| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 399 |
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| Chapter | -- |
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`I suppose you think the landlords ought to let people live in their 'ouses for nothing?' said Crass, breaking the silence that followed. `Certainly,' remarked Harlow, pretending to be suddenly converted to Owen's views, `I reckon the landlord ought to pay the rent to the tenant!' `Of course, Landlordism is not the only cause,' said Owen, ignoring these remarks. ` The wonderful system fosters a great many others. Employers of labour, for instance, are as great a cause of poverty as landlords are.' This extraordinary statement was received with astonished silence. `Do you mean to say that if I'm out of work and a master gives me a job, that 'e's doin' me a injury?' said Crass at length. `No, of course not,' replied Owen. `Well, what the bloody 'ell DO yer mean, then?' |
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