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I TRADE UNION JVJEHGE* I An announcement closely affecting two j important trade unions with many mlelu- j bers in Llanelly has just been. made. The j "Star" is officially informed that a scheme of amalgamation ha s been adop- J ted by theDockers Union and the .Ga.s- .workers' Union. The result of this merge will be the formation of a powerful new joint union with a- membership of close upon half a million. The complete scheme, it is hoped, will be in the hands of the melllbcrs for /.heir finaJ vote in the course of .a. few weeks. In *riew • of the increasingly important place which trade unions will occupy.:o. f ter the '.war, t3ais j amalgamation of foi-.f-es is highly signi- ficant. As Mr. Will Thorne puts it, step now taken is a ..hopeful sir.n of the -times andieifords striking evidence of the .solidarity of Labour- Both unions have .done good work in thi past, and it can- .ixot be doubled that under the new .auspices, the J.oint organization will play a big part in the work 4 of re-conatruction which awaits w. when f-eaoe dawjjs. upon | .our distracted vworld again. The k Dockers rniQnhaSi been ably led by Mr. :Ben Tillett, }1.£" while the Guswerkers have had the benefit of the sage guidance of 1}1r. Will Thorue, M-.E. Both leaders .have played a line patriot, part in these ;anxious days, will pot forget it. THE LATE MR.?YMOU:n. I THE LATE MR.. The death of Mr. Thomas Seymour sooves from the district a fine person- ality. A man ef commanding presence our late friend rendered yeoman service in many capacities, and all that he did t b e j-il l i-nar l;: o.f was starsped with .tho h[ill mark of honesty and sincerity. To Llanelly ites he became well-known as the chairman for over twenty years of the Board of Guardians. It would lw' impossible to speak in too appreciative terms of his devotion to the wor k of tins bodj and of the Rural .(Council. lie was TY n ideal Chairman, lending a dignity and an im- partiality to the deliberations of these j authorities which marked ibim opjt as a I born public administrator. But in the | Pontyberem district he was more than this. The colliers found in .him a true friend, always anxious to promote "their J highest intere-ist-s in every way- One of j the pas.sions of hi# life was cricket. Him- self an accomplished batsman, he was the means of establishing at Pontybefem a first-class eleven which for years hel4 premier po.sitkyn in West V. A man of the highest integrity, so well ,clualified to serve his day and generation, he will he he-Id in affectionate rcmem- brance for many years fo come. WORKERS AFTER THE WAR. I The position of workers after the war j is receiving no little attention just cow. j This is as it should be. The war has wrought many changes in this and other I countries, not the least important of I' which promises -to be the inauguration of a new era of improved relations between Capital ;1tnd Labour. The old attitude of distrust and suspicion, we may hope, has disappeared for ever, its place to be taken bv a new spirit of co-operaticn and conciliation which will exercise a pro- found influence upon the future of British trade and commerce. As evidence of tra d e -,tn this far-reaching change, we would com- mend to ol,,r, the recent speech of Mr Huth Jackson at the meeting of ?e Alliance of Employers and Employed. In formulating a bold programme, Mr. ■ Jr.ckson fr.^hlv reco^ni.red tnt, high wages had come to stay. "labour is en- titled to them." he ^i'L "nrnd not only to higher wages but to better conditions generally. There must be shorter hours. bolter bous'r'.t:r und better edncRtimt. The workers must be encouraged to take a keen interest in the success and efficiency ttf the wwkt, t-4 W»ur mnet be pre. pared tc-give, a full day's work, for a full .day' s wage, and to assist the manage- ment in.r-,v(,,ry possible, way to secure, the largest output at the lowest possible price." -If employers.and workmen come together in this spirit all will be well. I THE NEED OF SAVING. I It was a thoroughly satisfactory re- P' ort that Mr. Glynne Jones had to pre- .sent to the War Savings Committee on Friday. During the jnonth of October, War Savings Certificates to the value of £ 4,280 16s. 7d. have been jiurchased locally. Since the issue of National War ..Ponds abeut six weeks .ago, the. sum of 1:39,610 has been subscribed in L1:mclly district. This means that practically during the last month or so, the total investmente in war securities were £68,890 163. 7d. These are indeed very gratifying figures which should eiy. our- nge the local committee in their pre- paa ations. fw a great autumn campaign. We would etmphasize the appeal made by My: Jones f-sr a further exercise of thrift by ;all classef, of the community. TIME is a Blatter in which every man, woman -and child should realize the supreme impcrt- ance of doing his or her -part. The Government ",is nDW millions a' year; in normal times the "ex- penditure was* 200 millions. This means I a ww expeiicR'iure of « year. If we ded uct 500 nailions spent, abroad, this intins that the "Irovernmem to-day is in the market buying labour and -niater"lals,-uo the extent of 1,30(5 millions a year. To the extent that we spend iaonev unnecessarily ire are ham- pering the Government, hampering the .carrying on of the war, raising the cost of living, and making the war more ex- pensive. This gospel of wTar savings will have to "be preached and practised for many a 'day to come—even if 'the war I finished to-morrow. Bl/RRY PORT ROjPDS. 1 The problem of the. roads seems .to have conie to stay at Byjry Fort—a .cheerful prospect for the ratepayers, to be sure.! Each iialf-year, when the estimates ,for the r;.Lte are considered, that portion of the expenditure relating to the highways bulks largely in the discussion. The worst in it is .that there seems to .be no iiope of finality in the outlay. As soon as the roads jxre put in anything like decent order, along come the 'busses and other he?vy motor vehic?s and tear them up again. Already over a thousand pounds have been spent on the road be- tween Plasnewydd and the Ashburnham Bridge., .without any permanent good rejsuJis. The fact is, of course, that these roads wexeaever.irtended -to carry heavy traffic of this description. When they v/crc £ rst made. no foundation was pro- vided, all that underlay the upper crust of macadam being saud. It was reported recently by the Surveyor that it would be necessary to spend ten thousand pounds- to provide roads that would be at all comparable to the county road between Llanelly and Burry Port. No one, in his senses would expect the Burry Pwt rate- payers to incur this outlay. As we have said before, the only way to deal once aDd for all with our roads is to national- ize them. They should be taken over by the Roads Board and maintained out of national funds. This would relieve the local ratepayers of an intolerable burden and be fair and equitable all round. Better Houses. J In view of the application by the Cor- I poration for sanction to the building of 500 houses in Llanelly, it is not without interest to note that tho Government programme provides for 300,000 new houses in. England and Wales in the first year after the war. Row this new ac- commodation will be allocated it is as yet too soon to say, but it. may be taken for granted that the more urgent claims of i industrial districts will receive first at- I tention In Llanelly and Burry Port for instance, owing to works and factories j developments there is a veritable house famine. It is hopeless to expect private enterprise to provide what is necessary, I and this is what the Ministry of Muni-' I tions recognize in their decision to af- ford financial support to the housing tjchame now being carried out at the | latter place. As to the class of dwellings 1 to be built, the National Housing Council point out that as higher rents &s?e likely to prevail, the new houses should be made attractive, so as to be well worth the extra rent charged. They recommend that each house should have three bed- rooms and be equipped with a bath-room and hot water. PROFITEERING. I The Bench have made it clear that, they intend coming down heavily upon the profiteer..The local case heard on Mon- day will serve, it is to he hoped, as a salutary warning to tradesmen who seek to make unfair profits in theso- .days of stress and anxiety. Seeing that the Food Control Committee publish sched- ules of maximum prices there is no ex- cuse for such practices as were disclosed at the Police Court this week.At the same time, the, Committee will have to he careful to .so fix their prices as to allow a ii. iiiargn of profit to the retailer. Even the tradesman has to live, and no one grudges him a reasonable profit on his turnover. The danger is fliat if priesjs are fixed too low, supplies, will he diverted to other towns where higher prices prevail. 'Already we hear reports cf q-nautitics of' Tbuttcr diverted 'from Llanelly to Swansea fof this reason. We eomrr^uc! this. to the careful attention of the committee. SUCAB CARD CHANCES. I The grave warnings which were ulterea 011 Tuesday by the Prime Minister and the Food Controller Jiave led to a very necessary revival of iiiiblic interest iii the food .question. It is understood that I I t li-,it 4-e the Government anticipate that We country will enter upon a period of .serious difficulty next spring, probably in April. If a general system of com- pulsory rationing is then put int-o force., the Government will have the experience of their sugar scheme, which begins on cA t their si?g January 1st, to guide tsbem. The sugar rationing scheme is- already undergoing modifications. The system of rationing by household .cards, with which the first experiment has been made, will probably he gradually replaced by individual cards obtainable froBi the Post Office. The existing household cards will, of course, stance hut, whcji a householder finds it necessary to ask for a new card, owing to chaEges in the domestic circle, he will be rationed on the system of individual cards: The Sugar Commission have no doubt of their ability at the beginning to supply the fall ration of half pound a head. The public, .however, should under- stand that this may be altered at any d-a-te and that a reduction to three- eighths of a pound in the spring ;is quite possible. At themowent the slacks of sugar in the country are twice as large as they were a few uwmths back, ibut it may not be possible to maintain Mich a margin as the months g<v by and thi loss (if tonnage goes on. t

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