The average working tnan, union varietv for choice, is strikingly inconsistent. If he is a boot factory hand, he may join with his employer in loudly demanding more protection for the industry, so that the general public may pay a higher price for their footwear. It ensures the stability of the industry from which he draws his But if he wants a new garment, he does net study his brother, the tailor, one Dit, but hastens to the importer to place his order. So with all his other wants—he buys in the cheapest market, and often gives his preference, where the local article is cheaper, for the foreign goods, not caring one brass farthing how it affects the local producer and bia workwan,—Lance.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 820, 19 February 1903, Page 1
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