A WORD FOR SIR JULIUS VOGEL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1596, 29 June 1887, Page 4

A WORD FOR SIR JULIUS YOGEL

A correspondent of tho Auokland » Bell » w.il.fct to th_t jovmal DS followt ; —"At the present time, when tho f.o'Ing Is running high that Sir Julius Vogol is ro-poneible for the depresnion thai ia new pa-Ding ever ua, I would *i_h tn bring under yrur notice, m j uatioe to all men, that he has dono a grsat deal for ob, «nd thit the wave that is pessing hard upon us jnet mw is not due to him, but to the force of citcurußlanct.., thai wiil to tho end tt all Hmq fc._Vel ia cycles to the various CDPi.tri_a of the wcrld.

I beliere co man living has done so much for AOcklard . s Sir Jullcs Yogel, and it is no fault of hie, lam cure, that more has not b.en done. Why did wo not support hia lalaod propoa _la ? Had wo, onr wharvoß would not have had their present barren appearance, and our merchants would have been i.i a fer more prosperous c oditlon Aud ia not Auokland due to him its Oalifornian mail servloe, its railway cxtenoions and improvements? Is not the colony indelt.d to him for its population being increased by a qu.rtcr rf a million, at least a quarter cf a oei.tq-y before its UmP ? And, moreover, hi» protective policy t.lll be, if allowed to be carried out Ly him, a boon for onr workir.g o'a.BCB, who will find pr< fi aSle employ mant m thia tine country, I s.»y, Cir, that tils man should reo.ive hit c i ici.m from all hands, and instead of giving him a retiring alWnnce as _uffge_»cd Fy many, lot as tfJl retain his valuable brains m our midst." To tho foreg in* the editor of th© '«• Bell " apjenda the following footnote :— We sincerely, sympathise with every word <f our oorr-_p_ndent respecting Fir Julius VogeJ. Bis name fs fixed hone rably and irrevor ably m the hist, ry of Ye* Zetland^ and hia eeiviceß have been too great to be ever forgotten. But tho borrowing and spending policy with which he is ns- ' •Delated inseparably m the pnbllo mind ' i Iln1 ln , < len,o1 en,o{ y unpopular just noir, and he j is believed to be so wedo'ed to it ihat he oannot change. 'J hat Is why fee'W is againit bim. We hare had a surfeit, £nd he reminds ns of it, sua Wc-dony worts to live temperately and virtuously m»w. ... .