THE UNEMPLOYED.

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 51, 28 August 1895, Page 4

THE UNEMPLOYED.

r TO IEI IDITnB. Sib— Will yon oblige me with a little spaoe to answer "Not Unemployed" ana JSdward 'Barnes? When "Worker" oame to the country he worked for a farmer who grew vegetables for the Wellington market; wages 15s per week and hu food. Ten ahillings at present is equal to 15s then. Tune worked, 5 a.m. till 8P m. I would now, if necessary, work for 10s per week and food rather than, loaf about town and expend 16s per week, or live on S^t>°» onari Jy« The Bm »rt »wgle men "B.B." refers to are not as a rule among the single unemployed. Those that employ them know their worth, and keep them employed. My letter of the 17th mst. refers to single men who had come to town to # hang it out, whose usual employment is in the country. My labour belief is summed npjn eight hours work' , eight hours play, and eight shillings per day, to willing experienced labourers, but I am very sorry prices, especially in the bush districts, will not allow it, with present prices for stores, y d c ?f ices opined by settlers for atook. *o. Uentlemen, remember 10s per week ana food is equal to 26s per week- 15s and food, 31s ; and 10s and good commission— in my oase, at least-to 80s or 40s per week, or more than many tradesmen earn per week :ot six months of the year. The Anti. Chinese League c«Wate» i^^a » t 43,, " week for boiw, 32s per week aasiatant, wEo I will have to work about 12 hours per day otherwise they will not make muoh show on 20 aores that will require trenohing, Ac— 6d per hour for boss ana s*l for assistant Twenty aores that would employ about 10 men as % vegetable garden they expeot to oultivate with -two 1 Think, over it, gentlemen, and I doubt not tffe Editor will give you a little Bpaoe to enlighten us on the unemployed question, &o. ■< „ I am, *0., ' 23rd August, 1895, Wobkxb.