Law on Capital and Labor Sparks Equality Debate
The passage argues for legal equality between capital and labor while warning against creating new inequities. It urges securing capital to attract labor, noting that competition among employers benefits workers and the nation, and that the law should remove feudal terms but avoid destabilizing capital.
Jumes Bill Debated as City Interests Shape Exemptions
The House of Commons debated exemptions in the Jumes Bill with Mr. Gladstone signaling the first post recess measure. The lively session featured amendments from Henry Gathorne Hardy on public schoolmasters, registrars, and city officials, highlighting how wealth influence steered policy, while Disraeli rested through Talbot’s speech and trade union interests found a moderate advocate in Vernon Harcourt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Gladstone
London
Gathorne Hardy
Monk
Muntz
Veterinary Surgeons
Barttelot
Agricultural Party
Bank of England
Crawford
Vernon Harcourt
Dombey
Mr. Crawford
Emanuel Hospital
Dod
East Indian Railway
Mr. Harcourt
Westminster
West Riding of
Yorkshire
Birmingham
Harcourt
Démosthenes
Fire-Proof Clothing and Balloon Disaster in Brussels
Asbestos is being added to textiles with mixed success and long fibers from New York and Vermont deposits draw attention. A Brussels balloon attempt by M Groof failed, crashing near ground level, inciting mob violence, injuries to several ladies, and multiple arrests.
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Rome
New York
Vermont
Atheneum
Fiyina
Grier
Brussels
M. Groof
Education Act of 1870 and Nonconformist opposition
Deputation of ministers and laymen from Portsea talks with Mr. Cowper-Temple and Mr. Stone on repealing the 25th clause of the Education Act. They argue for broader secular schooling with Bible teaching left to parents and churches, and explore school board funding and denominational control amid a national reform debate.
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Portsea
W. S. Caldecott
Wesleyan Methodist
Forster
England
Education Department
Mr. Caldecott
Mr. Stone
Stone
Caldecott
Cowper-Temple