PASSING IT ON.
A sawmiller in a big way of business was asked the other day what he thought of Judge Stringer’s announcement concerning the nine shillings a week bonus. He replied: “It does not worry me in the least; nor would it if a bonus of nineteen shillings wore given. I simply pass it on to the public, plus a profit. Of course, the working man will have to pay more to build a house, or a higher rent; but that’s his funeral, not mine. Every award that has yet been made I have passed on; and I shall continue to do so, and all the unions in the world can’t prevent me from doing what everybody else docs.’’ This may be brutal frankness, but it is only (says the Taumarunui “.Press’’) a statement of fact.
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXIII, 1 December 1920, Page 4
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