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Yorkshire United College. KEY. E. GRIFFITH JONES ACCEPTS THE PRNCIPALSHIP. ¡ AA e learn that the unanimous. and cordial invitation sent by the governors of Yorkshire United College to the Rev. E. Griffith Jones B.A., of Balliam, to become principal on the retirement of the Rev. AV. AV. Simon, D.D., in June next, has been accepted. Mr Grif- fith Jones will .retire from his present pastor ate probably about the end of May with a view to preparing himself fo'r hits active duty which will commence on September 18bli next. He will spend about two months of the vacation, in Germany, studying the methods of theological .research there and making the acquaintance of the chief leaders of thought in some of the Univesities of that country. The Rev. E. Griffith Jones was born at Merthyr Tydviil in, 1860, being the son of the Rev. E. Ainon Jones, who was one of the leading prelachers of his generation, being elected chairman of the AVelsh Congregation al Union in 1893. On his mother's side he is the grandson of the Rev. David Griffiths, one of the pioneer missionarie.s. in Madagascar, and i srelated to Dr Griffith Jones, the great Chinese mission any, whose biography was re- cently published. He was educated at the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, 1875-8, and New College, Hampstead, 1880-5, He graduated B.A., of the London University in 1882, taking honours in German. He held pastorates at St John's Wood, Llanelly, Stroud Green, and Balham.

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Llandilo County Court, This court was held on Thursday, the 7th 1 before His Honour Judge Bishop. WHAT IS A "LOAD" OF ASHES? THE RESPECTIVE MERITS OF SCOTCH AND WELSH CARTS. In this case Mr R. Gaugh, who is a haulier living at Garnant, claimed tl 12s 6d, the balance of an account far hauling ashes, which he alleged was due to him from defen- dant, William Norris, of Penllwyncochganol, Glanamman.-)Ir T. G. Williams appealed for the plaintiff, and Mr J. Walton Bishop for the defendant. On the other hand, the defendant had entered a claim for t.5 15s 2d, the loss Which lie alleged he had sustained by the "load" of ashes carted hy the plain- tiff not being full measure. Plaintiff said 1 carted 6G loads of screened ashes for the defendaiiit-55 loads and an odd load, and also two loads of rough ashes. There was £5 12;; 6d due, and I was paid t4. I was engaged by Mr Norris to do it at 2s a load. He stopped mo in Augisut after the first load, for he wanted to wait until they were screened, as the scree tiers price was too high. A couple of inionths after that AAm. Griffiths engaged me. He Avas screening at the time. He said that he had agreed with Mr Norris about screening. He ashed me to take ashes out, and lie told me he w a lire 1 50 or 60 loads.. Nothing was said as to the price. I agreed with Mr Norris to do it at 2s a load if I had my own time to do it. On the 21st Xovemoor I was paid for 2C loads en account, and Mr Norris told me to go on. I went on, and they said they intended to get masons there at once. When I took up the 24th load after that—the 44th in all—the side-board of the cart was broken; it got broken by tipping. It happened between 12 noon and" 1 p.m. on a Saturday. I Avas tak- ing another 'load in the cart, and that A^as the cause of the dispute. I only took one load in the broken cart. The broken cart would not hold so much. The haulier patted it down so as to make it go tight. I saw Mr Harries a brother-in-law of the defendant on the platform. On Sunday I had a letter from Mrs Norris telling me to take no more ashes as her brother said that the load was too small. I met Mrs Norris at one o'clock on Monday. She said that her 'brother told her that the load was too small. I told her that the last load was small on account of the side-board being broken. She said that she wanted a reasonable load, and paid me 1 7C t), -accoi-ilit, and told me to go on. On fingers into the ashes and saft1"' h^ solid load." A week afterwards she came to the house iand said that her husband was not i-satiafied with tihemeasure. I have been six years a haulier there. Cross-examined by Mr J. W alton Bishop: At the works I get the ashes from the check- man. He asks "Who for r" and I told him. I have two carts now I had three in Novem- ber, a tip gambo, a Welsh tip, and a Scotch tip cart. The Scotch cart with the side board with hold as much as the other two. I have one horse now. 1 had two in November. When I made the first contract with Mr Nor ins. in August, I used the Welsh tip cart for the first load. I u-sed one horse to haul it. It was about a ttniile or more. I hauled 55 loads in the different carts. The Judge asked the plaintiff if he had only two horses for the three carts. Plaintiff said that lie had, and continued The screener said that the cart I brought was a truck, and told me if I came with it again I should not have any. I was to pay the screener then; I paid him Is 4d. Mr Norris said that he would try to do the screening hl:iiitself. The screener said that he would want 2s for the big cart. Mr Non-is said that he would rather do the screening himself than pay Is 4d for it. I made no arrangement to take the ashes up in the big cart because he could not agree -with the screeners. A load is from 15cwt. to 18cwt., but there is no rule. The Judge asked how much Mr Norris paid for the ashes per load—meaning to the ven- dors. Plaintiff said 2s a load. Mr T. G. Williams said that the plaintiff evidently did not understand the question. The Judge: You answer the question, and don't go too fast with your cart and horse (laughter). After several more questions had been put, it was elicited that Mr Norris paid Gd a load for the ashes, and 2s for caq-tin, them. Plaintiff said that not he but the defen- dant paid 6d a load to the company for the ashes. There was no difference in price whatever the size of the load was. He could haul five. loads a day, working from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. lVlrs Norris did not ask him if he was using the big -cart as arranged.. She only asked him if he Avias treading the loads. Rees Morgan, furnaceman at the Amman Tinpla,te AVorks, said that he saw the plain- tiff take iaiway 55 loads of screened ashes. They were tidy loads—the usual loads. They might be 17cwt. or anything up to a ton. He produced the book showing the number of loads suppied to Mr Norris. Cross-examined by Mr J. Walton Bishop, the witness said that he had entered up the book produced at the end of the month. It simply stated "Norris 55 loads." It was a copy from a sheet which hung on the Avail, and on which the tralnsactions were noted at the time. AYirtness had to look after his fur- nace pretty closely. Mr AYalton Bishop: You cannot always run in and out. I AYitness said that the tip was only a few yards off, and he might leave the furnace for half an hour. Before anybody could take a load ;of ashes from the tip, they had to ask him. He had to count every load that went out; and he did couurt them. He did not bake particular notice of the size of the load. rhese were fair loads. I Re-examined by Mr T. G. AYilliams: He lid not allow trampling the loads. He illoAved a fair load. The charge was 6d a oad—whether it was 15cwt. or 18cwt. William Griffiths, screener, said that as he was idle and on strike he had agreed to load the allies at Is 3d for a reasonable load. The plaintiff took 55 loads. Mrs Norris com- plained that the loads 'were too small. The plaintiff said that he took the usual loads, and that lie only took one in the cart after the side board was broken. Mrs Norris then told him to take ten more loads, but to make them good loads. Cross-examined by Mr Walton Bishop: I had a subpoena to come (hei-c to-day. I only commenced to screen when I came out on strike five months ago. Is Id is the usual price for loading, but I agreed to take Is 3d in this case. Gaugh has la. very big cart; he often used it till ihe broke the side-board. I could know that loads were for Norris; I could see them going to the other side of the river. Mr Bishop: Are you able to look round and to watch every cart going into Norris's? Witness: I would be asleep if I did not see .t. It is right iia front of me (laughter). Thomas Llewelyn, a haulier, who had assis- ted the plaintiff, gave evidence corroborat- ing that of the plaintiff. This concluded the case for theplaintiff, Defendant said I entered into an arrange meut with the plaintiff to cart ashes at 2. a load in his big cart. I agreed particularly for this big cait. I have complained to Gaugh of the size of the loads. I asked him to measure the ashes: he astked me who would pay him. I said I would if they were right. They were measured in an ordinary cart not as big as his big cart. There were 29 carts and half a cart. Cross-examined by Mr T. G. Williams: I measured them in January, and they were hauled in November. I am positive that nobody took any away. I stopped him once, and he told my wife it was a lie that he had not used his big cart. After he had carted 45 loads I had to stop him again. Mr T. G. Williams: You heard what Grif- fiths said. Defendant: Griffiths is fibricatin, sir (laughter). In answer to further questions, the defen- dant said that he only employed Griffiths be- cause the man had only one arm, Avas out of work, and had a family. He (defendant) had only had half loads all the time. The Judge: hen you ought to have stopped him long ago. Mrs Norris said that she had not said that they were good solid loads. She had not put in her fingers to the load. She had put her hand on it. The Judge said that there was not much discrepancy there. Her fin gens Avere on the ends of her hand. It does not matter very much whether she put in her hands or her fingers. Mr T. G. Williams: Or her toes. Mr Bishop, in his speech for the defence, contended that the defendant had had 25 loads less than he ought to have, and that Avas a loss of 3s 9d for each load-6d for the ashes, Is 3d for the screening, and 2s for the haulage. It appeared in the course of the discussion that the counter-claim also included 21 for measuring the ashes. The Judge allowed the plaintiff's claim, and disallowed the defendant's counter- claim.

FALL OF A LUMP OF COAL. William Hopkins, a collier, living at Rhos Cottage, Pantyffynon had a claim against the Rhos Colliery Company. Mr Stanley Jones, barrister (instructed by Messrs Ran- dell Saunders and Randell, Swansea) ap- peared for the applicant and Mr Tudor Isaac, barrister (instructed by [Messrs Edwards and Mr Stanley Joiu«^mTi?.?°^eijt.s- ment, said that it AVAS agreed that the earn- nigs of the applicant Avere £ 2 261 3d a week. The clai.m was for five weeks at £1 a week, and an alloAv>ance for the rest of the time -since the aiccident. W. Ho [.kins, collier, Rhos Cottage, Panty- ffynon, said: On the 26th July I was work- ing for the respondent colliery. In his evidence, which was given in Welsh, tlhe applicant said that he was engaged "yn raso y dram." This led to some di scuts ion, and at length the Judge and the Registrar in the course of sevoral questions in the vernacular elicited the fact that it meant packing the tram with I' coal. The Registrar &aid that it was a colliery term lie had never heard before. Applicant 'continued: The lump of coal broke, and caught me on the leg above the knee. It was a lump 60 to 80lbs in weight. It injured my leg. I stopped work at once. [ called two men to me. They went to get a rammer to help me to walk. After I went 100 yards I met Morgan, the fireman. I made a report to him. Morgan came out of the pit with me, and helped me home. AYlien we got rto the surface, the overman asked what was the matter. I told him. He tele- phoned for the doctor. The doctor did not come until the mor-n Ing. The leg was bruised and blackened next morning. The doctor came in the morning, and visits me regularly yet. For five weeks I (had to keep the leg up, according to the doctor's orders. At the end of five .weeks, I went to the colliery and asked for work. I saw the overman. He said lie would not give me any. Mr 'Stanley Jones: Was there a deputa- tion ? The Judge I have nothing to do with the deputation. "That I have to try is whether J he met wtllh an accident and whether hie Avas injured. It does not matter if the deputa- 5 tion said he was killed. 1 Applicant said that he was unable to do 1 orditnary colliers "work now. His leg Avas still bad, and after any considerable walk it was paiinful. t Jir Isaac: HOAV do you knoAv that you can- not do ordinary ivork ? Applicant: Because dt is sore when I bend it. Mi Isaac asked hotAv the applicant had got to the court? The questions elicited the fact that the applicant had walked a mile to the station, 11 a veiled by train, and had walked from .Uandiio station to the court house. His leg was at that moment sii-olien and painful. It was bigger than the other leg. He did not tell -Morgan that there was no accident. He did not say "My knee is out as usual." A sinew of his leg had been out before. He had slipped on the 'road, and a sinew of this knee had been out nine years ago. Air Isaac: How did you get here P The Judge: AVith two legs and a stick, and two men to hep him. Applicanlt said that AvShan the doctor came he was sitting on a big chair, and his leg resting on (another cliailr. The piece of coal Wa,S f? weight. It broke in half, and a half fell on bis leg. It Avas as high as his breast when it fell. He had looked for work at other collieries, and he was told that lie would have to sign for the accident lie had received before they would let him work. He had not been working since. He had been to Swansea to see a doctor. He took a tram- way to get aibolit in S'wan&ea. Cross-examined by Mr Stanley Jones: He did not say he could not walk. He was will- ing to do light work. The Judge remarked that the employers Avere not bound to find the anan light work. He had the whole world in which to look for light work. It was to the interest of the employers to give him li- glit work, as it meant a .reduction of the compensation they would pay him; but there was no obligation on their part to give him light work. Dr John Edward Brereton, Ammanford an assistant to Dr Price, said that ho had attended the applicant on, the 27th Julv. Applicant had a contusion on the 'right thigh Tlwre was a large amount of swelling. He was confined to the house for two or throe weeks. The injury went through the ordin- ary changes of a bruise, The Judge: It went black and blue and yellow and all the other colours of a bruise. AA it ness, in ansAver to further questions, stated The leg below the knee was all right for a couple of weeks, and then it started swelling. After three weeks, he was able to • do tight work. Eveai now he would not be able to work as a collier, where he had to bend the knee. The Judge asked if colliers did not all have to bend the knee. Mr Stanley Jones siaid that they could work iai. the North of England collieries with- out kneeling. The Judge said that he was not speaking of the North of England. Could the man do undercutting AViithout kneeling. AV itness was tunable to answer some ques- tions about large veins land small veins (of coal), and the Judge said that he was not j much of a collier. Cross-examined by Mr Isaac, Avitness said he attributed the paifli in the knee to the braises on tlie thifgli. The swelling extended from the seat of the injury doii-nward. The Judge adjourned the case about p.m., as he had to catch his train to return home. The next court is on May 23rd.

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The Ogre of Land Values To the Editor Carmarthen Weekly livportrr- Sin,Tlioi-c are only two things that con- corn man in his material cristelice-tlie pro- dticit. on and distribution of wealth. Under natural conditions law governs both, and it is because this law is transgressed that the civilised worlds stiffens from the evils of in- voluntary unemployment and poverty, -with all their attendant vices. Let the law have fulfilment, and all will Iks avcII with mankind 11;.0 far as this woaild is concerned Jurjt as there are production and distribu- tion, so they, in their turn, give rise to three main principles—Rent, AATaiges, and Interest These alone are concerned in the production and distribution of wealth, capital being only a bi-product of labour; it is not a na- tural groAvth, and hero need not concern us. If we can find out a method by Avhioh Rent, AY ages, and Interest oan be fairly distribu- ted according to man's deservings. then we have solved the great social problem, and all that remains to be done is to apply the solu- tion to eveiyday life. Unfotunately the first great principle, Rent, is brought into antagonism with the other two it is in fact the fortress of the ogre of Land Values, and until this stronghold is redllced there cam be no peace of well- being in the world. Rent, according to Mill, is the "effect of natural monopoly," and defined by his pre- decessor (Ricardo) it is "determined by the excet-ss of its produce over that which the same application can secure from the least productive Land in use." But what is it. in 'he hands of the Ogre? Listen:—"Tribute, paid by the disinherited for permission to work and live" (Berens). •■pont in -short, it> uiu. r0f monopolv, aiisnig Irani the rod notion to -likllvltlnal ownership of natural elements which human exertion can neither produce nor increase" (George). The sum paid per week or quaiiter for the use of a house, shop, or factory, is not Rent it is Interest. Think of the Avheels of indus- try that are set going by the man who builds, ihe money taken from the pocket of an agriculturist or a town tenant of unimproved land is not Rent; it is Toil paid to the Ogre who sets no wheels going savethose of excs5: debauchery, and idleness. What, then, is rent It is a natural growth born of the. preence and activity of man More men, more Rent. There are more men in London than a small town, and therefore rent is more luxuriant. In bi.g cities we diavo tropical growths, dense forests of Rent. Ricardo Avas only thinking of pota- toes or mangel-Avurzels when he wrote his definition of Rent—things most so-called political economists alppear to have in their minds—but those who look around them on. this subject can see it means the power of life and death. \v nat are wagesIhe return men receive .for work. It matters not whether the work bo farming, making shoes, keeping shop, supet.intending a great factory, teaching guving medical advice, painting, writing books, editing newspapers, or following any or useful employment-all are engaged, tan- gibly or intangibly, in the great work of production. Rent is not a reduction from « aps. A man, imay receive all he earns, the full reward of his labour, and still Rent and nterest wilI arise, for they are as natural as Wages. They grow together; they are in- separable. Interest, having an affinity to AArages will Br.11 V'1 »it £ It Wongs to the labourer iriho possesses stoied-uip wealth, and As advanced to him ,110 has not this wealth. It is not spurious wealth, but the natural growth of industry, wJlere only it can exist-the margin filling up the gap of immature effort. It is the tangible expression of time and space in agri- culture and the aits. j This is not to say that Wages and Interest nm\ Set their own. That cannot be so long as he Ogre of Land Y'alues exists, for though Rent is as natural as AYages and Interest, and in itself takes nothing from either, yet going into the hands of the O^re lie uses it for the purpoae of extortion. Land Valties were never intended by nature for private appropriation. They grew up with communities, and were intended to discharge all the social, political, and administrative charges of communities. AVfoen mankind were merely nomads there were no land vahies, and consequently there were no settled governments. AYhen men sought social file and poli-tical combination, there is eArep reason to believe, in the first instance, that the principle of rising value, which is economically called Rent, tlufficed to meet all expenses of communal administration. Previous to the building of the frtronoiiobl of the Ogre of Land Values, well-authentica- ted history-of England fixes the ehaures of government on the land The feudil ,V«-C .not only Jhe recoiv J'' ch. ge -they could not have existed in that A, ay jlono-but also tellers of the earth, mercE craftsmen. Now the Ogre's fortress UU.11X <« diverted values, and the Dadw!T f6 If\ a,blie' by the Possession 0f the padlock of natural resources, to Avring from ages and Interest. He has retired from work! But however we may view tho past, certain it ife that the 'holder of Land Values has the whip-hand of all .industries to-day. Remove tium, and no other power can prevent Wao-es and Jntejeot receiving their full return. ° How can that be done The battle is dnliwn on the field of Taxation, and he who v.ou'ki settle the social problem must fight this Ogre of Land Values there. He oannct otherwise be met; he cannot anywhere else be found. For it is in Taxation that the giant's strength eonists, and it is only here that he may be completedy and finally over- thrown. Taxation is two-fold, that undertaken by public authorities, and therefore compul- sory, and that known as charity, gathered in by associated private enterprise, and pa.id for by voluntary contributions. If anyone desires to know the extent to which private Taxation !has .grown. let him take up a direc- fcory of London, and turn over hundreds of pages of sections devoted to the classification of the various charities. If he desires to j learn of the effect they have on the economic life of the people, he must keep his ars open j and read bQtii-een the lines of the annual r- polis. Not only have we here vast schemes for subsidising AA ages, but the most marvel- iotis and complete pauper manufacturing machinery thewodd has ever seen. And j every bit of it is paid for by the Avorkers, for those who toil not, neither dothev spin! The J residuary legatee also is the Ogre of Land Values. Of tho manner in Avhich municipal and Imperial revenues are raised, it must be said that they are. all taxes on industry, thrift, genius, and perseverance. The system is immoral, wasteful, the cause of idleness and the withdrawal of thousands of intelligent men from productive pursuits. It presses hardest upon those least able to "bear the burden, and violates both Scripture and common-sense in not requiring most from those who receive most. Finally it at all times plays into the hands of the t)gre. He not only escapes paying, but he hugely bene- hts by most of the things that are done with the revenue raised by Taxation. He sits at the receipt of custom, and draws the very life-blood of the nation. Being persuaded of this, men should refuse all extension of the system, and indeed pro- ceed to its. complete overthrow. Good can- not come out of ewi, and if Taxation on pre- sent I iiit-s is wrong, then depend upon it any building up of that system, however good the object sought may .appear to be, is also ah.o wrong. Tlio-.e who at present are seek- ing to obtain various ameliorative measures, through Parliament and through municpali- ties, would do well to ponder on this point. We but further punish ourselves by any addi- tional expenditure in city, county, or king- dom. YÙ. inu-t first of all dispose of the Ogre- he that does not work neither shall lie eat; Rent, W ages, and Interest will then deter- mine themselves. Again the question arises: How can it be done? How is the Ogre to be disposed of? By the elimination of taxation and the sub- stitution for it of a Single Tax on Land Values: a mere reduction would simply add to Land Arables. The best method of" deal- lng aa nth the Ogre himself is by passive re- SU-tance, to striz-e against all nates and taxes, Some P-iii have to do this, and a very "little folk," all determined and united, would carry the day. Two or three municipalities here and there in the United Kingdom, de- clining to levy any irate or to collect a single assessed tax, would be sufficient to force the hands of any Government. You cannot send a whole township to gaol. As the present oppressive system is uprooted, natural rent ^niist be secured for the use of the community oy the Taxation of Land Values- It is pro- vable that the House of Commons mav set Lho thing agog during the present session but only an educated n\nd determined public opinion can secure a fri measure of success. But the Ogre disposed of Avould his revenues suffice to meet all imperial and municipal charges? Most certainly, and leave a handsome surplus to provide for any extraordinary charges that might fall on local or imperial authorities. The more AYages expanded—and they would growe-nor mously in. the free atmosphere created by the demise of the Ogre of Land A'alues— the greater would bo the value rising up in the community. A beneficent growth, a very tree of life, protecting and sustaining a con- tented and a happy people. Yours etc., JOHN B. MIDDLETON. 94, St. Annes-road East, St, Annes-oiii-the-Sea, March 13th, 1907.

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Failure of Whitlaud Builders. DEFICIENCY OF £ 1,575 lis. 0d. EXAMINATION IN BANKRUPTCY. At the Pemhroke-shire Bankruptcy Court Wl V HoY°| Glasfryn, Cwrnfehn a!ld Knwh Rees, St Mary stSet' Whitlandd, builders and timber merchants' carrying on buWss under the style of X Hioa., Mith a deficiency of £ 1,575 lis (VI came up for their pnblic examination." De^ torn who tt ere 39 and 30 years of age resne- lyely, declared that the business was insol vent at the tune of their faher's death at th<- to. £ 800. One debtor said.fcf fo"'0^ he n as maintained by his mother in law and the other by ihis wife. The examirrif, closed. txauunation iva» A FARMER S AFFAIRS. fW?m AiVeirt r3iillips- farme1', Worth Wo'tF Castle with a deficiency of £ 339, name- no for his adjourned examination. Debtor denial that 'his tailure was to be attributed to hb intemperate habits and to his buying at a price beyond their value at public au^ tions when intoxicated. Pu.duc auc- The Official Receiver: "Wliaf they- d.stn,lmte at s..leó¡ r a pLctt'oe! "S "0t of On the application of the Official Receit-r- the exaniination was adjourned sine die. SPOILED FRUIT. George Albert Gaugh. fruiterer. 25 Dia- mond street. Penilbroke Dock, had a' defi ur?7 f £ 26° lls" attributed his fal'. mLnri^T 0111?P0lled.f™i't, trade expenses,, piessuie ot creditors, interet on borrowed: money, costs. of writ and sumnionseci, and r)!\[u t,Tr"lg to °l>en a, ^"siiness at Pembroke oak. lie commenced business in 1904 ?f £ 20' Ho ,vas mriouafSi insurance ageint.

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AMMANFORD. «. ^.AJ,ER a meeting of the Dk Rrl^°UnCl1' °,V(M' nhkh Lionel Morris, of Biynffin presided, the medical officer of report' 'D'- R'Pjice' l>«ted his annual report, ^'herein it was stated that t:h^ mated population of the urb'in ai-pa 4,500. The birth rate was 3G •> 1Z IT* death rate 10. The inf-irt the rate of 98 per 1 W Tl y WaS supplied with water from the Lci^hor Tho modkal officer of J^lth V- tltoso owm-rs ivlioso not forthwith. s.o as tt:¡ pr('v:l!t cm;)ldoory mea;- Ii a res tae1..