THE BRITISH WORKING MAN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12615, 18 November 1911, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE BRITISH WORKING MAN.

CAPITALISTS' -VIEW CF HIM! •

"* LONDON, November "9: -\ Speaking in Bolton, •'.Sir William -LeVe'-, ..Chairman. of Lever Bros., Ltd.,: said th>t lpany .people were, afraid of. thp ,grb;w.ih of ,the power of working inerij ';b'ut-inp - himself was' riot; for '.he 'believed 7 Ihkt idealism wOuld always temper 'down, the British Working ** man, and ihake- ; himV„ useful citizen. He, would never, -.> be ,"" a!menace. Tlie interests bf .master and man were identical, aiul' Sir Wi'ttiahv^-' pressed the belief tliat th'e botween : them would see th-at^the* d!eyeN ' lopnient of., the immediate tiituic^vbutttbe such that the results would 'come, not;' through Socialism .but through'tjiueducation of the iridividuii'l "to\ eiif6y equal rights: '-.;.- '.■:. : .• -.. ■>. .'. The; municipal elections- that » li»ve just been held show, conclusively 7 the' Vi- • creased power of the \vor,kin^ classed. The Labor party's gains iii Liverpool, Bradford, Leeds,' aiid 'Manchester >weii! all of a noteworthy -character.' '■ '• . .V : '■■■ There w already' talk of more ■ Lab*or candidates being run at the next'^eplral ' election, especialry "now tliat* riieriibcrs of the House of Coirimons are paid, •'.•'■.'..'.'