MR. FOWLDS REPLY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 609, 11 September 1909, Page 13

MR. FOWLDS REPLY.

ANSWER TO MR. MASSEY. THE FAMOUS "AVOOL SPEECH " . . . In continuation of a controversy which has :■ ;>■■■■.: hated, several days, thp Hon; G. Fowlds was ,'V ;' y'.'wo,ittd upon by a Douhqom reporter yester■:;i:ddyi7and .'giv;cn;;'ah ■ y-rbpjying , to/the'remarks of tho Leader>of tho.Opposi- .;; . • tig'ri, as expressed, in ah iiit-orviow with this : ... journal's Auckland correspondent. , u "Mr.i'Massoy continues., to -harp -on .tho ' ; question of. my 'telegram .011 tlio Cli'amberv% '-- ' ',','titid ho insinuates -. that, because ho, -as Leader o: tlie Opposition, was informed that tho resolu- . tion was being brought on,. I also ought 'to ii: : ' :£ ; have[;;kiiownVU'/fo;' nilyqrieaeqiitiiiltocl " ith /■ Sji'.v:'l'arliameiitaryj procedure,- 'sliah a .contention •: is simply ridiculous; It is always uiider- - , stood:, that no- very, important ■ business will •: • ■ bo. brought .forward ;on the . early Mondaj : night '.'sittings., of Vtho'',sbssidri, -and .' that '.tho . . 1 ; business on tho. ovdeispaper will bo strictly ,'adhered; to, NV mention was mado on tlio .'. . order'paper, of tho proposed'resblutio'ii.'Thd : : reason why ~the Leader of the Opposition know of tho. intention to bring it 'lor.ward ... i-i '.that he was asked to' secoiiil it, and bef- ' fore'calling tlio - orders of;tho day, the . . latb Mr.' Sedddii' had. to as!; tho leavo of • • the House to move the resolution'.; •-M/0 about • \ •> my."trying to. shelter "behind'. Mr. 'John > ~ v■;^V^•.■)vPu{h^e/vl^havb.: Qto^tp.^V'^hat-tj.haTe-nb dosiro to seek shelter -behind, anyone.- In ■i'X : this v r coniieciion hcli^. tho «arr,o Ufifis ;a fvl.'j'cJitl. with regard to . tho' pibtivo ; underlying tlio resolution, for, m tho <;purso . of 'Ins, speeohj . Mr. .Duthio , said: 'It (tho .'. .resolution), is moved' *by tho' I'remier, ■ ~ not.'ito .consolnvMr.'OhambPtlain, b)it to inlinenco the Drittsh public m favour of his bscal proposals' / '■/' 'S;WIi don't: in k'Airi ucfi *? twill;,—tcauit' from a discussion liet\vc(A l!r Ihssoy and but' I cannot allow .Kis-niisropresentatibn, of . > iwhat. I >aid as-to t thtf effeot. ofna drop In thoiprice of wopl; to pass ■< unnoticed:' Mr Massoy's fricmila'OTi tho. platform and in the "/.i'press'.; have'mado / /iroiiiarksto it-iS' suffi■;;'j oipiili; to;-'Ba ? dl>6iit' j . J MrJ*. ; 6f'v i Wy k 'statenleiit . .-,th(it:he had deplored tho folly of New Zcav : =A^^ :^'?i-: -I?ndiiin;^"n6V;Joihu%V"the r .« = AustValipCh';-;-fedi9ra'-', wordd aro given as mino tutlun 'qubtation i'.A'- tlioV'l^o^l4''.^"^.b'^ri.;^wresttd. ifrpni-.-.their:, cbntaxt/and' jiut. together, .ill ; a them, :it would be-, proper to ftppiy fi;pretty ; strong'term to . tho;! attempt', to pass-.'tho quotation loff; as ono fron) my spf<">h.f. ■- - What I did say was n$ follows,—'lt is -'"-- r .\^r;.vtruo>.xhfit'j.-spi(ic ; j.of.* tho;?pricos": of ovr iliaditig '^ear s ;tlian'ftliby wore previously, but Ton line 1 got to bear - , ; •m' lmind .thW 'jn ono'particular jtoiii—wool— so .'rotifljlvV reflect : itself-,.0n- thp;..condition :of • tlioi people -as do i .i : ;V»ijfr^rbatleTtß^fla3e^*l6i i ':v::v-JUjStanco>^: ;iiroiio'rt3on; of tlio wool y.-i-:?J' :J;:h^^O/beeii: ; king? 1 ;' - . people, who, oven in a "bad year, .■' . thV.oVdinary'course,:Of. business. A drop in ■Sr'iv: tho .price of; wool simply.; means . that they ''•vyo so.-n~le'ss' nipnoy. for ' irivestni'ent. Af prico;:of iwooh does noV so ; -.dir&tly and-speedily.affect.tho.peoplo.as a ! -:. .. . .whole.as does i depreciation m tho prico of r '.'l3t^;f..Vc^io r ...'■.-v:.- : /.v..;is-! ! pasßing. almost directlv .into; the- hands of :jnc6mo ; >upbV. : 'cthat ; ; ; . . particular prqducl.''. 'V.*-'.. .'' !■;.... iiriglcd .'and.'^t-ivisted.-aX:itV-.h'o3 ivfeS-ty his 'friends^ would :- i jfliHtJ.^'the,';britioisin:>that:-has been.'.levolldd s at it 3leapS^|ft||«4fe,^g .notjoining' A'usi ' *. lAlf ' tho ; v P,ub] ioi\: baye ... • /deDJal;i;WAs - wrong;/.: ' -I . , .;: havo -a'iright 'tov;know. whether he ff^°U3teabsolvcs/^^mo;:fro!D^thQ;f ; Decessity, i y.v :■ apologising:"!.