Publication: Melbourne Herald
Date: 04 September 1922
dere frend ows she slopin. me an bill smiths in readin in the papers about them ere perlitickle shifts an things an we wants to get the strength of it. Why carnt these ere politshuns get to wurk an stop foolin, wots senshure moshuns for anyways, seems to me an bill that as soon as there seems a chance of doin a bit of reel work somewun gets up an moves a senshure moshun to ang things up for fear somethin mite reely git done. I gros spuds meeself and bills workin a sor mill an I kin tell you we both done some pretty ard yakker but we dont never think of movin no sen- shure moshuns again no one becos weer too blizy trine to ern a crust, it seems thes ere polytishuns kin ern there crust just by movin senshur moshuns an me an bill dont see wot that can be called perductiv indus- try. serpose bill was to start an move a senshure moshune about the way I groo me spuds or I eld bill up at the brakin down sor wile I tole im I dont like the way e kut is timber. verry soon we wud be short of muney, but these ere polytishuns seems to be able to do that sorter thing an still dror their muney all the time and me an bill smith rekins it aint fare. Excuse the toan of this letter but thinkin over this ere thing as made me feel riled. why cant people work for a crust same as me an bill smith an the other blokes up ere does the ole thing givs me a eadake hoppin you are the sam yours truly Ben Bowyang