| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 249 |
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grumblin',' Crass proceeded. `These things can't be altered. You can't expect there can be plenty of work for everyone with all this 'ere labour-savin' machinery what's been invented.' `Of course,' said Harlow, `the people what used to be employed on the work what's now done by machinery, has to find something else to do. Some of 'em goes to our trade, for instance: the result is there's too many at it, and there ain't enough work to keep 'em all goin'.' `Yes,' cried Crass, eagerly. `That's just what I say. Machinery is the real cause of the poverty. That's what I said the other day.' `Machinery is undoubtedly the cause of unemployment,' replied Owen, `but it's not the cause of poverty: that's another matter altogether.' The others laughed derisively. |
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