Mr Saunders says of the Labor Bills which Mr Ar'hur claimed “ we ” had passed through the House T 11“ Bills were calculated to discourage manufactures of every kind, and would thus have increased the importation of manufactured articles, and lessened the employment of labor. They were a’so especially directed to prevent ths employment of females, and tha instruction of young people generally, in the ureful arte of industry. Whilst some deep thinkers on these subjects were asking . the Boards of Education to sacrifice even reka- ' jng and wri'ing, in order to undertake to give our children technical instruction in thg various mechanical arts, the framers of theee Bills were trying to get legisla'inn passed to prevent more than a certain nomber.f children receiving luetruotion in tbet dlr* tio»,
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 517, 11 October 1890, Page 2
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128Untitled Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 517, 11 October 1890, Page 2
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