- Mr.- Ramsay -MacDonald, although he criticized the steel houses
as ugly and dull, took the sensible course of supporting the Government in what he could not restrain himself from calling their " purely Socialistic 7' action. He had; however, something to say in criticism of the wages to be paid. Mr. Kirkwood lashed -himself into a fury over the vampire methods which he attributed to Lord Weir: His illogical conclusion seemed to be that the steel houses would be acceptable if they were not built by Lord Weir. Mr. Rosslyn Mitchell (the Labour member who formerly, as a Liberal, defeated Mr. Asquith) made a very remarkable speech. His description of the disgraceful hous-. ing conditions in Scotland was charged- with terror and pity. His moving rhetoric was entirely to the liking of his Labour friends, but they had not foreseen the thrilling effect with which his description of Scotland's degradatiOn could be made to tell against their familiar case when he went on to denounce the selfishness of the building unions. * * *
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