This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...is a cognate subject: --The bridging of the Atbara, in the Soudan. When it was decided by the Sirdar--Lord Kitchener--to erect this bridge across the Atbara to carry the railway (the Cape to Cairo Railway), the British workman, and many others, did get a surprise, for, when tenders were invited from British builders on ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...is a cognate subject: --The bridging of the Atbara, in the Soudan. When it was decided by the Sirdar--Lord Kitchener--to erect this bridge across the Atbara to carry the railway (the Cape to Cairo Railway), the British workman, and many others, did get a surprise, for, when tenders were invited from British builders on a specification which was considered so elaborate that it would require two years to erect, fresh tenders had to be invited, and then it was discovered that America--that protectionist country--beat us completely, both as to time and price. The total cost was only 6500. Within thirty-seven days of the receipt of the order, the seven spans of the Atbara bridge left New York Harbour for Egypt. No British firm could undertake to deliver the bridge either at the price or in the time which it was supplied by the Americans. Before closing this chapter, it may be as well to note Mr Cobden's attitude towards 'trades unions.' This is what he wrote his brother: 'Depend upon it, nothing can be got by fraternising with trades unions. They are founded upon principles of brutal tyranny and monopoly. I would rather live under a Dey of Algiers than a Trades Committee.' The writer is not going to advocate for trades unions, but he desires to be perspicuous and as brief as possible upon the subject. The problem is: Can the relations between capital and labour be safely left to the unfettered play of individual competition? The answer, I fear, must be in the negative. Every feeling man, every man interested in his country's welfare, must deplore those too frequent conflicts between labour and capital--between employees and employer. In the writer's opinion, what is termed strikes are often entered upon with too light a heart, and they occur much too frequently. ...
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