REALISATION.

Otaki Mail, 31 March 1922, Page 4

REALISATION.

(Chapter 13, Continued)

By F. J. Ryder.

v oh, Mr Jones, you wight bo going a long way about it but I can see aucl' now fully realise how hard it is for us to even expect to see things as you see them. • However, 1 am quite convinced if we give you time you will accomplish your object, but I am afraid had I not put those weeks and months in the hospital 1 would be one of the last to see that lower wages will help us, sum David. Can you really see David thai lower and still lower wages will bi your ultimate salvation ! ifes, 1 ca... Mr Jones, and X am now certainly posj tive that you, Mr Jones, are on th right track and don't despair until you have proved to us all that for 192 l years we have been on the wrong roau, and .the reason that we have no-. achieved success is because we have ai ways striven to get higher and highs. wages without even stopping to thnn. how they were to be got. And now > can see that we have been exactly th.o nmu who locs out money on iuleres... He never thinks or cares how you iw«. going to unvke his interest, all that con cerus him is the getting of it, and mat - all that has ever concerned us, all tha 1 troubled us was the getting of it. 8.. George, Bavid, you are on the Jig." I track and 1 trust that ere long other.

•will see it just as you are going to it. .Now, ladies and gentlemen, the olu j saying is that there is a silvery' lining to"every- cloud, and I can sec a glean. of hope at last, and if 1 can only keep up the old King Bruce's motto then X will win after all. Give him a clap ' came from someone. This brought forth a great uproar and someone start ed up for "He's A Jolly Good fellow.' Mr Jones stamped his foot ami said just wait until I have proved to you that with lower wages you will be better off. Bight 'you are, Mr Jones, after all we were going to be carried away without doing as you have repeatedly' asked us to do without thinking, said the little man. Oh, well, after all it's a poor heart that never rejoices, said Mr Jones, but 1 don't want you to rejoice in haste and then repent at leasurc. What 1 want is to bring about a state of affairs that will cause the workers to rejoice for all time. : And 1 am sure you will agree with me that that will be something worth looking forward to. Now, ladies and gentlemen, I must, once more get back to hard truths and tacts, for 1 can see by

your faces that some of you are getting bored with my dry subject. Kot a biv of it, Mr Jones, go .ahead. Well, I will go on further to prove my ease to you. 1 have shown you very plainly that it we were all rich that would not do, and I am sure you will agree with me thai if we were all 100 lazy to work thai would uot do. And as the bulk of un are frying to get rich, ai,d_ the other* I are 100 tired to work then sorely thai tells you one and nil are on the wrong, road. That's the best one you have go. on to us yet. Mr Jones. All right, now I let's see where we would get to were 'we to one and all produce everything Ins cheaply us possible. Why almost (immediately the world would he Hooded with cheap, money, and if more ol the workers borrowed, it to try and out- | bid their own fellow workers it would become a drag on the market. It's onj ly one man striving to outdo his neighI bor that makes money the value it is. But, Mr Jones, how are you going to rr.it the nconle of one mind and one way

I through the aid of his fairy union! i ' have never forgotten 'a lesson that 1 was taught when at school. That's ii . long while ago. Mr Jones. Quite so, i but good things seldom die, Well the I lesson taught us in a very simple iiutnliter that unity was strength, and that I without unity you could accomplish no great object. And that being so you have got to realise that before you workers can ever expect to do any good you must become a member of my fairy union, and oru-c you have established that union you can dictate to capital f the great trusts shipping rings combines and banking concerns of the i world. And let me tell you you cat) ' never expect accomplish that fuel unless you go straightforward to work. allow no dishonesty, encourage In s- ,

| ty. true religion, noble deeds, and | straightforwardness for all it is worth. But, Mr Jones, how many centuries do iyo'u think would elapse before we , could ever expect to attain, such a union as you speak of. Well, if you go on the lines I have laid out for you a very short lime can elap°e before your great union will soon begin to be felt. Xow. I think there is only just one more thing I have to point out to you to have proved my case. And pray. Mr Jones, what is that? Well it is just this, when you have got this great union going. you must all realise that a thief and a loafer arc men that cannot exist verylong unless sheltered by someone, and you must know that cue who lives bystealing is one who should never be allowed 8-1 Jarge. and you must also bear iu rniixd that A lazy person is no good, for nothing pleases fcjm better thnn to get someone to stop and talk with him; to help him pass a way his time. The old adage still stands good—like father, like son-—therefore if must be a duty that will rest on every inember of that great union that these classes of] persons aiv put out of harm's way and I never allowed to bring children o-t" their ,

class into the world. 'Ypu must also j realise that the task I have set about ' to perform is as a mere speck on the sands in comparison to the task you have to tackle to accomplish the V.S.TT. for good. Von must also realise that if you were the rich people of to-day you would not giv-- up what you have without just having a good go to retain same, and that being so you must be prepared for all sorts of snares being set for you, and no doubt many traps you will fall into before you can ever expect to achieve success. And nerer forget that example ia precept, and if ever capital stoops to play you a dirty trick never try and get one back just

to get e"Ven. See that your motto is ( return good for evil, and if that spirit i be maintained throughout all will be a | huge success, and above all always hear in mind that the bible tells us the Lord helps those that helps themselves. At this stage the little man rose to his feet and said, with Mr Joues' permission: i would like to say that to my mind Mr Jones hits proved his case beyond, a doubt, and that the next step we wish him to take is to set his'great fairy union that is to be known as the V..S.U. be put into practice. This caus- j ( d Mr Jones to laugh and he said: Are j all my hearers as satisfied that I have J proved my case as the speaker? This • caused a great uproar and they clapped, shouted, and sang with great glee for, "He's A Jolly Good Fellow." And mother rose to her feet and said: As chairwoman. I suppose it rests with me to thank you all for the very patient hearing accorded Mr Jones, and as it ! was getting late, and as Mr Jones hud I asked all to do business in a straightforward manner, and as ho had laid l .tress on the bible she thought it only I .ight to ask the Lord's help to enablehem to accomplish and master such a groat undertaking. Our Father which art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name, i'hy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us this lay our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us, and-lead us not ino temptation, but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever and ever, Amen. (To be Continued).