| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 381 |
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`Well, money, for one thing.' This extraordinary assertion was greeted with a roar of merriment, in the midst of which Philpot was heard to say that to listen to Owen was as good as going to a circus. Money was the cause of poverty! `I always thought it was the want of it!' said the man with the patches on the seat of his trousers as he passed out of the door. `Other things,' continued Owen, `are private ownership of land, private ownership of railways, tramways, gasworks, waterworks, private ownership of factories, and the other means of producing the necessaries and comforts of life. Competition in business -' `But 'ow do you make it out?' demanded Crass, impatiently. Owen hesitated. To his mind the thing appeared very clear and simple. The causes of |
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