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Show THE BRITISH LABOR CONGRESS. Tha .ltd Limit IlUnidseit The niientlon of 1'ny'liLC Members of rerliMuiwtit. Xk.w Casii p, Sept. I-,.--Among the subjects brought before the trades union congress yesterday was thai oT the age at which children should bo allowed to work in factories. A y;reat majority of the delegates were in favor of raising the limit of age. 'The niinor-ity niinor-ity opposed it. Finally :i motion to raise the ngH limit to : years was passed by a vote of '.'()." to Pi:!. )iih of the political features of the weeK before tlio congress developed yesterday. It arose when the ijiiestion of paving members of parliament rami' up for discussion. dis-cussion. A" is well known, n member mem-ber of the Hritish parliament receives no pay, anil coiiscipicntly it is dillicult to stay there. It was announced in the congress that the question, as well as; kindred questions, those of payment of j members of county councils and school boards, would come up prominently at j the next session of parliament, nml Hie I willingness of the candidate for parlia- ! merit at the coming general election to j vote for tin's' payments would be made , tests upon which the trades unionists ', would decide whether or not to sup- i port such candidate. I |