Mr. RHODES.

I am not questioning the fairness of this correspondent. I believe he is a gentleman who would do the very best with the knowledge that comes to his hand, but he is not a man who is qualified to give a good report upon labour conditions in the country because he has no special knowledge of them.

Mr. RHODES.

Did that application come from the Trade and Labour Congress which met in Halifax in September last?

Mr. RHODES.

In regard to these correspondents, does the service they perform depend entirely upon their own discretion, or are they called upon to contribute certain articles?

Mr. RHODES.

The request of the miners of Nova Scotia that this Act shall not apply to that province is not quite so bad as it appears because when the Act was first introduced in this House there was a clause which said that it should not apply to any province which had an Act similar in its tenor to this one, and there was some discussion at that time as to whether it should apply to Nova Scotia. In passing through committee that clause was struck out. We have a Conciliation Act there and I am inclined to think that the workmen regard it as the more workable Act and better adapted to their requirements than the Lemieux Act, so-called.

' Mr. BURRELL. Whether the operations of this Act are satisfactory or not, I think the point raised by the hon. member for South York (Mr. W. F. Maclean) is perfectly in order, namely that a large body of employees, those engaged on the railways, are by no means favourably impressed with the operations of the Act. In my province a large proportion of the railway employees are by no means satisfied with the way the Act works, and if I recall the facts aright I believe that this was brought to the attention of the government at the time the Act first came before the House. I think a resolution was offered by the hon. member for Jacques Cartier (Mr. Monk) to the effect that the Railway Act which the men considered was sufficient^ to enable them to adjust their differences with their employers should be left to cover their case. I have heard that expression volunteered very freely throughout the west and would ask the minister if it is not true that the railway employees are by no means showering compliments upon the ministers but are rather registering complaints.

Some resolutions reported.

Sir WILFRID LAURIER moved the adjournment of the House.

Mr. RHODES.

I notice, for example, that the correspondent at Amherst, N.S., is A. D. Ross. May I ask how it came about that Mr. Ross was appointed?