THE UNEMPLOYED

Stratford Evening Post, Volume I, Issue 256, 7 October 1931, Page 4

THE UNEMPLOYED

(To the Editor.) Sh',— , „ Kindlv allow me space to put betore the public the case of the unemployed men of the present time. These men are forced to work for a mere pittance on which they can barely exist, even though they save where saving is possible. These men are talked about as a drag and a burden on the country. Now. in good times are they a drag, these workers? If war were declared to-morrow, would they be a burden on the country or would they be forced to go and butcher their brother human beings? No, the working man didn't cause this depression. He only helped it by having his wages cut and not being able to buy the country's produce. Now we have the single man who, because he has not dependents, is cast aside, told to get out and feud for himself. In other words, he is kicked into the gutter of life, forgotten, and let drift into crime to keep body and soul together. This cannot go on. The young man of to-day is he on whom our fair country depends. He is also the father of our future children. It is a law of Nature that each man is given work to do, and in return expects what the money grabber, idler, drunkard or spender can only get from life, happiness. But in oi*r rush and tumble for greed and gains we have forgotten God and misused Nature. Therefore, what happiness we do find is but a poor substitute.—l am, etc., — WORKER.