REALISATION.

Otaki Mail, 27 February 1922, Page 4

REALISATION.

(Chapter 12, Continued)

By F. J. Ryder. Do you know what is the hardest thing there is to do? No, we do not, Mr Jones. Well, it is to make the workers think. I tell you candidly if you would only think the rest would be a walk home. Surely you do not think the capitalist got his money without having to think, for I can assure you he never did; he had to think hard and deep, and very often work hard in the bargain. Well, Mr Jones, for heaven's sake tell us how to get rid. of the capitalist. I wish we could shoot them all. And if you did, then God help you, for you would, to a large extent, put the machinery of the world out of gear. Then "-why not take and make them give their money away' In that case you would have done worse than ever. Oh nonsense, Mr Jones, it would be grand to get their money for nothing. Yes it seems all right until we look deep into it, and as eoon as we do we see that it would bring us into a state of chaos. For the people would go mad with delight and no one would want to work aac! the world would soon be upside down.

But got more honesty amongst you and realise that honesty is the best policy, for you cun do nothing that will im-

prove your positions without it, and without honesty there is no hope of

you over attaining success. Juat think how many policemen could be spared

from the police force if everyone was

honest, and the less money we have in

circulation and the cheaper ever

thing is the less temptation there will be to start. The old Book, ladies and gentlemen, tells us that money is the root of most, if not all, evil. Then why

not cut as much of it out as is possi

ble, and if we do we will soon see an alteration. But, remember the c>:d Book also tells us that cleanliness is

next to godliness, and if you look around you to-day you will find th.it where the most grumbling is there is neither godliness nor cleanliue-«.

Some of you will say that I am very slow at showing you where you are going to be better off with your low or wages. Oh you are not doing so bad, Mr" Jones, I can see for one that you are on ai better wicket than the ;.<>

slow and strike policy. Well, sir, it I wasn't then I have no right to be njlowed to address you. You see, I

have shown you that the cost of most things is labour, and that being so it should be very easy for you to realise that if you are honest and work more for the love of one another, and think of money as a medium of exchange only, and get it clean out of your heads that it is not our God, then all will come your way that is good for you. As soon as you have got to realise that honesty and straightforward dealing is the best, then things will alter quickly, but to bring this state of affairs about you must see that your children are trained that way from the very cradle, and never overlook the fact that the children of to-dny are the men and women of to-morrow. And here lies one of the keynotes of the whole situation. Each year our children are gradually getting away from the old book and don't you know why? We know that is so. Mr Jones, but wc do not know why. IVfill money to-day covers up all sins, and when people take others down all the week and then i.r.i made a pillar ot ,he « nurch °" Sunday because they give lavishly to the church that makes people »ny to themselves, well if that is religion then I am not going near church. And why is that so, Mr Jones. Just because the church makes a god of money just as the people do, and to keep the church going they are frightened to tell the false man that they don't want and wont take his dirty money. Mr Jones, aren't you too hard on tlio church. You know we must have religion. Yet I fully realise that we must never attempt to do away with religion, but let's have clean, pure, honest, simple Teligion. Going to church is not religion, it's only so-called religion. That's only mockery. What we wont is pure, pimple, clean, honest religion. knA if you don't attempt to bring up your children honestly, then how can you expect the world to improve. There is no doubt. Mr Jones, but what you say is right, and if we want w mend our way* then we must, improve our children, said mother. That's right, mother, then you should all see if you improve your children who aTe going to he the men and women of to-morrow, and how they will for sure improve things as the world rolls round. I am afraid you will say I am very slow to show you where the lower wages are going to better the conditions of the worker, for I know I get a little off the trsck at times. All *hc same the acorn did not grow in a it *sis.f s show' you hny; i'.'s io be don<\ Now I am sure that mosi :,i you have heard what a" prosperous country Dfnmark has become through her co-operating dairy industries. Xov.-. supposing you workers co-operated with a spirit of love and tried as hard to get wages down as you have worked to get wages up. how soon things must alter. But, Mr Jones, how are we to live when wages are so io-.v? Quite all right, only I must admit it is terribly hard for n; to make you see my point. I will now try iu a very simple way to show yen how it's to be done. TVoU. when wages were iow prices were low. 2Cow does it not strike you that if wages were still lower things would bo cheaper than they have ever known to be. You should readily see that the less a to pay his men and women the cbeaper

he can sell his goods and the lower The rate of interest the less he has to put on the goods on that account, and then the cheaper the goods mjjjst become t» the public ■ • "'""-• -^ (To be Continued). yTWl'Wl'ffllllllllMHHlNl m I 1 i'II'I'HIH BM—oa—»<l