MR. BURT, M.P., ON THE SOCIAL PROBLEM.
I<SI>SCIAL. | JLoxBON, 9th September. Mr, Surf delivered nn eloqncnt nddress at tho opening of the Trades Union Congress. He praisoa tlio efforts of the organisers of unskilled labour, and p)eaded for tlio equalisation of tho earnings pf both aexes. Humanity must bo aided in her efforts toward the improvement of the species by political economy. Owing to tho deafness of Mammon, workmen would bo compelled to s>top the roar of machinory in order to obtain v hearing. He opposed tho extension of the sphere of strikes. Millionaires and paupers, in hie estimation, were equally monstrosities in a Christian and civilised nation. The wanton striker* w«gn fool, almost a criminal. The educated Snd thrifty working classos aro dominant in tho Ctmgteat.
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Evening Post, Volume XLII, Issue 62, 10 September 1891, Page 2
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