NOTES TO HENRY

Maoriland Worker, Volume 10, Issue 422, 9 April 1919, Page 5

NOTES TO HENRY

es ])*ai' Henry,—Some people go v - life marked all over "Stow away iron i'- boiler," and you get to beh'jve they ar nl packets of cruokei.s or bu;idl--.-.. or' iir.' lrt works. But when curiosity prompt nl you to examine t'le goods), .you liiut the?; 1Y aro simply ice and if sitowod any wlior 0 . near heal, would melt. ThU J slant ]~ of dvoains, as one fellow tuid, is on!; j/ four (..'dock on the dial when tin: clod re io turiH'd loth 0 wall, ;uid contain ~ Hi any of these solid gentlemen who m ] f »ii{' < r, 5 uo heat is applied ;u'« alnnV 1 " as, hard us brick-. I saw a. bUipiiK'U I J :j£ jjiTK.-r lauded recently aid i>. w;v ir, i marked "umj no hooks.'' I ditla , ' quiii ;J ; undti'stdiid what this so J. a£-k;-- -- -:I" J one cf thi -6nUrawn who had '•;-. ■.■■■ziy fO ; 1..-.■.■(. round hi-, knee-, .-liid h- Kool <<} ' it! j During Ui« post fur(ni--ii'. TLein.r, tin i Arbitration Court has* beon m th« iloij t, J Cit:.;\ Ko..v I like th* .Arbiti-ti.-ju Couil is j That is to say I lik f> the Ccurl ik> »I came vay as the childie-n like Charlie -,f i Chapiui, it pleases mc. J 11k-.■ to go t.c j.. t-Jxo Court and fit back i.n my sof! 3 fj cushioned .seat and look out oi 1 in- , ,y window and wafch you, Henry, working, jy 1 think of't!i(3 dignity o£ L»bor. I tlunL _ ol' the rewards vi honest toil. I see a ~ gentleman wi'h a box on tliu end of a } L stick tilled with bricks walking up a ;\ ladder, and I realise the g^utknian II currying tlie bricks is an anti-Socialist. c Ho (jets °nc sbillinyr and threepence or '' fourp€nce or uvep:?nc o per hour i'oi •S carrying 'those bricks. He doesn't like '', Bob Sejiipl**. Hβ told mc a m*Ui like y Scrapie ought to bo shot. However, he I- liktis carrying bricks up a ladder. H<3 :- told mc that ho ouco carried twenty !- four bricks up the ladiJpr in the box c in on© go. Hβ is really a nice fellow, k Hβ has hair on hi.s arms as long as the hair on tho tail of my collie- dog. There is another gentleman up-'n n the toi> of tlie scaffold putting mortar ~. op th« bricks and sticking them ton get her. This gentleman looks down upon the gentleman who ."brings tho bricks up in tho box. The gentleman '' who lays the bricks ono upon the other c gets one and eightpenee. Hβ is skilled. c Ho tolrt mc any fool can carry brick?. And I looked at tho with the y hair on his arm. Anyrate 1 Uk« tile Arbitration Court, y It's —a real Court. "When. 1 was in ), London one«, my Aunt took mo ; to r,cc i- Queen Victoria's Court. "Wα stood o:j - the -<CTirb and watched the <'abs puil >. up at th e *;ntr;\uct' of some Palace, I . am not suro of the lianio of th«j Palace. c but I know it; wasn't the Crysinl Palace. I have become somewhat hazy in my recollections, but 1 know 1 s;nv soiue real live .Dukos find .Dukess'-'s. Buf r we went to .Madame TuasaucU wax *■ works the fame clay and Dukes and t thieves mid murderers have all got <? mixed up iv my memory. However, the ,'• point is they ;\llow common woxki' ing peo|»lc to stand on the footpath and c watch them go in. And a- big fat poTieoy man fcept treading on our toes to make . us stand back. And I said to my Aunt . "That bobby will never l>e able to 'attend Court,'' a.nd Aunt said, "Husk; why!" s "0 100k M said I, "Hβ couldn't get his feet through knPo breeches." However, the Arbitration Court is . real high class. We common working men ar e allowed to attend, and wo toll 1 the gentlemen sitting on tho bench hov,mucli bread we eat, and how much tea * we drink and how niueh we pay f°'" nui' 1 bread and butter. We plead with him, i and smile at ttim. And la:t week v, - e f brought the Government Statistician l down from ih& Windy City and we ;. pr?-?d i-h?t if th« hc?s -"-oriid K5 la. threepenny ii=e, it would only irifrvaia tile --■0.-.t of living one t<?iith of a. hun- = dvedvh of two part;, of a penii}" or eoiiii»----f thing to that effect. A*ud the C-Jurl . went out and bought a slide rule. Now I am sure tho Court' doesn't underl stand tho u<x> of th t « &lid« rule. They arc< u?UifT it this way—they Italic tho ' date of th« last ffw-ard and something ' they cajl on jiirlex .figure, and the pr«- ---' ?ent; date and the prer-ent index figure ' and 'measure how nificli wages a. ma , .! is entitled to. IS'ow that is wrong. M}' > clium has got six figures; some boys, 1 some girls, and if tho Judge would only get that crowd into Court and put the slide rule on their tummies, I am sure , they would arrive at a more scientific basis of calculation. Wake up, old horse! Wake np, Henry! How much longer ar© you going •to allow your nose bag to be' measured 1 with a slide rule? Christ taught His ! disomies that the one great thing to be ; aimed at was "self respect." Wake up, ' Henry! How long will you sland ihis '■ huinigating system? Have you lever • heard your advocates pleading to this ! Court on your behalf? Have 3'ou, Henry? Listen! All the highly paid I individuals hav e received a jolly good : rise. Fancy a. man receiving eleven hundred pounds pleading tho increased cost of- living for th© purpose of getting a , rise. I have heard them do it. And you, Henry Dubb, down on the bread lino, hav e got to plead to the=q people for a ribO. And it isn't their fault, Henry Dubb. It's your fault. The One Big Union will abolish Arbitration Courts. Do you get mc, Henry? When the gentleman who lays the bricks, and the gentleman who carries the bricks; 1 and the gentleman who makes the bricks, g.e't s into the One Big Union, they can drop a brick on to the Arbi- j tration system that will make it reel. Say, Henry Dubb, if you be a tinker j or a tailor, a soldier or a sailor; if i you be a working man of any description, agitate for tho One Big Union. Do you know. Henry Dubb, it could bo brought about in a fortnight if you wanted it. Do you want it? Have you lost all self respect? Will you always submit to this wage slavery? Say, have you any respect for your wife, whom you promised to love, honor and protect? Do you call it protecting her to keep her just for the purpose of mending your pants and producing your children. Say, Henry, have you got a kick in you anywhere?—THE VAG. :