STARTLING CONTRASTS.

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

STARTLING CONTRASTS.

Dear Worker, —The very able articleby xvir. _lic_ey on "Tnat Mines Oomihission" wrings to my mma a vary Si/artung contest. .fcxere cioso at> hand tne miner ae-ivmg and toning ror tne bare means oi ii.eepmg its ovAfy up to an oinoient wofKiiig standard; tnere tiie mine owner living m luxury surrounded oy au i-ne c-o-iuiurts or inouern Civilisation. i_ere tne wage siavo, mostly apathetic, accepting nte as it Comes witn scarcely a tuuugm oi tne Vvn,y «*iid wueioivio oi it an, mere t_o capitalist in spt-endid nome, reaching ever and again lor the dividend, tixe pront with one stain ot nuinan oi-ood u lA >n it. Wiiat cares ne lor tne loss oi numan lne, tne gnei ot wiie ana wailing of innocent cnndren V Their cries cannot reach him—ne takes care 01 mat. liut you, you miners, you know all tins; you have seen time and again your mates crushed to death bes*de you, yvyux ccniraaes dying _.uwiy in agony amongst - you. iou tiiiovv now you a*.e treated by your bosses, wno havo Soid themselves to tne mine owners, body and soul. You Know now tne iast ounces or energy are squeezed out of you by these creatures in t-neir efforts to pay dividends. 1 ask you now long are you going to let tins continue r* Are you content, to see your cmidien toning in vie same miserable conditions f You have the power to end all tins—when are you going to use it? Cmie at once, join the great industrial union movement. Be men, doif't wait lor others to fight tor you; get ngnt into the battle yourselves. Get your mates to join, and doing this hasten the day when the curse of capitalism will be no more, and comfort, peace and happiness will be the lot, not of the favoured few, but of all mankind, industrial unionism and Socialism—.96 these be your battle crys. WAIUTA.