THE GOSPEL OF CHEAPNESS.
TO THE EDITOR. Sic, — I would like to call th. .i; .'-v kv. of the voters among the wcviviiuy < : /<?_. ■■•_-■ ' a remark made by Captain i.'.--:?e?i speaking on the Customs ta- -I v'. ■']]<. :-.. persuaded of this: that i- i. -:''o '1'"> ■■. . cheap was to make the peo .v ;_.-ojt. •■"•■'": and happy. He was a freeti!ul.-;r : ;o<i no objection to state it." J^si- lknow what freetrade ha^ doi?W, is doing for our fellon v.o; : ;;r« the Old Country "nwy-.Kpr t -■;■■■ clieap" by foreign workmen no sias .■-■?■■, wages, and by importing hea.pr< of >.v<< <-u,v goods of the " Made in GenvaEy "' f. yp.->.. while Englisli men and E?t?''i:U ■"ouh::?---may starve or go into the we •■? : ' : .se t'hmay be the way to make them happy, but I for one do not want to be made happy so. Our present Government may not be perfect, but it is certain that Captain Eussell and Co. would be infinitely worse. Therefore, workers, vote unanimously for the Liberal Party at the next general election. __T a™ X-0. .. A WOMAN WOEKER.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5584, 6 June 1896, Page 4
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