THE MUNICIPAL MARTYR . THE SLUM LANDLORD ( to his henchman , Disease ) : " Ah , it ' s a hard and material age , with no sense of the sanctity of custom . Here we have these envious Labour fellows panting to destroy that dear partnership which has so long and so profitably united us ! " Drawing by Will Dyson , an Australian illustrator and political cartoonist , well known for his socialist viewpoint . 1910s