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Excerpt from Report of Royal Commission to Inquire Into Industrial Disputes in the Cotton Factories of the Province of Quebec
That many of the cotton mills have lately reduced the wages of the employees, as a consequence of which, it is estimated there are at the present time, about six thousand Operatives unemployed, either directly or indirectly in consequence of a strike or for other causes; That with a view to the establishment of more harmonious and satisfactory relations between employers and employees in this industry, it is advisable that an inquiry be made into and concerning such disputes and the nature and causes thereof; That the manufacture of cotton not being an industry in the nature of a public utility, an investigation under the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act, 1907, cannot be conducted without the consent of both employers and employees, which joint consent has not been obtained.
The Minister therefore recommends that it be referred to William Lyon Mac kenzie King, Deputy Minister of Labour, as Commissioner under the pro visions of Part 1 of Chapter 104 of the Revised Statutes of 1906, commonly called The Inquiries Act, ' to hold and conduct such inquiry, with all the powers conferred therein upon commissioners, and that the said William Lyon Mackenzie King be allowed the amount of his actual and necessary disbursements in the execution of the said Commission.
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