SOCIALISM AND THE WORKING MAN.
[To the Editor. 3 .yyrjir. —There is no more important matter at the present -moment that should command the attention of the working man than the question of_ Socialism. It is the duty of every Socialist to study out the question regarding the man who is not only mzy, hut who has passed the time of hie when he can no longer earn a living. Take the average bushman or fencer coming into town with. £7O or £IOO. Year after year he “blows it in.” Is he to have the same right of a happy man’s home as the man who saves r his money and invests in a section and a home? It must always bo remembered that both men have done their best. My own personal experience, is, and it is corroborated by men of niy own class, that at least 10 per cent, •should be deducted from our wages. There is nothing novel about this; it is already practised in Germany. Yly experience as a working, man is that the laborer ancl the capitalist should bo able to work together. 1 have no doubt, that the Editor of the ‘ .Limes is quite prepared to receive any ot- . her opinions on tho subject, i an ’ 5 cto#4 “FENCER.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2422, 10 February 1909, Page 7
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215SOCIALISM AND THE WORKING MAN. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2422, 10 February 1909, Page 7
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