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Britioh workmen.
(1)
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Another point raiocd was the lack of
Union participation by the immigrante1 who Often worked in the
sweated trades auch aua tailoring, r- "., rtbough
they did not acorn
to earn-any wages$ they often in a short tine were able to not
up in-business for themoelves# (laughter). "
(2)
#3omo. of the
antipathy appeared to be on racial grounda, -a shared prejudice
with the main-stream Imporialiato; 7Zoir Hardie remarked in 18880
of aliens in the Ayrshire ironworks, - "Those Poles lived
together eight or ton in a single room and led what could only
be described an a beastly life. " (3)
Facial foolines had
penetrated fairly deeply by the end of the century, - the anti-
Ymporialinta inveighed against the Jewish speculators and
financiers.
The emigration argument was not relevant to Africa,
which could prbvido # except for South Africa and the stand mines-i
a home only for a handful of adminiotratoro, saldiere, miceionurioo
and a few traders* Edward Beesly Toto correctly in the Ponitivint
Revinw1 "Do the advocatee of "pegging our claims" in Central
Africa expect to gain the workman's vote by telling him that thoy
are providing him with a place to overflow into? Ho has no docire
to overflow into Central Africa,,,,., flo coon to temperate regiom,.
(i) Trades Union Conprono ReLortR, 18889 1889,1890,1892,1894,
1895.
(2) 1b d. 1894.
(3? Ibid, 1888.