[The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope]@TWC D-Link bookThe Prime Minister CHAPTER XVI 3/27
I'm paying three shillings a week more to every man, and eighteen pence a week more to every woman, than I did three years ago." "That's because of the Unions," said the barrister. "I don't care a straw for the Unions.
If the Unions interfered with my comfort I'd let the land and leave the place." "Oh, John!" ejaculated John's mother. "I would not consent to be made a slave even for the sake of the country.
But the wages had to be raised,--and having raised them I expect to get proper value for my money.
If anything has to be given away, let it be given away,--so that the people should know what it is that they receive." "That's just what we don't want to do here," said Lady Wharton, who did not often join in any of these arguments. "You're wrong, my lady," said her stepson.
"You're only breeding idleness when you teach people to think that they are earning wages without working for their money.
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