LETTERS TO THE EDITOR,
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THE CLASS WITH CHARACTER.
[To TEE Enrros or rirs "Srecraroa."]
Sre,—On rending the article in your issue of May 24th the following observations were suggested. The tendency of Labour to rank the professional class—which I take to include not the professions, in a narrow sense, but the entire body of brain workers—ae the drones of production is based on the fallacious conception of wealth. The wealth of a nation con- sists of the sum total of the individual units' possessions in goods end ability to render services. The skill of the eurgeon to perform a delicate operation is as much wealth as a pair of boots produced by a shoemaker, although the former does not become concrete until the operation is performed. It is the brain-power of this despised class expressed in the form of better modes of production that enables the workers to reap the benefit of progress. Unfortunately, the working man gets economic truths only in a distorted manner through the medium of agitators who are working for their own ends, with the result that he considers hia class the only factor that counts in production. The middle class must therefore unite, with a view to counter this evil dootrine. either by peaceful penetration, or more drastic measures, if necessary. They have the brains, the energy, and wide experi- ence necessary, so that all that is lacking is organization, which will certainly come. Now is the time—for those who have shown by their conduct that to submit to be governed for the good of the majority carries with it the right to govern— to claim that right, and so obtain equal treatment with the more favoured class.—I am, Sir, Ac., E. A. ANDERSON. 29 Airlie Gardens, Glasgow.
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