ABSTRACT
Combination arose from Necessity, out of Changed Conditions—Hiring of Labour, Masters and Handicraftsmen—Combinations first arose in connection with Manufacturing Industry—Specific effects of the Statute of Labourers upon Labour—Increase of Hired Handicraftsmen, consequent upon Expansion of Trade, and Accumulation of Wealth—Difficulties of Labour necessitated Combination—Consequences of State Regulation of Labour—Associative effort hindered— Legislation to put down Combinations—In Restraint of Trade— Nature and Extent of Prohibitory Law—Efforts to Repeal Statutory Law—Dawn of the Nineteenth Century—State of the Nation— Growth of Combination, a Result—Mostly non-political—Political Agitation resorted to—Effects upon Labour—Results, Repeal of the Combination Laws.
