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The Weavers 101
the rain comes through their roof and the
mother hasn t two shirts among the nine."
Who is to blame ? Ask the Dreissigers. They
will tell you,
"
The poor have too many chil
dren." Besides
Dreissiger. It was nothing serious. The boy is all
right again. But all the same it s a disgrace. The
child s so weak that a puff of wind would blow him over.
How people, how any parents can be so thoughtless is
what passes my comprehension. Loading him with two
heavy pieces of fustian to carry six good miles! No one
would believe it that hadn t seen it. It simply means
that I shall have to make a rule that no goods brought
by children will be taken over. I sincerely trust that
such things will not occur again. Who gets all the
blame for it? Why, of course the manufacturer. It s
entirely our fault. If some poor little fellow sticks in
the snow in winter and goes to sleep, a special correspond
ent arrives post-haste, and in two days we have a blood
curdling story served up in all the papers. Is any blame
laid on the father, the parents, that send such a child ?
Not a bit of it. How should they be to blame? It s all
the manufacturer s fault he s made the scapegoat.
They flatter the weaver, and give the manufacturer
nothing but abuse he s a cruel man, with a heart like
a stone, a dangerous fellow, at whose calves every cur of
a journalist may take a bite. He lives on the fat of the
land, and pays the poor weavers starvation wages. In
the flow of his eloquence the writer forgets to mention
that such a man has his cares too and his sleepless nights ;
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