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66 INDIAN OPINION March 6th, 1925
dren -would not regret it, atI it would bring evil
results beyond the foresIght 01 any ID:ln living.
Mr. SAMPSON (Lab., Jeppee) remdrked that General
Smuta had not declared wll )ther hl\ was in
favour of the principle of thir,; Bill or not. The
late Government had had p}('nty of opportumty of
pctssing legislation:. He wondered whether the
i:\Tatives were sonsulted befOl,; the original nolour
ftar"\Vas determined. He reg;p'ded thIS measure as
'restormg to the white workf'l1'J on the Rand what
llad been taken from them by force of arms (hear
hear). In Europe, where people were almost
'equally clhlised, it was eailY to talk about the
.'ights of man, but not so in this country wheh' the
(:1vilised man worked alongside savages. Until
I~ome attempt was made to protect the standaru of
tlfe of the white man, what protection was there
,bat fl'w 'W hite man 'was not gomg to t" dragged
Jown to the very low levt'l of the Nat17c wages.
'rhe Factory A Ctil were for the protection of the
K~kerl3, and of the property c,f the employer: His
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