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Show Prntrilaa fitr Praa Sailors London, July 18. The secretary of the shipping federation, Mr. Laws, was examined before the royal labor commission. com-mission. He urged tli.it there should be alteratioi.s in the shipping act and in the board of trads regulations, in order or-der to secure more protection for free men. It was impossible for a free ssilor to obtain access to the shipping ( ftioo, unless he was armed with a ticket of the Seamen's and tiremen's union. un-ion. Non-union men were shockingly illtreslcd. Ticketing should bo da-clau-d illegal. |