A TURNING OF THE WAYS
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—There is one sentence in your suggestive and helpful article on " A Turning of the Ways " to which, I think, many people will take exception. It is that " We are all agreed that the wage-earners ought to have a larger proportion of the good things of this world." The word to which special exception will be taken is " proportion." If it were " amount " few indeed would disagree. In your next article you mention that the capital invested in the Tube railways of London only receives about 3 per cent. If the workers on these lines re- ceived a larger proportion than they do, what would there be left for the capital invested in them, and then how could capital required for the next similar work be obtained 7 If the sentence objected to had run, " We are all agreed that industry ought to produce a larger amount of the good things of this world for division " all would agree, and this seems to be the real object of your very helpful article.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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