My Unsocialist Friend.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 17, 30 June 1911, Page 14

My Unsocialist Friend.

"My unsocialist friend, you object to Socialism because, you say, it means dividing up '?" "xosl" "huff many houses do you own?" "INone. i am cmy a working chap." "mm to so_. i_ow long have you been worKingr 1 " "Auuirt 15 years, I fancy." "And you own nothing i"' "lNotnmg of any value. I just get what l ea*n at tne end of each wee-ii." "And tnere's always the possibility of tno 'boss' sac-King you when he can't work you any harder?" "Yas!" "So after 15 years you don't even own your job. iNot much fear of you being called on to divide up, is there? Wiiere do you live?" "In lodgings when I'm working; 10s a weoic. _»uss-liouses when I'm not; bd a night." "ai-o you afraid you'll havo to take a millionaire as a bed-partner?" "Wiiat maives you ask that?" "You've notnmg else to divide except that sixpenny bed, aithougn you admit you've oeen working tor to years." "Yes; you're ngnt there. it seems a bit rough." "And it will bo while you're content to let your employer and his friends pidi wool over your eyes by toiling you Socialism means this, that and the other. Socialism can't rob you of much, can it?" "No I" "Socialism would, however, stop the employing class—the capitalists, we can tnem—from defrauding the workers. Think it over."—Ex.