THE Manawatu Times. SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1879. WORKING MEN AND THE PRESS.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 50, 21 June 1879, Page 2

THE Manawatu Times.

SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1879. WORKING MEN AND THE PRESS.

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Wb haxe, on more occations than one, d r *awn aitention to wiiat we have eoiisidered the- unfair coni-lusioD3,.aJvj>ed at m deaHng with the wpvkihg classes. '■ We ..have pointed but the aviditjr-.wilh" which »ome journaLs seize uj)6ri •ye*'y ppportun'ty to mis/epreseut and calij.nliiace that Body, and the p.-eseiH Uiiroi Itunate dearth of = employ ment m he ;Sou tlijliilan d , . an d co .^sequ en i ag' ta '. io ,v ; oii ihe pa ■•(. of JJ>ose, Snost j- cpiicernec!^ has b*en ihe «Jo; »al fo.' a volley oMuveetiva an.dt'?lumniat'on for t'»e Vuiioji .taken:. It lias been a'lejred that oi?'yt;io^ea e idle woo "i.isi ead o? bei og i* -ile. to 'tujn their haad»» to priytlii.ig' iiarijj about tbwaa, doing w.ork w;lie.i t.ey e»,i get. it at eight s!iillin«s a day; > ad Mling •iiojitlessly wiien they can'fc— waitii*^ for soiuwtlniij^ to lu»m u t y until '<be wolf is at ihe door, - aud then abusing the Gevtintnent, C'denoupcingiaimigvajibj as the ejyise of all theu* worn. 1 ' ■ it is furtLxer sad : "In inbjJt'ca/ses cbey have ;s t ient fn cli'ink what would hare vded taem over a dull period, nnd even vlieu this is not the case, have abuie iow fafled to 'lay by^against a %h\j day.' " Tiie aceusalioo it as v.iijn«^ *% i: iv \uytrue,- foi.* the write.-r must ' know : tiiftt p^rha^s by no people m tiie wo.'ld i« that " iiuning tho shaud- tp'anytin'og " mo.'c generally p.'a'eLised.^/ia^i/'b^culonials; *''d»lUipu)sii the c]va:"ge of impi<>-Tid-n ••nig'it" have been" tubs' fwiu.-tt-d n l"l/«.pa«t, tioies- are a'tered now, a/id the ' veckless "sweating down" of ch' -ques is« happily a*thi.»g ofa by -gone ag.?. ' Th» g.eat dramatist must" hare m i' human riatiire pre^y .'accurPLtply.' wheln 'h« a^ierted^'vhafc^ which m t!»e .(•aijti'in m but a cliole.ic wo.d, i;v the p ivata is rank blpsphemy." Tb'ewj is an. a ;noun t of ; pAterns 1 cp. t e exercised on ': '-behalf ■ of ihe vrprking-inpn '.wliich; sjdbu' i1 cl rin) •■?'■ «tern a! gra f ita deV ' did it only '*mwßte f^om a cpihmendable motive.! H« eariH his wa^es by 1% nw.?at of his brow ;' he toils at labor whrcb. trie* eve.'y niuscle and leaves 'himiiFeiry. and fci"ed at. the day'K close ; but shbuld he be guilty of an ove".--indulgeince, or li ve to the end of h '« means ?he m dr.inken or < •iuijl.i oridenf . We arejbY no:meari>» defen iig i i> ■.rig.'t. to be either the one. or the p. her ; but n'loukl lie unfortunately be thi-own out of wo-'k unprovided for, he is tauntod with not " proyiding for, a -rainy. da.y.''^ Shoiildi ho be* a . lnpchanic, arid iinable ( b blitain work : at ihis own' trade, hej«_ told he is to have "no false --pride about ■to.n, I V^labor : ennpblr«,:tH'e.v..man/ t :,a-nd ; that ferling!" of d»4icaoy should not prevent hi:n from accepting- «veii/stonpbreaking—tvheji he can;.get.,it. lie "is supposed to be a creaiUre who. should 6 msiiler it a booti'lo-'work for a livinjj. no matter what the occupation ; and in"jtinij pases'out- of ten he does *n. t hari'lc^ jngiGori for the privilege. Now, howis it witit other gr>idfr« of society t The ,merch«nt*or the banker are never accriseil .ot .■giV'.ngj way to such a vxilgar. tfiinlc Wh^vl ifiifi^ Oiif no! their wpaTi> ness-is Jold i-i choice lan^Uagef-;'' they ljve w^H ;" and with regard to "prb'Tiding' for a, ra.iny day," Fba.f foj-esljjht ii« p^ten pfacfiseff a( the expensejbf their n ..ii])bor«. . llipugh' r t!iey niVet with: whii t is .'poliiely. designated reverses -^ t!ia ; is, "when tliey liaye r,un thelengiji of 1 tlieir tether — the • law^^gi t ne,ron«ly eiori es^lo their rescuo.^spread?, its ; ot«V their fallen 'fortunp'si'«i>d they re,suii|e their 'plnees m spciwtypn ;a ; firnier foofini; iliau bciFKr;; . Wt» are actuated by no .tnandling sentimentality; Init m tniit spirit of fni-.-fllay which it* the boast of the l«nd ' from whicU we nil Insfil ; we enf pi* a flriHeat . agai hst . wbat yro cou^dei: to be a grieyo^' injusi^ee',