WCP534

Letter (WCP534.534)

[1]1

66, Revidge Road,

Blackburn.

[Lancashire]

January 10th 1913

Dear Dr. Wallace

I have read with much interest and profit the account of the interview which you kindly granted to the Daily News representative.2 [2]

May I please in sincere respect and appreciation ask if you conclude that the "Poor are becoming Poorer" [.]

I promise nothing but honourable use of your any answer you may honour me with. [3]3

Your position in the interview was today debated by about twenty men who meet privately for discussion

Your position was quoted against Lord Emmott’s[?] position that the "Poor are not becoming Poorer"4[.] [4]

Yours in all sincerity | Milton Hindle [signature]

Professor Wallace

1
Annotated in ink in the top left corner "Answd".
2
Newspaper feature headlined "The spectre of poverty". Interview with Alfred Russel Wallace, by an unnamed correspondent. 1913. Daily News & Leader (London & Manchester) No. 20850 (6 January) p. 1.
3
Annotated in the central top margin "2" (circled).
4
Possibly Alfred Emmott, (1858-1926), 1st Baron Emmott of Oldham; British businessman and Liberal Party politician. He addressed the Oldham Equitable Society in November 1912 on the subject of the nations wealth. Oldham is about 40 Km north-west of Blackburn in Lancashire.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP534.534)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Sarvis, Nicole Mary [2014-09-22] Transcription checked by Lucas, Paula J. [2014-09-22] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP534,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP534