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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7717, 20 January 1905, Page 2

Iho British working man has boon coming in lot- some pretty hard knocks. It was not long since the; Itev. Mr Campbell, the successor of Dr. Parker at the City Temple, accused him of being hu-HiUially drunk. Jhe charge aroused a good deal of indignation, and the worthy pas-tor was obliged to explain away the force of his remarks. According to another critic, Mr Ueeles, of (he Uollington Woollen Company, a contemporary remarks, the British working man is a slouch. The American or colonial worker according to Mr Heele, is a "far superior being-better read, more advanced, ancr-taking a grenter interest in passMig events." Poor British working man \ ]],. (ll)( , s nol Klv)l| to have a friend at the present moment. Aral yet we do not believe, that Mr Jleelos has reached (lie truth of the matter any more than the Itev, Campbell did. 01 course we may admit that the colonial worker has many advantages, more probably than he makes good use 01. lie is better paid and ho lives u freer and more healthy life in a country where he is not pressed down by class distinctions and class prejudices. Hut | 0 say that (he British worker is unintelligent is simply to show ignorance of th ( , facts. Tt is not the. worker who is responsible, for the position of British trade. tie. is still the same worker who helped to spread British trade to (ivory part of the world, and who helped also to found the younger industries of (he Continent nral of America. Mr Ifecles, in fact, may he judged by his statement thai party politics permeate every jrfiu.se of .English social life. One wonders where Air Hceles has lived in the colony, because his remarks are just as applicable here as th ( .v niny be at Home, And If it is true that the LCnglish worker Is such u keen jiolitician, it can hardly lye said that he does not lake a proper Interest in jMissittg events. It is impossible, (o learn the inner life of HliJ' community in a brief visit, and one wliould be careful not to come to hasty conclusions on insullicient evidence.