II. What number of votes were recorded in favour of the proposed alterations at the meeting from which this request emanated? If so, state the character

12. Were any amendments proposed?

of the amendments, and the number of votes recorded for each. 13. Are there any other societies in the district?

names and number of members.

If s

so, state their

14. Have the members of other societies applied for or obtained the support of their respective societies?

15. What number of non-society men have you in the district?

16. Were the proposed alterations adopted at a general meeting of the trade? If so, state the number of Carpenters and Joiners

present, and the number of votes recorded in favour of the alterations.

17. What provision is made for the support of non-society men in the

event of a dispute?

18. When did you gain your last advance of wages and reduction of

hours?

19. State the advantages gained at that time.

20. Did a strike or lock-out occur at that time?

did it last?

If So, how long

21. What is the state of trade at present, and what reasons have you for anticipating that at the time when the notice expires the state of trade will be such as to induce your employers to concede the advance asked for?

General Statement.

Form of resolution to be adopted by the Senior Branch of the District.
Name of Branch

Meeting night

Proposed by Brother

No. of do.

187
seconded by Brother

and resolved, 'That having heard the statement read as recorded in this Schedule, it is hereby adopted as a correct statement of the present position of District, and our Branch Secretary is hereby instructed to forward it to the General Office for the consideration of the Executive Council.'

Branch
Seal.

Signed {

President.

Secretary.

1875

Glasgow

539,823

69 10

67 5 8

VIII.

LIST OF BOOKS AND AUTHORITIES CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS WORK.

'English Gilds,' edited for the Early English Text Society by Toulmin Smith, with an Essay on the History and Development of Gilds by Dr. Brentano.

Trübner & Co.

Paper on the above by J. M. Ludlow, 'Fortnightly Review,' October 1869. 'Trades' Societies and Strikes,' 'Report of the Social Science Association,' and two papers on the above by J. M. Ludlow in 'Macmillan's Magazine,' February and March 1861. Wade's 'History of the Middle and Working Classes.' "The Pioneer,' 1833-4, a Trades Union newspaper, and organ of the National Consolidated Trades.

'Industrial Conciliation,' by Henry Crompton. 'History of Co-operation,' by G. J. Holyoake.

'The Annual Reports of the Several Trade-Unions' Congresses and Parliamentary Committees,' 1868 to 1877, inclusive.

Parliamentary Reports:

'Artisans and Machinery,' Six Reports of the Committee on the Emigration of Artisans, the Exportation of Tools and Machinery, and the Combination of Workmen to Raise Wages, 1824, and on Labourers' Wages, 1824.

Combinations-Report of the Committee on the Combination Laws, 1825.

Combinations-Report of Mr. Nassau Senior and Mr. Tomlinson to Lord Melbourne, 1832.

Combinations and Extent of Trades Unions, Report of the Committee, 1838.

Royal Commission on the Organisation and Rules of Trades' Unions, 1867-69, eleven Reports.

Reports of the Enquiry into the Sheffield and Manchester Outrages, three Reports, 1867-68

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Royal Commission to Enquire into the Laws affecting Labour, 1874-75, three Reports.

Master and Servants, two Reports of Select Committee, 1865

66; Reports of Cases, 1867–74.

Courts of Conciliation, Reports of the Select Committees, 1856 and 1860.

'Industrial Questions and Trades Unions Abroad,' 1867. The Condition of the Industrial Classes in Foreign Countries, 1870; further Reports and the Purchase-power of Money, 1871; further Reports, 1872.

The Law of Master and Servant in Foreign Countries, 1875; the Trial of the Five Cabinet Makers, and the Recorder's Charge in reference thereto, 1875.

Reports with regard to the Employment of Women and Children in Factories, 1816, 1818, 1819, 1832, 1840, 1841 to 1874:

Linen Trades, 1822-25; Silk Trades, 1823-32; Lace Manufactures, 1861; Handloom Weavers, 1839-41; Framework Knitters, 1845; Bleaching Works, 1855, 1857-58; Printworks, 1869; Mines and Collieries, 1842, 1843–67 ; Agriculture, 1843-68; Payment of Wages, 1842, 185473; Stoppage of Wages and the Truck System, 1855–74. The Friendly Society's Reports, 1826, 1827, 1852, 1854, and subsequently to 1874.

Political Economy and Labour.

'Wealth of Nations,' Adam Smith.

'Principles of Political Economy,' John Stuart Mill. 'Manual of Political Economy, and The Economic Position of the British Labourer,' Professor Fawcett.

The Treatises of Ricardo, and Malthus 'On Population,' McCulloch, Senior, Walker (American), Ganilh and Bastiat (French).

Mr. Thornton on 'Labour, its Wrongful Claims and Rightful Dues.'

V

'The Progress of the Working Classes,' by J. M. Ludlow and Lloyd Jones.

'Labour in Europe and America,' by Dr. Edward Young.

'Trades' Unions in England,' by the Comte de Paris, edited by Thomas Hughes.

The Law of Criminal Conspiracies and Agreements,' by R. S.

Wright.

'Rocks Ahead,' W. R. Greg (Cassandra).

'Work and Wages,' Trade Unions and Cost of Labour,' 'Wages in 1873,'' Wages in 1877,' and 'Labour at Home and Abroad,' Thomas Brassey, M.P.

Papers in the 'Fortnightly Review.'

'The Progress of Industry, a Review of Mr. Brassey's Work,' by Mr. Frederic Harrison.

'The Laws of Combination in France,' Francis D. Longe, August and September 1867.

'The Limits of Political Economy,' Frederic Harrison, January

1865.

'The Ironmasters' Trade Union,' Frederic Harrison, May 1865. The Ironmasters' View of Strikes,' W. E. Hooper, August 1865.

The Good and Evil of Trades Unionism,' Frederic Harrison, November 1865.

'Industrial Co-operation,' Frederic Harrison, January 1866. 'Thornton on Labour and its Claims,' John Stuart Mill, May and June 1869.

'The Peasants' War, 1381,' Professor Thorold Rogers, February 1866.

'Political Economy in Germany,' Gustav Cohn, September

1873.

"History of German Political Economy,' T. E. Cliffe Leslie, July 1875.