30 NOVEMBER 1901, Page 16

BRICKS AND MORALS.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—As an example of the attitude of mind assumed by the Trade-Unionists on the question of work, it may be worth while to record the following remembrance. I was walking some time ago in London behind two or three respectable workmen. They walked and talked, and I walked and listened to their conversation, which mainly ran on the subject of work and wages. At last came the end. One of the speakers, who evidently felt he gave the conclusion of the whole matter, said slowly and weightily : Well, I never leave a job but what I leave _something for some one else to do!"—