WOOL AND WAGES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12585, 21 August 1901, Page 6

WOOL AND WAGES.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—l see by a certain decision given, that the prioe of wool must xegulaite the amount cetrtaim; employees are to eat, drink and wear, amid also the class of house tihey are to live in, its. furanlture, and the amount of coal to be burned in 'cookingifood amid in keeping them wainm. Fancy limiting all these requireanients ■baoause wool Ihas become too- plentiful, or- else 'because other employees in different callings Juave had their wages ireduced, or 'have been out of employmeint, and so unable to purchase sufficient coats amdi blankets. Is it ow>b a funny tihiing- thtat the less a. man earns,' or irathieir the less money !he miaoages to get hold of, the le'ss he .buys? It lis -also peculiar that the fall in wool effected a- rise in the value of a Gaviftrn'oir and of a Piremier, and! also in salaries- of M.H.'R.'s. In future I 'am going •to vote for the man wQk> is in favour, of bringing these .gentle<men under the eye of the Arbiibratdlcmi Court. Them," perhaps, wo shall'be able to ksiep them from taking advantage of the fall in the pnics of sheep's .clothing. '. Is there ever going to be a time when man will cease to regulate lis needs' by what this or that is worth in the eyes of 'Mr Money-god)?' I read your article on the wisdom and justice of the decision) given by the Judge, 'but I think.you Shave oompklbely lost sight of the main facts which should govern and prevail ajmong ,us; namely, bow best to live, and' eot hoiv best to serve eomiethiicig that has mo life.' Money seems always to be cm top, audi humanity always undlerneatli. It is like living dm a, tomb with a death's head icveir.staring you in the face.—l am, etc.,- ■-■'<- G. BARTY.