IMPROVIDENCE OF WORKMEN.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 426, 9 February 1875, Page 2

IMPROVIDENCE OF WORKMEN.

The ex'ravnganees of the upVer Mrata of aorietv are rival "ed, and even exceeded, by tlfase ol the labouring c ns^e* If a noblenvin give* £1,000 for a piece of c'lina, or h wile of a manufacturer 8 >ei>d-» twice as much on a gmien party, there \- nlwav* this fo be sai I f<»r them that they do not. in committing such folhe* either deprive their families of ne ces^arien. or bring ruin unon themselves. But with our hbourera it i» different. Tttey exhibit a reckless indfferenfe "trt"t*ie ureswi* »m*-ftffnn», and n forgetfulness of the pMt which is truly lamentftblo The miners are the wortf. ex amp <?s A story i-» told bv a local piper of a miner at At terclilF", neir S cflHd. who entered a buteher'a nhop and ordered » steak to be cut- from a piece that lay on the bl>>ck. s'iy n», " lip w»< not part cnlar to an ounce either way." Toe meat vr\s out, and one "hilling und four-pence paid for it", wlieu the man quietly dropped it to his doir, waited till the animal had devoured it, an I f'en sauntered off. In the 9-ime place a labourer wns «e> n to brfak f nir new-laid eggs and give them to his do». On the ot'wT hand, a puddler and li i >* w i f»» «pie lat^lv brought up at Sh ffield for npule'ctmg th^ir chil Iren. Tie children werp toun Iby fie relieving nffi-'pra nuked, layn» on a heap of co.l. The whole furniture of the hn n», n -in »le room-'d hou^e, «»■» m bucket, (> n de", chair, iahj.>, and a mnttra •, covered «ith filth, on which the whole fjunii? jtepf. Tie faiher wai i 'toxicnted, jnd the mother w&* so drunk that <»he o ">1 I rip* hi-Wd the bfl^v in her »rm«. ihe -nan wis in receipt of £2 10* n week ; after this who will tay thut high wages mean prosperity t — English Paper