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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. 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 know the plain truth that the provocation was the masters', and that the men were turned out of employment, that is deprived of access to the Capitalist stores of food and all other necessaries, wantonly and avariciously by the masters. The Press would not print that enormous truth. I will give another general example. The whole of England was concerned during the second year of the War with the first rise in the price of food. There was no man so rich but he had noticed it in his household books, and for nine families out of ten it was the one pre-occupation of the moment. I do not say the great newspapers did not deal with it, but _how_ did they deal with it? With a mass advocacy in favour of this professional politician or that; with a mass of unco-ordinated advices; and, above all, with a mass of nonsense about the immense earnings of the proletariat. The whole thing was really and deliberately side-tracked for months until, by the mere force of things, it compelled attention. IMMORAL IN TIME OF WAR THEY DID NOT KNOW THE PLAIN TRUTH THAT THE PROVOCATION WAS THE MASTER'S AND THAT MEN WERE TURNED OUT OF EMPLOYMENT THAT IS DEPRIVED OF ACCESS TO THE CAPITALIST STORES OF FOOD AND ALL OTHER NECESSITIES WANTONLY AND AVARICIOUSLY BY THE MASTERS THE PRESS WOULD NOT PRINT THE ENORMOUS TRUTH I WILL GIVE ANOTHER GENERAL EXAMPLE THE WHOLE OF ENGLAND WAS CONCERNED DURING THE SECOND YEAR OF THE WAR WITH THE FIRST RISE IN THE PRICE OF FOOD THERE WAS NO MAN SO RICH BUT HE HAD NOTICED IT IN HIS HOUSEHOLD BOOKS AND FOR NINE FAMILIES OUT OF TEN IT WAS THE ONE PREOCCUPATION OF THE MOMENT I DO NOT SAY THE GREAT NEWSPAPERS DID NOT DEAL WITH IT BUT HOW DID THEY DEAL WITH IT WITH A MASS ADVOCACY IN FAVOUR OF THIS PROFESSIONAL POLITICIAN OR THAT WITH A MASS OF UNCORDINATED ACTIVITIES AND ABOVE ALL WITH A MASS OF NONSENSE 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
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