CO-OPERATIVE WORKS

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12845, 1 December 1905, Page 5

CO-OPERATIVE WORKS

To the Bdttor *f ihc *' Timara Herald.** Sir,—Mr <»avib Allan ha* not «ea*e4 %» quote Cheviot vet. Let me iqaofce <S?*a-toam»i/<>-wB extca»e*n. Some <vi the tmsk there <*a3y made & Sd a <day <oa lao*e «P----mjicraiive" wojl**, atxl thai in Ha«3y Tw«lv» ast-sih* ago. A.giii». Mi' Allan ttalc* i»» kaiwui aiea wbo made- 15* a -day .at>d Mr «I<4«;m*o *tale»> he liais wot *eea them d© it. I%v <me faithcr aiad state that I iMw fear a»ea wSm» made 17* a day ia ;i gang, feat it *a* «irfy for liiie ftrat aawntli. X«w I etippwe Mr Allan in, like myself, » bit of a grafter. 1 Hire to l>e p«ad well 3«r •«•*»«* < <iw atui li&e to |>ay a fair ifoitts my-atlf. Xwv. -will Mr Allan kindly jia>-av.r » .(jjuertiow <<:r Jwo on taw co-opera-tive h-awnc**? I.lmck Mr Allan lanwr tint v*»v **-•s' tn.-ii igipt a <|jiiDy wage on <oooperative work*, and 5* it not .a fact' thai it i« nearly all piece work? Did Mr Hall-Jones aot dim say ia ta* ifteatte liial a anaa tfoald «ara J3l a <day 4he liked? Ayaia, will Mr Allan tdl

■•* !»!»•»• it in if 1 a«cj i<* tjJ»e up a gang "nth three «t f<*tir man* »»d <ll>c «rigineer w* i© jr»c—"' I w i'l give wb 4* a yxrA **<? " t x if catting. W« talk* it and Swock -n IB* a day 3 man. At the *nd off"s« mcaih lie engincir and inspector voxbb r.-,asd .unci nioaniwc «!p. sod pay mat, w#'' ''rare fifteen bob a day cneh. lit; tbett 'ell* ji* tiicy arc *.rjT gdhg 1<» *l"ow na ''' ihitf bob ii y:ij<d. We'll, w* b;ive 1« .grafi- , far balder to knock o»1 32* a d«y a»<f *lill be tbink* we are too well "paid .and knock* a* down another wrpcax* a yardWell yea *ar, "twelve bob is a gooft wage.** V«, that is true, bat now loot, Mr Allan, at till* injustice to yon and me. Attuni («-o chain *>n" is anotber gang nhiftiag the name wil and day an we art, and they get four bob a yard and we bav« had oar price rat to 2m 6d * yard. Tbcjr *ay yon can"! fecal an old dog for a hanf mad, and they *tirk to their four bob « yard baidaciw. and knock ©at good money, *ay 8 bob a day and bare a few smoke-oh** j and a pint of good beer, too. t don't how anyone eouM knock out £1 * day under taw Oovaianent, beca»*e ttitejr cut yon down if yon graft, hard. If a» working matt can't malt* at tut in aiin prime, well the Lord help bim, for wbea lie gets. & bit too old for hard Boil be will bar* . to call on Mr Orwin for a, bit, of charitable aid, or trait till be gets 55 year* old sad get the pennon. An for wywelf, I would rather do wit&out cither if I can, but aary tn.ua wbo ba« to toil bard to keep a. family of six kid* and send ibem. to school respectable looking, f *ay be ongbt: to b» allowed to keep the prine the engineer gave" him at find. 1 don't know Mr Allan, bat be » aScotchman like tayadf, and 1 back a bob if be got a job at wo anacb a yard of staff from tbe Borough CoaodJ, b» would not. let them off at a bob a yard i !»«■ after be got tbe contract. 1,..«»y |to every working man in New Zealand—- '•* Make your tab wbile yon oaiu Seddon to Cbas. Mill*, every Muaster is, I well paid for ■ wlat tbey do, ani 1 let tag,: be well paid, for we bare to pay tixoadfc. tbe bow for 'wbatevtT we gel."" . 3?o, 4%*'-; Allao, i bate been on a good few line* In both islands and I h&xe sever met a matt yet wbo u allowed to earn M* pound & day fur more tban one monli. 1 am, etc. WORKING >TAV.