MANUAL AND OTHER WORKERS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 250, 16 July 1919, Page 8

MANUAL AND OTHER WORKERS

Sir,—ln a recent issuo vou reported that Mr. Eraser, M.P., wlion dealing with the coal question, suited: "What was required," he said, ''was labour wntwl ol the industry in the interests of 'fill classes of the community." Does Jlr. leaser maintain that the labouring class, i.e., the men who only do mnnunl work, havo the gifts to control a vital industry i* Does he maintain that the rest of us who happen not to toil (Uko Mr. Eraser himself) at manual work should be dominated 'by and subject to those who find it easier or more prontablo to make a living by manual work, than with the pen? llr. Eraser can rest assured the writer of this started life as a junior storeiuan, mid worked just as hard as any labouring mm), but rose from manual work to other positions, until I now hold many shares in many comyf.nics employing labour. Does air. irascr consider I, who now no longer work manually, am unfit to take a hand in the control of industries, because I educated myself into what I believed to bo a standard, to give me sufficient knowledge lo manage, and help those v-lio have possibly not been so inclined to advanec themselves.—l a.m, etc., C.B.