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Old Orchard,

Broadstone,

Wimborne

Jan^y. 12th 1909

My dear Girdlestone

I send you now another "blow" for Socialism — which a Birmingham manufacturer (I forget his name) has had printed at his own expense to give away.

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To me it is almost heartbreaking that none of the Official Socialists — MP.'s &c — seem to have the least notion of the principles of Socialism, but go on advocating the most Un-socialistic methods and also the most useless & impractical! I have sent [2] copies myself ^{(of the} Unemployed ^Tract) to the "New Age" and the "Daily News" — begging the Editors to put it in the hands of one or two of their most thoughtful writers, in order to show why it should not be urged on ^{or, why it should} by all the power of the Radical party which, for at least a year past, has been deploring the want of any fundamental cure of "unemployment" & "poverty".

I cannot give the time [3] to do this with other papers — but I wish someone else would. Cannot you?

Unless someone or more, will take the trouble, a penny Socialist tract will be beneath the notice of almost all the papers & Mags.

I am still very busy so excuse more.

Yours very sincerely | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]