Don't Wake 'Em Up.
What did you tell that man just now ? I told -him to hurry. What right have you to tell him to hurry ? - ■ I pay him to hurry. What do you pay him? Two dollars a day. Where do you get the money to pay him "vvitii? I sell bricks. Who makes tho bricks? He does. How many bricks does he make? Twenty-four men can make 24,000 bricks a day. How much do bricks sell for? Seven dollars a thousand. You give him two dollars and keep the rest ? Sure ! Then instead of you paying him, he really pays you five dollars a day for standing around and telling him to hurry ? Well, but I own the machinery. How did you get the machinery? Sold bricks and bought it. Who made those bricks ? Shut up; you'll wake the fools up and then they'll make bricks for themselves. —Machinists' 'Monthly Journal.
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 11, 19 May 1911, Page 14
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153Don't Wake 'Em Up. Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 11, 19 May 1911, Page 14
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