PAPERSPAST

Economy

Ie ; 7 j Mr. Mine. M.P., who gathers wool, I lis an advocate of economy. AVhen '- the railwayman asked for an additional; 't six shillings a week to offset an in- 1 a ; rrease in the cost of liviug of about j >- j fifteen shillings, lie squealed so poig- j & ; itantly as to suggest that his soul was ! 'f I being dragged tl'.rotigh miles of barb-1 ' s ■ wire eiuieiieiimjnts. The laihvayniauj i. !is not so highly paid as to make any | a : iiH'iiiber of Parliament covetous of his] r i job, we should say, but that did not] -'. n>str:iiii economy-monger Iline, M.P. I v ' Mine. M.P., gets £'SW a year, and in j t ; addition on the date* on which he smote 1 '- ' tho lailwaymeu with his wrath he was j ■ .getting another £'l a clay as a mili-, > ' tary officer. He was getting £12 a I s week of public money plus what he! 1 privately shore off the workers, when! 3 virtuously denouncing the railwaymen, j 1 who but wanted their wages increased.! 3 to a point, in many cases, Jess that £3 ] - a week I lime, M.P., has brass on j - ! JiiM face as well as in his pocket. Curi-j - ous that workers will vote for a poli- j 5 I ticiau like this. I

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