CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 11 February 1908, Page 1

CORRESPONDENCE.

j 'lo the Editor. Sir, — Your correspondents would liki to hav9 Mr Civis in London, and 1 would take him through the East Enc and show him conditions under whicl the workers live. He would see wholi families living in one room, clothed ir rags and scarcely a crust to eat. H( would see hundreds standing rounc street corners. Some poor men are nol allowed in a common while families occupy one small room. 4s to the men standing at street cor nets, they are men waiting for ships t< come in dock to work as coal heavers, stevedores, and gas stokers, and all i kinds of work. As to men being j clothed in rags, they could soon change I this. Keep away from, the ale pot. 1 j have been nineV years a slum worker. I and know what I am saying. Will I Crooks, M.P., told men to keep their soul clean and their brains would be ! clear and their rags would cease. 1 {hope that Mr J.W.P. will see both ' sides. I am., etc., R.B.C.