“TELL THE WORKERS.”

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2083, 29 January 1920, Page 4

“TELL THE WORKERS.”

A correspondent, writing in the London Times, has a' valuable suggestion to make with" reference to the education of workers. He says: The belief is general among all workmen that the less work a man docs -the more,: work will there be for the unemployed. To get this belief out of the minds of the workers is the duly of the Government, and the solution lies, in three words:. ‘‘Tell the Workers.” The scheme of “telling the workers”, is ardently followed by all Labour leaders and Socialists for the purpose of furthering their own aims, l)ut it seems to be altogether ignored by the Government and employers of labour, with Ihe result that the majority of workers, believe everythingAheir leaders tell them. Schools should be established and classess started for instructing working men in the principles that govern ihe production and distribution of 'wealth, and also as a means of gelling the men to take a more real interest in the work on which they are employed. The workers art;, iold by their loaders that to improve their conditions they must he continually asking, and striking if their demands are not granted, for an increase of wages and shorter hoars: hut no slops seem to be taken (o tell the workers that the move their wages are increased and the hours of work shortened, the greater will be the cost of living; so (hat they are, no belter oil', but worse in the end, since the co,untry suffers by losing trade..' In order to restore the industrial and social world into a stale 'of peace, the Government should immediately organise a campaign throughout the country for die purpose of telling the worker* the evil results that will hike place if-they follow like sheep the doctrines preached by (heir leaders., The blame docs not rest on the workman for die steps'ih.ey are at present taking, but on the Government and of labour for not educating the workers and Inking lliem into their eoulidenee. No time, should be lost if avc are safely to pass through the critical days that lie ahead of us.