handling of ships. The Government were awake to these things* and they had about them one-third cf the tonnage trade of the country the Govern- ment were shepherding the British ships and were not going to allow them to roaming over the world making excessive profits. (Applause.) Mr. Turpin outlined what the Government were doing in man f, directions, and he did not think it practi. cable to fix maximum freights., for tlie* would have to take the whole world. Hf thought it lvetter to make freights com. down by increasing the tonnage, as prat po"ed by the Government. Mr. Alex. G. Moffat seconded, and said that they must consider in a wider scope what would be the effect of fixing maximum rates. The Chairman said he did not, think that either the resolution or amendment reflected very much credit upon the Chamber and business community, as neither contained any new practical suggestion. There could be no question that the abnormally high freights were due to shortage in supply and great waste of valuable time by the shipa that were now in use. He thought much time might be saved by the more expeditious granting of licenses, and pointed out the importing countries who paid might help to 1)0 1 ? I find a remedy. He thought that a confer- ence of the -Allies might be convened, so that if a. reasonable rate of freight waa rejected by other traders, then they could put in their own boats and so bring down the rates. Mr. F. Le Bars said the French Govern- ment had commandeered more tonnage In proportion the -rise in freights was imma- terial, and he wanted to see a maximum fixed. jL R. Hoddens said British tonnage was 21 mil?ns and French tonnage nearly two mlllw*rs aid l?r,jic h toiii.,a g e nearly t- Mr. W. Turpin said the opinion of ex- perts was that it was impracticable to fix maximum prices, for they would have to take the whole world. The Government were doing the best, and they were going to expedite the finishing of many ships partly, built. .Mr. Evan? indicated other factor?, in- cluding the pi"i re of coal. The meeting was adjourned to the after*

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