| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 1204 |
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a glass or two of beer together in a tavern or anywhere else? Let those who would presume to condemn them carry their argument to its logical conclusion and condemn pleasure of every kind. Let them persuade the working classes to lead still simpler lives; to drink water instead of such unwholesome things as tea, coffee, beer, lemonade and all the other harmful and unnecessary stuff. They would then be able to live ever so much more cheaply, and as wages are always and everywhere regulated by the cost of living, they would be able to work for lower pay. These people are fond of quoting the figures of the `Nation's Drink Bill,' as if all this money were spent by the working classes! But if the amount of money spent in drink by the `aristocracy', the clergy and the middle classes were deducted from the `Nation's Drink Bill', it would be seen that the amount spent per head by the working classes is not so alarming after all; and would probably not be much larger than the amount spent on drink by those who consume tea and coffee and all the other |
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