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Old Orchard, Broadstone, Dorset.
September 14, 1913.
Dear Sir,
— I wish you every success in your work for the amelioration of the condition of the workers, through whose exertions it may be truly said we all live and move and have our being.
Your motto is excellent. Above all things stick together.
Equally important is it to declare as a fixed principle that wages are to be and must be continuously raised, never lowered. You have too much arrears to make up — too many forces against you, to admit of their being ever lowered. Let future generations decide when that is necessary — if ever.
This is a principle worth enforcing by a general strike. Nothing less will be effective — nothing less should be accepted; and you must let the Government know it, and insist that they adopt it.
The rise must always be towards uniformity of payment for all useful and productive work. —
Yours sincerely, | Alfred R. Wallace
Status: Draft transcription [Published letter (WCP5725.6585)]
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Letter from Dr. Alfred Wallace
The following letter was read from Dr. Alfred R. Wallace, of Old Orchard, Broadstone:—-" I wish you every success in your work for the amelioration of the condition of the workers, through whose exertions it may be said we all live, and move, and have our being. Your motto is excellent. Above all things stick together. Equally important is it to declare as a fixed principle that wages are to be, and must be, continuously raised, never lowered. You have too much arrears to make up, too many forces against you to admit of its being ever lowered. Let future generations decide when it is necessary — if ever. This is a principle worth enforcing by a general strike. Nothing less should be accepted, and you must let the Government know it, and insist that they adopt it. The rise must always be towards uniformity of payment for all useful and productive work."
Status: Draft transcription [Published letter (WCP5725.8229)]
For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon
Please cite as “WCP5725,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 3 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP5725