"MOLESKIN" IN DEFENCE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLIV, Issue 10106, 7 May 1924, Page 5

"MOLESKIN" IN DEFENCE.

Sir;—l intend to resign from this contest after I have replied as briefly as possible to Mr Wendall HPhillips' twaddle. He says 100 yearsago men and women were deported for stealing a pie when starving. Does he expect the ruling class to feed paupers, and the offspring of paupers, and encourage paupers to breed slaves ? He goes on to say that the "moleskin trouser crowd" were to be pitied. Now, the moleskin and crinoline were worn as late as 40 years ago, so if he is a man of 20 he must be a son, an offspring, of parents he laughs at. And as for being pitied, the halt-naked "flapper" and the "forelock" are still to be pitied. He says in the. old clays doctors bled us to death. Fancy that! Why, 24 hours ago, in this enlightened agej 'in a maternity home in this, country, women died in child-birth. He says no vote for the worker. A good many of them should not have one now,".since they only use it to flog themselves. He says fa woman once married to a brute had to put up with him till she died. I think it is a good idea It would make her more careful. He talks about whiskers. My answer to that is the Cross. He says rational thinkers among the crowd were few, and rational thinkers among the crowd to-day are few. when the workeia have to pay secretaries to think for them and call them out on strike, when they cannot live. He says in the old days 100 vears ago thousands ran to America, Australia, and New Zealand. And if I remember rightly the last batch came over here last week, and they are still coming. God bless "did Blighty" ! She has not improved much "in 100 years. He says war was common. Thank God we have finished with the champion. Now, sir, I will not weary your readers by referring to any more of this rubbish. What I want to know is how to abolish taxation and war, prevent strikes, and last, but not least, prohibit sexual maniacs, ' degenerates, and feeble-minded people from producing life to be handed down to posterity. In reference to "March Hare's" letter in to-night's "Guardian," if he could manage to "et the official figures of the illegitimate births for 1922 he would have a better idea-of the class of man I referred to. J. &. Ashburton, May 7, 1924.