Reading Observer 11-1916

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"many
lia,ndl,:IltJitl~~ JIsI;ht ",,....Ie "-but at
of every

light
which:
beyond

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have joined
have taken
industry are
heavy tasks

1...... li.' "'~l....r .. "loyalty
de'vot,iOI1I,tp QUW'ln41 th,..lin...f••r of the day.

are aeen
Soap to
so
:$~:~~ll~girl'
mat,*e before
dry

,w~::.t~~,

iJlackeli ready for

y TRANSPPRT , I,
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TO MR. GA TTIE.
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OJ' 'l'XI! "JtEAtlQfO

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Interested m mlhva.r qu

'~:~,~~ ~~:}meetfng

a.t PaJmer l Ho.ll~h n
WM supposed to 00 a lectu
,trlmaW I,t, For ma.ny yea.l1'1thiS qu s·

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con f'"
I hold no

compame!l ; thh ror

everyone ..wlll I agree
able to look a.fter i bemselve.,

tb~t![I~I':::;~rl.~~

was qUlte

unblassedJ I

inf'oITned us that l :Mr. pnttie wal

transport, a.nd t~e blll ~ an
said hkewllle, b~ t somehowl
Mr Ga.ttlC

pUTpOse of the DjIeetmg and

for a.bout ba.H
but abuse on

men who, he

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rea.d from 1& pafer nothmg
management , Idenouncmg
" 50ft

Jobs,"

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tindlOgl

nothmg but fau~t an d fraud With I rallwa.y oflmols
m ,general.
The Boa.rd of Trade were not
cxe~pt from \ ~bu8e, while he (~. QaLlte)
posea as the s!l.viout- of the ra.llwa.y worhl
and Ithe workmg men In partwu a.r !:r,.lr G ,~lI1 C
I practlcally nothmg - on the ~uest10n 01 ra.ll
wiloy l t18.nsport, but did hiS best Ito sow seeds of

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du~trust

among the men present, by assertmg thnt.

of money were lost, etc., and to beltT 111m
one would thm k thlLt rh lll life had been fieto the mterest of the v."Orking mc-n It. !9
to promulC working men 1&
bou r und
houI'S per da.y, a.nd anyone wh ~ Will u,ow
trumpet can alwa.y:s be sure df a. liearms-l.lO m
meetmg of workers But. did not hlr Gattle
somethmg which was notil In h I:! power t (]
from first to IMt 8&ld nothm~ but. that

per

tou1d Widen th. gap
In 'l

betJ..n I c~plt'l and

t.hp ~ terIons days I e it not ~ Plt~ MT Gattle

better employed ? It IS alw:a.ys no c-as)
on the ' feelings of workl~g men , !UIlI
elMS of thought IS dIrecte d[ Lo rueaSl1l"i! S
and labour can ~o h ~np. m 11,11)(1 ,

find glory \n m8J;lUfllctlll mg

of the wo r~erJ ' w~01ic fn cn rl
before h e can eatabhsh 111mGa.U le mU!lt

he: WIll

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