A BARRIER TO LABOUR
1 Joe - Duncan ! i» of ,tlie Scot-; tish : FajriA Servants’ Union, He- kM lot of exnememce in JpoUtwnJ. an* mciukti’ial dnganisfetioh amCnKst workers ’of all classes. Hg ia an advocate of tile (policy;, that, 'aims at .' tihp workers controliihtt tho indUistnlos by."which They oreate, wealth. ’ Ho say?: ’’Wo need, in ih° woikjmg-class movement.' above, everything'. clear thinkinß and persistent. ei-. for: So long, ae tile public-house exists as it does to-day wo are continually, thwarted in our efforts to secure these; things.' Tbe'pjubiic-lIoU6B is t one, of the greatest barriers to better organisation of the xyqrkera-' It wastes their time., fuddles their brains. Four drunken men, at-.-*: trade mnion :meeting can. a waste of time to discuss anything sen-, one. ( ' Wall, do the liiquor Trade (know that the easiest.; nay: to drown. IjeaAfhyi discontent is to k;eep a tankard uuaen tlja workepe’ nose, Bnt; any (jensibro.modei'ate, drinker iviUJi admit that if (ho wera prevented getting intoxicating, liquor fad-mgrrow* . he', would not be. a ’ penriy worse' in anything that matters'.’’ Thooo ace. somo, of the reasons why Joe Duncan who used to advocate State ownea ship of- the liquor -traffic, urged the Scottish labour wen in the 1920 poll to vote for No-lieense.—N.Z: Ail-iance Publicity., * : ■ V.«i. . tD
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10951, 13 July 1921, Page 9
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210A BARRIER TO LABOUR New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10951, 13 July 1921, Page 9
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