Provincial Associations.
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The proceedings in Bradford, which are reported elsewhere in this issue, promise to be repeated in other important manufacturing centres of the country. We have already been asked to meet representative Manchester owners who are desirous to see a Manchester and District C.M.U.A. established, and supporters of this journal may rest assured that the writer will be most ready to put his experience and services at the disposal of such interests in his old county, for he can never forget the early pioneer work there, nor the many friendshins which he made while a. member of the Manchester Royal Exchange.
The case for additional provincial associations is a very good one, and some of the leading arguments are included in our report of the speeches that were made at Bradford (pages 493 and 494). The desire to form such a provincial body must come from the locality concerned, if success is to be achieved, for the creation of local centres by any parent London body, apart from such locally-expressed desire, cannot bode permanent success. With the reactionary proposals of the County Councils Association approaching the stage at which they may find embodiment in a Bill for introduction to Parliament, it is becoming increasingly apparent to owners and manufacturers that an organi7ed inter-relationship should exist. by means of which the great majority of users will be able effectively to show good cause why most of the C.C.A. proposals should not pass into law.