[The People of the Abyss by Jack London]@TWC D-Link bookThe People of the Abyss CHAPTER XVII--INEFFICIENCY 2/17
Don't blame the man who offers to work cheaper than you and gets your job." "But 'ow about the wife an' kiddies ?" his interlocutor demanded. "There you are," came the answer.
"How about the wife and kiddies of the man who works cheaper than you and gets your job? Eh? How about his wife and kiddies? He's more interested in them than in yours, and he can't see them starve.
So he cuts the price of labour and out you go. But you mustn't blame him, poor devil.
He can't help it.
Wages always come down when two men are after the same job.
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