1874-1924—THEN AND NOW.

Evening Star, Issue 18716, 19 August 1924, Page 7

1874-1924—THEN AND NOW.

TO THE EDITOB. Sir, —I see an advertisement in the ‘ Evening Star ’ to-night inviting passengers who arrived by the ship Parsco from Glasgow fifty years ago to arrange’for a reunion. It is interesting to note that the ship Tweed arrived from London on tho samo day, and that tho two vessels brought 1,056 immigrants. Just fancy what a sensation there would bo if the samo number wore landed to-day! _Mr Holland would ask questions in tho House, and tho Trades and Labor Council would pass a strongly-worded resolution protesting Against tho injustice to the workers. We were not so selfish in 1874; everyone was welcome. It is strange that to-day, when we are so wealthy, and are receiving millions for our exports, there should bo a scarcity of employment, when fifty years ago, in our comparative poverty, and when the worker did about double tho work in a day that he docs now, wo could absorb 1,056 immigrants without disturbing the labor market. Perhaps some of our budding political economists or members of the W.E.A. could solve the problem.—l am, etc., *LB.

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