The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3963, 14 November 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1891.

Oußold Horticultural friend, Mr D. S. Papworth, is a daisy ! In our last issue he comes out fresh as paint as organiser of the Knights of Labour. What this billet is, and what its emoluments ate,we kuow not. ft may command an annual stipend or even inclusion in the next batch of J.P.'s. We understand that the Knights of Labour business is profitable for certain men who are allowed to pull the ropes, and less so for the ordinary workers, whose privilege it is to pay a subscription, and play that very anc:eut game, "follow my leader." We have to congratulate Mr Papworth u"j»on his position as one of the top boughs of the Knights pf Labour; tree, and do not doubt but that by giving his nights and days to thesttidy of " bunkum " he has duly qualified himself for the exalted office which he ably fills. We have rarely come across a finer specimen of pure and undiluted bunkum than the following extract from hie Iptjier publisUed in our last issue : In the fact that the labouring classes arc no longer gullible appears to rest your correspondent's malady. The time for which labour ha,? been gulled has been a long one, extending oyfir centuries. From the serfdom, until now, the .eleystion of labour from gullibility to engullihiliiy has advanced with the opportunities given for education. The process has been slow, but it has bgpn doubly surp.

That the labouring cjasses are still gullible is, we think, clearly demonstrated by the fact that a number of them permit themselves to be organised by Mr D. S. Papworth. Perhaps our horticultural friend would point out to us a few individuals outside the Trades Unions and Knights of Labour who have been gulled ? Cen he give us a dozen names, or even five ? We venture to say that in Masterton the best specimens of the working men, $0 men who command the highest wages mi the best run of work, are chose •*ho do 'nofc atyow themselves to be organised by Mr D'. I g. Papworth. Fancy a daisy like; this £wi»ip£ forward to right the wrongs of centurieij i admit his; claims as an organiser of gulfs and dSj apropounder of bunkum, but he has; not .an fltpnj of right to speak on behalf of the iabpui r ng classes in this district.