| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 31 |
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The Obscurer was a Tory paper and Harlow was a member of the local Liberal club. Harlow's remark roused Crass. `Wot's the use of talkin' like that?' he said; `you know very well that the country IS being ruined by foreigners. Just go to a shop to buy something; look round the place an' you'll see that more than 'arf the damn stuff comes from abroad. They're able to sell their goods 'ere because they don't 'ave to pay no dooty, but they takes care to put 'eavy dooties on our goods to keep 'em out of their countries; and I say it's about time it was stopped.' `'Ear, 'ear,' said Linden, who always agreed with Crass, because the latter, being in charge of the job, had it in his power to put in a good - or a bad - word for a man to the boss. `'Ear, 'ear! Now that's wot I call common sense.' Several other men, for the same reason as Linden, echoed Crass's sentiments, |
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