[The People of the Abyss by Jack London]@TWC D-Link bookThe People of the Abyss CHAPTER XXV--THE HUNGER WAIL 13/17
Butter 7 oz. none.
Rice Pudding 1 lb. And as the same writer remarks: "The officer's diet is still more liberal than the pauper's; but evidently it is not considered liberal enough, for a footnote is added to the officer's table saying that 'a cash payment of two shillings and sixpence a week is also made to each resident officer and servant.' If the pauper has ample food, why does the officer have more? And if the officer has not too much, can the pauper be properly fed on less than half the amount ?" But it is not alone the Ghetto-dweller, the prisoner, and the pauper that starve.
Hodge, of the country, does not know what it is always to have a full belly.
In truth, it is his empty belly which has driven him to the city in such great numbers.
Let us investigate the way of living of a labourer from a parish in the Bradfield Poor Law Union, Berks.
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