As I stated in my speech on Friday last at St. Faith's, in replying to the correspondence in the _Daily Press_, we are quite willing to enter into negotiations with the Executive of your Federation _re_ the dispute in the St. Faith's and Trunch districts, and would quite willingly accept Mr. J. H. Bugden as chairman of a conference, and, in case the parties not agreeing or not being able to come to terms, we would be willing to submit the whole case to an arbitrator, to be named and appointed by the joint members of the organizations assembled. Or, if the employers in each affected district prefer it, we would be willing to have an equal number of the employers and an equal number of the employees with the Secretaries of the Federation and the Labourers' Union to be members of the conference to represent the two organizations. Each labourer to meet without prejudice. Of course, if your Executive and the employers fall in with this suggestion other preliminaries can easily be arranged. An early reply would greatly oblige, Yours faithfully, (_Signed_) GEORGE EDWARDS. P.S.--If you reply to-morrow, Wednesday, please direct your letter to the address below, Visiting Committee Board Room, County Asylum, Thorpe, Norwich. I ought to say I was absolutely unable to get my Executive together to discuss the dispute further before the regular quarterly meeting, which was not until July 30th. I wrote this letter entirely on my own responsibility, irrespective of what they might say in reference to my action, but I felt the responsibility too great to let an opportunity pass that might bring peace. On July 9th I received the following reply from the Secretary of the Farmers' Federation:-- SHERINGHAM, _July 9, 1910_. DEAR SIR, I placed your letter of the 5th inst. before the Executive Council of the Farmers' Federation at their meeting to-day, and they regret they are unable to see that any good would result from a conference with representatives of the Labourers' Union. The Farmers' Federation has no dispute with the Labourers' Union, the present trouble being one between five or six employers and their labourers. All that the Farmers' Federation is doing is to assist its members in resisting the demands made upon them by the labourers who were in their employ. Yours faithfully, (_Signed_) J. T. WILLIS. GEORGE EDWARDS, ESQ., Secretary, Eastern Counties Agricultural Labourers' and Small Holders' Union. To that letter I sent the following reply:-- GRESHAM, _July 11, 1910_. J. T. WILLIS, ESQ., Secretary, Farmers' Federation, Sheringham. DEAR SIR,