The concept behind Ian rushing to Oswald rather than to Julia is because it’s easy to tell that Oswald will listen and understand what Ian is saying whereas Julia would take it as a jab to stop the uniforms. Ian was probably keeping this in mind as he discovered the fiasco with the brand. Although we know that Oswald is one to joke, it was portrayed in the book that he listened to every word Ian was saying, Julia on the other hand wouldn’t care much of the fact that they were made with child labour but would rather care that there’s something guilty about the uniforms. We can see that this is why it would be better for Ian if he went with Oswald because the both of them see what’s at fault. This is showed in the book, when Ian and Julia were arguing and it was the debate on why uniforms were such a big deal. I believe Ian exclaimed about how it wasn’t a big deal when there are children working for pennies and nothing is being done. “People make a big deal out of nothing and make nothing of a big deal.” Mr. Roberts. All in all, the reason why he’ll go for Oswald over Julia is because Oswald understood what Ian was trying to say and understands what’s wrong about it.

            Now, answering the actual question, why it was a benefit to go straight to Mr. Roberts was because