28 AUGUST 1920, Page 17

CAPITAL AND LABOUR AT SEA.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —I remember an old story which told of two men adrift at sea in a boat. They had a vessel of fresh water which should have been sufficient to keep them alive till they could make a port. At first they shared the water, then one of them, feeling stronger and greedier than his companion, urged his claim to the lion's portion. At first this claim was conceded, but this, so far from satisfying, only whetted the appetite of the aggressor. The victim at last could yield no more. A struggle ensued. The water was spilt. Both men died of thirst. Are, not employed and employers to-day in a boat at sea with just such a vessel of water?—I am, Sir, &c., A. D. Seim London.