An Inspector Calls Page #2
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- 1954
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Like a lot of young these women
who get into various kinds of trouble,
she used more than one name.
But her original name, her real name
was Eva Smith. - Eva Smith?
- Yes.
Do you remember her,
mister Berling? - NooO
But I seem to remember having
heard that name somewhere.
Eva Smith.
But it doesn't convey anything to me.
I don't see where I
come into this, inspector.
But she was employed in your
works, Mister Birling.
Oooh, that's it! Well, of course.
We've got several hundred young
women there. They keep changing.
Ah, but this young woman Eva Smith
was a bit out of the ordinary.
I found a photograph of
her in the lodgings.
Perhaps, uh, perhaps this
will help you to remember.
Any particular reason
why we shouldn't see this
young woman's photograph, inspector?
There might be.
You recognize her now,
don't you, Mister Berling?
Yees!
I remember her.
She was one of my employees.
It must've been the Autumn of 1910.
About the time we opened
our new machine shop.
Yeah, she was out of the ordinary.
An intelligent, good-looking girl.
If fact, the foreman told
me he was ready to
promote her to what they call a....
a leading operator.
Head of a small group of girls.
See them? Quite a bit of spirit.
I didn't know then that
she was a troublemaker.
It's only the girls in the
lath machine job isn't it?
Not the whole boiling?
-Only the women, sir.
How many of them are coming up?
A deputation of five, sir.
-Right, you'd better show 'em in.
-Right, sir.
I understand you're dissatisfied with
the money you're getting here.
Is that so? -Yes, sir.
How much are they getting at the moment?
Between 22 shillings and
6 pence a week, sir.
That's the usual rate in the industry
at present, isn't it? -Yes, sir.
You see?
How much do you think you ought to get?
25 shillings, sir.
- Well I'm sorry, but it can't be done.
Why can't it be done?
Did you say "Why can't it be done"?
Yes. - I don't see why I should
have to give you an explanation.
Well why are you seeing us then?
- Alright, I'll tell you.
If I agreed to your demands,
costs would go up 10%.
And if costs went up 10%
prices would go up 10%
a we should be unable to sell our
goods against our competitors
If that happened the factory
would close down and
you'd be out of work.
Satisfied?
No.
I'm afraid you'll have
to remain unsatisfied
I've told you, we're
paying the usual rates.
But what if you can't live on them?
You'll have to go and work somewhere
else. It's a free country, after all.
What's the use of that if you
can't get work somewhere else?
I'm sorry, but that's
no concern of mine.
There'll be trouble sir, I'm afraid.
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