And now we may turn to the wages of dustmen, who are, it must be admitted, a most estimable class of men and most useful.
But, to make up to them for having to do such nasty work, they were not left black and dirty, as poor chimney-sweeps and dustmen are.
Dustmen scavenged through the rubbish on the streets.
In these days of keen competition every one lies—every editor, publisher, undertaker, piano-tuner, dustman—they couldn't live if they didn't.
It is not good to know that a dustman makes more money than hundreds of hard-worked and well-educated men, for this is a grotesque state of things brought about by imbecile Government officials.
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Thedustmancontinues his work.
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The dukes may be there, but not the dustmen.
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We may be up against one law for the duke and another for thedustman.
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If a first class education is a good thing for the duke's son it is an equally good thing for the dustman's son.
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How does one distinguish between the non-working wife of a duke and the non-working wife of adustman?
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Why should a duke pay more than adustman?
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The duke arid thedustmanhave been contrasted.
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The localdustmanoperates on the road—and "dust" is about what the authorities put on our roads.
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The increases for dustmen were part of a major pay and productivity agreement for all manual workers in local government.
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The reason why the dustmen come out on strike is simple.
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The son of thedustmanwill go in first, and the son of the millionaire will be the first outsider.
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If adustmanwrites something for journalistic purposes, it is caught.
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At that time, the cook and thedustman, for example, were on the same basic rate, but the pay differences between them were substantial.
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I cannot get rid of them except to thedustman.
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Before long, the dustmen will be coming along demanding another round.
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