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Excerpt from Trade Unionism and British Industry: A Reprint of the Times Articles
A correspondent writes: It is estimated that the Penrhyn Quarry strike, which ended last week after lasting three years, although all the men were not out during that period, cost the district the sum of in wages alone. An alarming fact has come to light in connection with the dispute. Before the strike, which began in October, 1900, the amount of slates imported into this country might almost be regarded as a negligible quantity. For the quarter ended March, 1901, the quantity of slates imported into this country amounted to tons, and for the quarter ended September 30, the figures reached a total of tons. The figures Show a steady and alarming increase, and it is feared that the Slate trade of North Wales has been permanently injured by the strike.
The facts here narrated represent only one of many instances that might be given showing the way in which trade has left the country as the direct result of industrial warfare, and no possible policy of tariff reform could by itself have prevented such grave injury to the trades concerned.
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