A. Yes, and that is the way we guard over them.
Q. But surely it is the case of cutting off the nose to spite the mouth?
A. And why not, if the mouth is too well fed.
Q. But are not arguments better than bludgeons?
A. No, and bludgeons are less effective than revolvers.
Q. But may not the use of revolvers produce the military?
A. Yes, but they can do nothing without a magistrate reading the Riot Act.
Q. But, the Riot Act read, does not the work become serious?
A. Probably. But at any rate the work is lawful, because unremunerative.
Q. But how are the wives and children of strikers to live if their husbands and fathers earn no wages?