RETRENCHED MOUMAHAKI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 705, 3 January 1910, Page 8

RETRENCHED MOUMAHAKI.

MANAGER AND MINISTEE. WHERE THE BLA.ME LIES (To the .Editor.). \ .VSjr.^-With•-referenco ; to; the;'statements . which - appeared ,1111 soveraL. papers, : I. regret'''to:have : topoint out that,v.if, tho. Hon. ' the Minister for. Agriculture j' islcorrectlyfreported.'.he.is placing mo 'in v : ' ;a;. positionwhich; th'e ; full circumstances . 'bf;;,thej'situation.;'do.: : nbt . justify. When reading -the'<■ remarks,:-I',:refer ■■■ to, I con-: ; ;'ad_ejei;itliat;;;it:iw.onld;;'; : b^ ' ino to contradict them . in ~tho public. . press until I severed .my conncotion with: tho Department of Agriculture. How- . ever, on December 17 I scut a wire 1 toijthe hen. the Minister calling, his attcnfaon : to the .matter. . The Minister re-. ;. Vplied; onDecember; 20 saying:;; "!'■ shall: ; bo sorry if any remarks of mine should cause you to think I reflected on you. I - will send you a copy of Hansard as soon: 'a3iit,iS'.out,- and 'tnen yoiuwiE see. what: ■>1 ,said."a.'Qji';'Deceraßeri2i 'I replied to : this letter pointing out.that as the;.state-. 1 ments which .1 fhadi called his attention ; to/ Had -Eow'-'beon' 'published in many of - the 1 - local , papers,; •. I desire to take ; idf,-: xontradictihg. : . ■: that. :I :,'am" freo to • refer : to ; them publicly, I am taking this opportunity of doing so. :: In- the;:first.,place the Minister., says, -'manager ' had stated that eleven hands were of no use on the farm."When . Iclearly ■ defined. .to „ himself the .positions of .the.'ten- hands*Jefbafter the 1 retrenchment,'' I showediSKta .that; only, one man • and myself wore. left to deal ■with'the.agricultural-work—and one'man' m the-nursery. ■I'shnll-hetc define their , positionsOno stud" groom; one man, and !. ;twp; boyaiattendingKto',poultry,,ono -cow--boy'find'ijeneral" ronsealxJat^ono. shepherd , and stockman;-: ohe plant .breeder,', who i otherwise: attends to grass plots; weeds, I etc., one i man -to attend to the horhcul- I •tural, work,' one clerk, • and ono - man to i attend .to all the farm work.- "This, in : my- opimon.' ivas an iropossible situation at this time of tho year, and I said so. Further,: it 1 must have, admitted; i .otherwise how was I requested,-to 'rem-.| ■ 'state; three;ineri .l- : : .I',; ,Secondly, :Dc- ;, and:'.riot : '.'a"; lot -;'ctf; fa;ricy,' experi-' ihents/V • -l;- caii r ; take -.no -'other meaning : out of. this but that the Department has nptV beeii 'value out , of-.me for thmr;mon^ : th%t; '^y>sixteeff' years':, service ;;tli e: :tKis%^disV»Ve^i;-'*a£idtkat'-'-!Llie/".lißslV'onl3f-; :.'said'« iTJwt'fM^ex^imOTts^fe';r^ms.;to'-:ai;e'.' 'in'v^'the; nursery,^he;^should, keep months'• directly ! imder.'my .control. \ ■ jthe/;,llinistan>v says; ,"6ome - of. iho';'/rapOTments.:. are/ finished; and ;.there": ,is' no use'continuing them." . Here again lie.yis ■wrong, there is not :onevof the; ag-. ncultnrol; oxpenmonts ■ m - hand • that l w at present :in. a: finished 'state, and it 13' iirifair.'.of him to say so.' '• ' S tf Fourthly,, the Minister- says, "the man'ager was informed- six months ago that the - desire, of the. Government: was in jTegaid to',rptronchmbnt, but-, he took no steps ,to . carry out. his .instructfons .to re.duce."'. Again this-, is; an unfair statc- ! 'in accordancevwith:' thq faits of. the .-Wlien in March last I was asked . to">give a . probable , estimate ■ of tho.,.allocation fuV the- next, financial ;yMt;Jij6t>,a? : |iiiglßV referdnccf;?was niado; as i to,, abandoning ' any of,,tho* .work in :hand.yV,^;'; : ifplied:; stating Vthe- c'.ldwest amounts which: I considored adegnato-to~. :ppiitinue;;;tho':'present;''.worki;,.': In:: April wag'informed that the.votovvasnot likely. to.exceed- certain sum:which,amounted .of^rnniiing-'.tlielfar'm.'A i-thaas.onß'ficcaSsibn-ipdinted^outivthat '.'ifc' was. inipossiblo for me to run' tho )n, its,, present-'entiretyon-Hlie-i allocationmentioned.: Notwithstanding this, the .^M.iinstpi^oM'iiidfJauthor^ \frpm.ithe; usual' course,' of 'runmng, tha station; 'and m no instance has it been outhiied.-how it ; was proposed that I was of its - running. -True, on ■■ ono": occasion' I 6ut;.';'dfastic;cuf-: tailment in the nursory and to abolish a certain' part ■ which. previously. had been : discussed., I had- just - arranged to do "so when; an- '.wire'.ireached .me .informing;, mo not td '.raqko any reduction iini the. nursery; -.hot-houso,' 'or - orchard This wire,was confirmed later, by a memo-, hayo'led'me to 'think thatvl ;'?P, ; i < . usual. lines,,-, and my. honest- endeavour •has .been to ,do;the best I oould for both the,,,Department-. and .Dominion:, Apart from this V I tried to effect any sanng^l mpossibly cpald; without affect-' ihg' - tho.; vftluc. .'of'. the • dispensing - with .two; men during tho winter, and replacing another at a lower wage, be-' sides , keeping- : othor ' expenses as low, ,as .possibly,, could--, bo ~,done. ~1 noithor had 'ihake'the; drastic changes which would ?havo ' effected anything : like the • saving. men-; cioned, and I look upon' it as entirely -TOong. fdr.' HieJhoii.: gentleman to'; say. that I should- have ..done so. The '.Minister '■?P^ial^'■'ief Brenctf,"&;;;tb>; hiving' the.'press;^"tiiatsthisjmanager; such! reductions as wero expected." I beg, to inform him ■' that up tP the' sent ..the'Departmental, files express all tho :opinions I, have given- on '.the : sub l ?' ,'r-:-ft.- v---; -".5*..The; Minister, irefcrs to tho cost of running; theVsta^Mon:*ind,'.the^.' <: loss: to ; the .coui^^byj;-;ro> c ii6iflg f v-an(i^a^ds;;tt^^^ am justified '. in ; thinK that it cia'be. a. less cost. Here; again the Ministerwis inconsistent: .What I /ha-je said .the farm, in' lts ;present';entirety;icO'tild ;; >n6t, . : in my at 'aftßiss costiTjut'this ;is>not'. tp &y.:that coiild-ilot'.be'vtu'thed ' ',intP;^a,Vgrazing ; Tim and^beplobked:', after. * pf-fulfilling-.the'; purpose': ofiani ■ experiment -farm.,- ;I'resigned: when' I .■ipUndJf.;tbat,vij^was-^iin'pbs.siJslp;. : •carry--on the-.; work already', in hand,. ; expectancy ;of, ; . i toi®A s ®|^^d-'.-is9u%''-';or.;^^Mtcting' : 'the i'work with crcdit.- to thoSDepartment or '/satisffiiction;';to'; myselfrplaced inthis'hopeless position: I :took 'What-1 considered" my only- 'honourabler superior,officer ,to kindly raccepttiinyi/ uesignation,' Now. that i;, / .liave 'd'one , 's6sX;regret very much ito' .thinkV it: ,uiiffarranted. ; ;ortjio.^^hoh;::the'Ministefto', situation; by- ; try-' ;seU,'Sh?|i ! :tKe;'hbn'.^'&eptie ;is;;;-re.ally^the..responsible i : .party;^i:. ; ani,; ■ #«?.', ; - ■ ;'="- ■'' ;• P. GILJji\NDEES. ;jMoimiahaid'Exp'6rtn4ent";i'arm, ; ; 1 ' Dcoeraber 31, > 1909 THE TRIP TO'BUENOSIAYRES OUR ONLY REPRESENTATIVE >Slt'/is probable that April 10 will be;.the'! ';Nfy^^jai42for;-'hiii';TjMt;-'.t6; iArgehtina. jyi|(4buvfliV:;iyhich can:'.be".reached .froin i 'Afgehtfnas'by;.imeans:;of' v a , ;stramer ;tnt;to- : MeHran! > v by ! an.'bverla,rid'; : carried out, will .'-give! Mr»=.'Short an 'e*i cellent ;;Se6ih!g';the' i ;resourcetf: of:, portions'of''Ajnerica!iwhich;;.'a,ra^'now; - undergoingj rapid, develppinent. No- de-. . any .- de;; sMr.'.' Wv Perry,,-tno:',prominent Lincoln breeder,; w^uld;:"niake?'it, : ; : ;and'.that' Mr.; W. 11. Wybourno also could have been persuaded. to "show, the. Americans'some' of; tlioso immense Lincolns. 'ivith which lie won;largely .shows.' The iAmerif cans, greatly-.?; pri?e and in, no sheep: would ( :they; appreciate that quality more- than in the Lincoln.