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The Political Front. I 7 1 By a ia M. P. -_f:J' I COAL. I A sigh of relief hus gone up as the pr.ce of coal has comeicown and the magnitude of the drop is very .sat.siactory. Ihe Ci_ai industry, hovvaver, is very much alarmed at the latest Government inte-icrezice iii tixing the profits at Is. (id. per ton. This is an infringement of the liberties of private enterprise which is likely to lead to the opposite results that our wise legislators expect, for by this limitation at one blow you crush initiative, make ownes hesitate to tap doubtful seams and thereby limit the expansion of industry. Are people likely to invest money in the precarious business of getting coal if their profits are so limited as to prevent insur- ance against failure after a few years? This folly of State interference is like a disease and our supermen apparently are incurable. Of course, if Mr Lloyd George is deter- I mined to have nationalisation, it may he his deliberate policy to depress the value of all coal industries so as to buy them out cheap, but is this likely to increase coal production in the long run ? And, what is more, is it honest? INDUSTRIAL UNREST. I When we realise how little we have suffered from the discomforts of war as compared, with some of our Ahies, that our wage bill has increased slightly more than the cost of living and that there is less actual distress in the land than p u- bably ever before, it is difficult to under- stand the reasons why there is continued ferment in industrial circles. Now I believe that the flames of dis- content are deliberately being fanned by foreign propaganda and to e gn funds, but since the vast majority of our work- ers cannot be bought for the simple reason that they are not for sale and are round at heart, we must seek deepe:- into the real causes. The first, I believe, is the constant dread of unemployment and it is this fact which leads many workers most foolishly, but nevertheless honestly, to believe that by restricting output there is more work to go :ound in the slack tines. This is, of course, an utter fallacy, for increased production obvior.s'y increases the demand for production, or in other words if more wealth is produced, whether such wealth is expressed in coal, corn, fish I or motor-cars, the greater the purchasing power of the community becomes and the greater the demand for products. j Yet this unemployment dTead is a very I real one and we may well ask the question whether the shouldering of the responsi- bility by both sections of indast"y-capi- tal and labour—might not bring a new I sp;rit into the industrial world. In plain language, if a man is thrown out of work through no fault of his own, owing to slack times, ought not employers and Trades Unions to halve the responsibility .and halve the cost of giving that worker dur- ing his unemployment a wage that will keep h'm and his family from distress. What says labour? AGITATION. I Ireland, Egypt and India have all re cently given us exhibitions of murder, plunder and robbery and the Government seems to have one medicine for all and that is to place power into the hands of the agitators who have brought about chaos and anarchy. As one of these who believe :n evolution I am horrified to see that a minority in any count"y under the British Flag has only to resort to threats and violence and our Government yields, thus in India the fate of vast multitude is to be placed in the hands of the very sma ll minority of political agitators and the extremists will be sa tisfied In Ireland, give the Republicans a mod- erate form of Home Rule and they will be satisfied, and presuma bly the same treat- ment will be followed in Egypt! What the Government does not realise is that the very extremists whom they are trying to placate will use these reforms and new Parliaments as the jumping-off grounds for their extreme proposals. You might as weil try to placate a man-eating tiger with a bowl of m:lk. Once you show fear to the tiger he will eat you. You may frighten him off, but if you show fear you are done. And so it is with Sinn Feiners, Egyptian National- ists or Indian Revolutionaries. PARLIAMENTARY MOODS. I Parliament is in a very fluid condi- tion. The Coalition, for fe,ir of offending some Liberals has produced an Anti-Dump- ing Bill which has offended nearly all of them. The Government would have done better to introduce a tariff on a scientific basis, but true to habit it has introduced a measure which gives little pleasure to Unionists and-incurs just as much hostility from Liberals as if it were full blooded protection. The truth is that the Coalition cannot produce any measure is founded on principles because if they do they risk a split amongst their followers who have no principles since they are a blend of oppo- site s. We all are beginning to envy the Na- tional Party who at least know whe e they are.
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TONYPANDY. I On Sunday evening, 7th inst., a sacred concert. will be held at the: Cinema (kindly lent) in aid of the blind, when some not- able artistes will take part, including the fenygraig and District Male Voice Pasby.
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PORTH CLUB SECRETARY. CHARGES OF FORGERY AND EMBEZZLEMENT. Before the Stipendiary (Mr. Lleufer Thomas) and other magistrates at Porth on Thursday, F. G. B. Mortimer, a former financial secretary of the Perth discharged soldiers' and sailors' organisation, and secretary of the Porth Athletic Football Club, was charged under a warrant on three counts—(1) forgery of a bank pay- ing-in slip book, (2) falsification of a bank pass book and ledger, and (3) the em- bezzlement of £32 5s. ljd. Mr Idris Prico prosecuted and Mr. W. G. Spickernell appeared for the de- fendant. M Price explained that the discharged soldiers' and sailors' union at Porth was controlled almost entirely by men who knew very little of accounts and business methods. On the 22nd May of this year, prisoner;, who had been in charge of the collect ion of income tax at Porth, became financial secretary of the lodge. Referring to the charge of embezzlement Mr Price alleged that between the 21st May and the 2oth July, £124 2s. lOtd. was paid to prisoner by Smith, the secretary, the working arrangement being that the former should pay it into the bank. The proof of the embezzlement would be sup- plied out of prisoner's books and those of Smith and the evidence of the bank man- ager. Henry Morgan, manager of the local branch of Barclay's Bank, said that the slip book sl-ioia-ed zC6 14s. to have been paid into the bank on the 29th August, 1919, but it had not been paid. The slip counterfoil bore initials which were not those of any member of his staff, further- more, it bore no stamp impression. Wit- ness proceeded to say that the pass book showed no item of ta 15s. to have been paid in but this was not correct. Pri- soner admitted to witness that f om July 25th to August 27th he wrote the entries in the pass book. Questioned by Mr Spickerrell w: tness said he did not suggest that although the entries were in prisoner's handwriting, the cheques had not been drawn upon the account. Witness had never seen a bank pass book entered by a client from the counterfoils in his cheque book. THE FOOTBALL CLUB. I John Hughes, a onetime member of the lodge finance committee, said he moved a resolution that the lodge should not in- terfere with the footba'l accounts. The lodge "ran" the football club through a committee of the former. .Mr Spickernell: Have you discovered that persons other than Mortimer had m xed up the lodge and football ac- counts W-tness: I know of only one discrepancy where C3,5 of lodge money was used to pay football expenses. You know that money was poured out on the football field'?-I do not know. Has it been complained about in the lodge?—It might have been. EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGE DIS, MISSED. Dealing with the embezzlement charge, W. J. Smith, a former secretary of the lodge, said that between the 21st May and the 25th July, he paid pr'soner zC121 2s. 101 d. out of wlilcii C91 17s. 9d. was pa:d into the bank, leaving £ 32 5s. lld. un- accounted for. # Questioned by Mr Spickernell witness said that no one paid monef out on the club except the prisoner although there was a football club. Witness could i-ot explain how Mortimer disbursed nearly £ 900 on a bank overdraft of JE500. The bank manager (re-called) said t1 at during the period mentioned by Smith £217 8s. 5d. was paid into the bank- more than the amount paid to the pri- soner by Smith. The prosecution were unable to explain thia discrepancy and the charge of em- bezzlement was accordingly disinissed. On the other two charges prisoner pleaded not guilty and elected to give evidence in his own behalf. He said that with -refereneito the item of jEG 14s. he discovered that the cheque for that amount was irregular and he handedi it back to Smith. The R6 15s. item was paid In at a later date incorporated in an amount of £ 17 lis. 3d. Witness added that instead of "doing" the lodg-e he had paid to it £ 127 JOs. of his own money. The charge of forg;ng was altered to that of falsification and the prisoner was I remanded on bail for a week with the I view of being committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions.
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WHAT EUROPE NEEDS. WHAT THE BRITISH WORKER CAN SUPPLY TO HIS COMRADES ON THE CONTI?ENT. i By an EXPORT MERCHANT. j It is of the most vital, importance to the future prosperity of Great Britain that production should be enormously in- creased, not only in order to cope with the big home demands, but in order that the export trade may develop. It is not enough for us to produce merely sufficient to supply our own needs; unless we can once again become huge exporters Grea't Britain can never retain her premier position among the nations of the world. Many of the countries of Europe are in urgent needs of goods of all kinds. The war lias ruined their industries, destroyed their mills, and reduced labour. They are very short, too, of raw materials. Tnus there is a grand and unique opportunity for the progressive British trader. Apart altogether from the needs of these countries it must be remembered that Germany is now no longer in a position, nor will she be for many a long day to come, to export any of the goods she was accustomed to export in pre-war days. Hence, while a far greater demand than ever exists in many European countries, supplies are shorter than they have ever been. What a chance for the British* manufacturer WHAT ITALY WANTS. I Italy is bound to be one of our largest customers, as in fact the orders she has already placed in this country amply prove. The main wants to be supplied to Italy are raw materials and manufac- tures of nearly all descriptions. For these there is an ever-growing demand with the increase of industrial develop- ment in Italy. Great Britain should find in Italy a ready market for the goods formerly supplied by the Central Powers, principally Germany. A few of these items may be of interest. We find that in 1914 Italy purchased from Germany machinery to the value of nearly 3 millions sterling; scientific instruments worth £ 1,600,000; iron, steel, and copper to the value of more than 3 millions sterling; about £ 1,200,000 worth of leather; coal about £ 1,200,000; about £ 1,COO,000 worth of dyes and chemicals; about £ 1,800,000 worth of textiles; rubber £ 500,000; and £600,000 miscel- laneous articles. NORWAY AND SWEDEN. I Norway and Sweden also offer a good ground to the British exporter. There is no lack of money in these two coun- tries and traders may expect a heavy buying movement" in all lines of mer- chandise as well as raw materials. In Norway a particularly keen demand exists for motor cars, plumbing and sanitary appliances, office furniture, drugs, soaps, perfumes and chemicals. In Sweden the chief requirements are typewriters, sewing machines, hardware, and safety razors. THE BALTIC TRADE. I Denmark is also a country to which special attention should be given, es- pecially as we are large buyers from the Danes. But the British merchant in thinking of Danish trade must not think of the Danish market alone. He must look to Denmark and its capital, Copen- hagen, ae a medium for enlarging British trade with countries around the Baltic, first and foremost, Russia. Lying at the Sound," the entrance to the Baltic, Copenhagen has been called the Queen of the Baltic." For decades regular and well-established steamship lines have been in operation between Copenhagen and Swedish, Russian, and German ports on the Baltic. SPAIN. I Spain offers an excellent field to the British manufacturer. The shortage of goods is not so acute in that country as in some of those which have been de- vastated by the war, but still there is a shortage, and good prices are procurable. Two things which would greatly help in this connexion are the establishment of a British bank in Barcelona, and the assignment by the Spanish Government of a large amount of tonnage for service between the two countries. THE NEAR EAST. I The British manufacturer and exporter must realise the necessity of going to the Levant, or to such parts of it as are now open for trade, not when everything will be in perfect readiness for business, but to-day, when his goods are badly needed there, and when the barriers that have isolated a considerable part of that commercial territory during five year's are being abolished. Serbia is terribly in need of all kinds of goods. Great Britain is far and away the most popular nation in that country, and a warm welcome there awaits the British manufacturer or exporter. A high official of the Serbian government told the writer, a few days ago, that no one in this country has the least idea how anxious, the Serbians are to develop a big trade "with Britain. The money is there, the desire is there—a combination which should assure a highly profitable outlet for our goods. All that we need to do is to produce them and the a bove will perhaps indicate some directions in which Europe is waiting.
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