ABSTRACT
Co-operators who stand loyally by the productions of their own factories and workshops comprise a Consumers’ League in themselves, and are safeguarded against the sweater to a greater degree than are those who stand aloof from the movement. The fact remains, however, as proved byte case referred to in the ‘News’ this week, that even co-operators, when compelled to purchase in the open market, can unknowingly be guilty of supporting cheap labour. A large proportion of our manufacturers and distributors would, the author convinced, welcome any relief from the pressure which forces them to condone the evils of sweating, or lose their market. Moreover, a general determination to buy only goods fairly produced would effectively shut out of our markets the cheap foreign articles, often produced under conditions which people would not tolerate in England, the competition of which has done so much to promote sweating.
