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I detest such waste of energy, and I agree with all my heart in the statement recently made by the Editor of "The New Age" that in moments such as these, when any waste is inexcusable, sterile complaint is the _worst_ of waste. But my complaint here is not sterile. It is fruitful. I DETEST SUCH WASTE OF ENERGY AND I AGREE WITH ALL MY HEART IN THE STATEMENT RECENTLY MADE BY THE EDITOR OF THE NEW AGE THAT IN MOMENTS SUCH AS THESE WHEN ANY WASTE IS INEXCUSABLE STERILE COMPLAINT IS THE WORST OF WASTE BUT MY COMPLAINT HERE IS NOT STERILE IT IS FRUITFUL
proletariat. The whole thing was really and deliberately side-tracked for months until, by the mere force of things, it compelled attention. Each of us is a witness to this. We have all seen it. Every single reader of these lines knows that my indictment is true. Not a journalist of the hundreds who were writing the falsehood or the rubbish at the dictation of his employer but had felt the strain upon the little weekly cheque which was his _own_ wage. Yet this enormous national thing was at first not dealt with at all in the Press, and, when dealt with, was falsified out of recognition. I could give any number of other, and, perhaps, minor instances as the times go (but still enormous instances as older morals went) of the same thing. They have shown the incapacity and falsehood of the great capitalist newspapers during these few months of white-hot crisis in the fate of England. This is not a querulous complaint against evils that are human and necessary, and therefore always present. ABOUT THE IMMENSE EARNINGS OF THE PROLETARIAT THE WHOLE THING WAS REALLY AND DELIBERATELY SIDETRACKED FOR MONTHS UNTIL BY MERE FORCE OF THINGS IT COMPELLED ATTENTION EACH OF US IS A WITNESS TO THIS WE HAVE ALL SEEN IT EVERY SINGLE READER OF THESE LINES KNOWS THAT MY INDICTMENT IS TRUE NOT A JOURNALIST OF THE HUNDREDS WHO ARE WRITING THE FALSEHOOD OR THE RUBBISH AT THE DICTATION OF HIS EMPLOYER BUT HAD FELT A STRAIN UPON THE LITTLE WEEKLY CHECK WHICH WAS HIS OWN WAGE YET THIS ENORMOUS NATIONAL THING WAS AT FIRST NOT DEALT WITH AT ALL IN THE PRESS AND WHEN DEALT WITH WAS FALSIFIED OUT OF RECOGNITION I COULD GIVE ANY NUMBER OF OTHER AND PERHAPS MINOR INSTANCES AS THE TIMES GO BUT STILL ENORMOUS INSTANCES AS OLDER MORALS WENT OF THE SAME THING THEY HAVE SHOWN THE CAPACITY AND FALSEHOOD OF THE GREAT CAPITALIST NEWSPAPERS DURING THESE FEW MONTHS OF WHITE HOT CRISIS IN THE FATE OF ENGLAND THIS IS NOT A QUERULOUS COMPLAINT AGAINST EVILS THAT ARE HUMAN AND NECESSARY AND THEREFORE ALWAYS PRESENT
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