Excerpt from Trade Unionism, 1889: With Remarks on the Report of the Commissioners on Trades Unions
Parliament having now undertaken to legislate in regard to Trades' Unions, it may be well to enquire, what has been the net result of the late investigations into that subject; and whether any principle has been evolved, which may serve as a guide for the Legislature in their deliberations.
In this matter of Unionism, we fear the country will not find safety in the multitude of its Commissioners. On the contrary, their Report, with its various "dissents," "statements," "observations," and what not, is only too faithful a reflex of the perplexity of the public mind. The Commissioners have laboured, with admirable assiduity, but without effect, to set their egg on its end. No principle is forthcoming, to guide Parliament, or the public. The country asked for a clue to lead it out of a labyrinth of perplexity: the Commissioners offer it a ravelled skein of weak compromises and contradictory suggestions.
The root of our perplexity is the want of clear ideas, as to the true nature of our modern industrial system.
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