THE OUTLOOK.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 743, 16 February 1910, Page 8

THE OUTLOOK.

i: :''j: ■;: :.;;p6li,tics: : , ■ I'i:V;OTTERESTING:.EEviEW OP THE;'.' K;^r.; .^>- , :" !: --;MSiTiQN^..^;Vv; i ;\_>. . .;. -.Writing, io ; ono ■of • the.Reading business in the Dominion, a/London correspondent,reviews the political-situa-tion ■'in' Britain .'and the: trade prospects ( fpV.t:he current in a;- most•' interest-. [in'j;,'fashion.' '.Afgobd"deal pf;What;he ; says I, may-; weir afford,; food-;.for,. reflection.'^We quote .the-.foilbwing; extracts from, his I'lote-'■::;:■;':;'.■ M- ;'.;;-•'• '«;..-?:"■-;.■■:'-;::;' ; partisanship.-.runs; riot,'and . 'each ;side yvies 4 'with..the other in ' vitupera- ; '.tion'and .misrepresentation." :No impartial ; man ;.can'. doubt vthak- on; either-side ;are f ;men of great ability, and undoubted purity of .'.purpose,'; but .politics.leave' no- 'room for ..statesmanship.,;■Thqughtiul men -are , agreed, ithat'.children- should be.educated and '-'reared ■'■'in such.,,, surroundings.', that; ■ they ."shall/ hbt-.be-,hrindicapped- in; "life's. : battle',; : 'andV;that.'sanitary ■conditions- of life:and labour should, be'-;secured, .but- ; ih aiming.-at this, goal, thejiersonal. iiberty , pf.jthb;:.citiien':is : <:bang"too.';;much. eh.cfbache'd ; ,upoii', 'and- his "individual-.. responsibility .as'; such; :js., being;: seriously ■ iun'derm'ijied-;and;.weakened.,: Bbme in'the ; past!keEt'.the people\,;qu.iet.-.by7'.public 'gamesrandffree-dples of- grain.-The' ulti-< 'mate, result; is..'the-writing.,oh . ; the'Tvall' ;for;;.aU\'whp. wi11... to, read. ..These, ,_theh, ;are ; th'e;issUes to.-bbvtried.-yandrupori which ; ■ the, iverdicti of. the: country., iuust ..he • given. Our.-.expectation i-as'thatj.-.jvhateyer.-.'may; .be. -the. result,, -trade-., expansion .-imay* be' looked. for'vih/.tKeicomiri'g' spring.'. ..The . effects '.'pf-/.political '.action; are.'more.: remote 'thaii :;im'mMiatb, ; -natural-•dovelbpm'ents-vwill'',not'; be;, greatly •retarded -by ;.them. - : ; ;y their ' estates;-iwill -,be: 'realised;;, and,-! the'.younger ■' generation.; VwitK'imbre.r.cburage.Vif'lwith for. .their ■iriheritahce/-'-and-- ; -:speculative,.ventures iwill iftri'd marjy.v.aiid Jreqtrire ibjp.nses,Jo li^(vJ,n,.;.and.the.'needful; ifurniture'7to'-.equip farmers, fruit-growers, ; .wooi-growers7'-..'sb;, far ;as ; their; labours' have'.'successful" issues,' will !havei-riew.j;wantsj;vi^wpp'ent ; - : to;';be;;;.r)^; hewe'd : 'or "'expande'd;' ) iH£X&i? with', .the; recognition": that "the''past- : twb'; years r'or -m'bre.'.ha've/been; a-vperiod- of [con* : traction,'- there;.'comes':.also, the recognition that.it has'been'a.psrii3d'"o : f'recuperation, . and.'that;-.the\'tim'e; has' 'perhapsv.arrived when;the;march.of.progress may be-again renewed ;bf, confidence.-. ; MprVTrade ; ano'!Higher;;'Prices.-iLikoly.;,' - .•clnde' > Vtte\TbliJmO}>ot/^de!^ll > -'flj.parid,'. .and.that'.isftph'^exp'ansjbn; risa ui.ipricesnto'va" ; .'le^el''^bre:,prdfitabla' ,;o'r',v- shall;' we [jinprbiEttable,;. than ■ that '-.we-.have Jf.we !turh;'our; atte>iitioh..itb • America, ywe. -nnd''.therei'cohditions'.greatlyT'imprbyed; v t<i. ■ -those;; existing '-a --'■ 'year- ;<s-its ! cjtizehs;,fa'co;-.th'S , P^ew^ai; i mth ■ a'.firm; 'assurance of .the-'prosperity-lt'is- to .bring; jmdeed„ythe -greati steel': industry, of that ) country- reflects- a;larfce;,bu.y;nß--movement, ,mth' : .some;substa'dtial.increa's?s-in prices.. ' Ifitwe'' turn! Canada'.r.Jwe; iflnd.;,j a- s : rjob ; 'h'arvest;gatiered : inj?an'd;ieviderice'pf...wide. 'expaiiSibn'- : :and : and.'. ;tho ' wherewithal .--'.to-gratify;' them/A' :but'-"- .also; ; p'erhapW'.evidenCe :o£--a :grei>.ter;;speculatiph jfrivreal■.-estates. ; ;than-':is, .altb'getherrs'atiS; : .factbn^-^''Tn^hihg':to',•th"e^■Austra.lian, i Sp.m- . ■ inoiiweal.th,-! 'we'K meetri with'-'Ja^prpmise.'or 'good'" harves.6;.'''ihcreas'ing:-flbck?i'* and 1 pro-. :fitMe:wbulv;clip's.;;iAlsb:inv , t3ie'!Dominioii 'expande^v^^ cohtrac'nbn'afcimpbrfs > !Sha;APhet; evidence -,is ■ away vyrNearer ■'home,, .we jbbserva-, trade"oxpanding;pn--thei;. European 'Cbntthent/'aft'er;.'»'• depression -.as ;pur own;.'. With jail these"; factors'in view; 'we are'inspired witK;..the;.Kbr-ei,that.whei-'fcbuntry ooin thosevwhich r -'a#stirring ; horizon .'just T '-nb^ ;: is l of! :■'cloijds. ' (Germany-. ■ SndimposeVoh her' pebple:.,a:,vast burden' t'#",diefe (w;;thi? 'menSce' T tb theJ.world's ipeace; but ifvthere of-battle,; the; hour-ls.'-not iyet;':'i, f andj':Jt-': ; .;is';-'ilL'f;.to-.3.be; -chasing, shadows .'instead' of' aoing 'work;;;. ..';•. ;■ -V ~ ; Pbsitjbn^ofjLabobf -■•''"Tie.position '.'of-labour'' ; is,- : a'; subject' ;ever-fuU;of-appreh'ensioh;'tO'those'respon-iSiW6'Uor/.tte'-'ehtß'rpnsßV'of--;c'ap^tal;,:\>'-,lt itends to.'bb an'.eveT-growing burden;-and the- :cbntinualrdislocation;;in; business .to' 'which fit"' gives-vrise Vis; ''perhaps,.; /more \ than -any ; ,bther'-.bne;, thing.':' .the cause of -the-deplorable /amount ■ of-unemployment -from.'-which- we,iSuffer..' ;-In. Australasia 1 J'thisViifactor,- :is' : ' as-."much',-: in": evidence— : .perhjips.'; more; so-r-but'i.is ; more-, easily ■ bofn^-and ; ;.lately;-;;s'tnk^':-Smongst''v : ~; colliers;. theTßVjvpre'-' '-'dislocating; hu'siriess ■ '•■ and. checking ..;tbis ; connection; : '-we "ihayV mention-that, after . due^trial.j.ourl'Mihers''Ei'ght:;Hours-■Bill 13-found to add'veryisen'sibly .to the.'.cost of;.:-liftihg; coal, : -;'muoh-'more,.:'so,,i indeed;. .'colUery"proprietors -.-.-at; : :first thbught' : probable," and -this increased:cost' ; .:of;-'fuer;'cann'bt-fail;'to':inlln'ence^theiprice : of:-iron'rahd:sfel.;-yAs'.'a'jconcrete.;ins£aiice. in^'support-of an abstract;prbpbsition.l.jTO quote' the", case, of) the'.TTedegar,. .Company ; :of;AVales ) ,;who : havewa^ ;' 'ahbut'a v million;-tons. ".It-is;found;in[their, ' 'case"that;'jsince'the Acticame,;-into 'force; there'.had'..-.been';a'.;great'decrt'ase-'in- the output,-''despite: the .'-fact -.'.that »the:. cbm-.-■pany.- had "taken- pn.many morej'meh.-This - extra, 'labour'.;represehted.-an'.increase'':bf . . lequal..in,itself-'.to-a..3.-:per.;cent.-.dividend, yet: despite'thisihnge'.'additional'-outlay less;coal; .was; raised;: and : it' must", -not \be : firgbtten:that:dead,charges;;.up-keep,-''a'n'd -~ estahUshment;''cpuld'ribt:;be;;re,trehche'd.'.'in • any 'relation to:'decreased"b!Jltput;"yiabou'r !., ;grows'Mejs^and■ Jessreffeo'tiye,;;iiribfeVarid 1 morei costly,'; and:;it; is /difficult-;to; foresee '■:, the.;ultimate:'result;'.''.'""'; 'A ■•<■,?■» .•'.;:• ■ ;Success oflCp-i«rtnership.;';; ; :;;p;;H -.;- : .;< I ' '.'The'- crude:- propbsalsj'bf * politicians '.of ( ; the Llriyd-Uebrge.'schobl''to;' tax jwealth- out .-. .ofvexistencb, are-too : .chimeri'cal'to..'deserve V, serious ;notice,'- but are.'.criminal.insomuch J : that'; they;' excite ' false *;hopes :and ::the .. '.cupidity of.'the. wdr.thless;;,';.ln..-the-main; . ■ those''.;who : 'i have "risen; : iavb " : douo". so by .'.; treason'-of : thcir:.:own ; - worth,";their;iridiis- '.' ■ try,;'frngality,'-. and -.'iriteUigjucei.'and' they '; 'i 'surrender" their-position': to i ;thbse'-.who:'.-havo'::failed'. : in.'all>.thes'ei things ■J- ;is'"siii'ely;-the-way'imadness^'libsV'lt:se'ems ; 'Pb'ssible:';that-'as;;ti'me';.'pass'e's',''-and"'as:,th'e ~ .working' 'man ; ''.realises:ith'at'.v'thev--'labour ') ;agitat"br':'.leads .him.,to -n6;iiath! of :plentyi {'-■ .a .systbin^ofv'cp-'p'artnersh'ip 3: vogue,_ ahd;-'in -.the .''adoption'! of; siichr : m'ay t- .P.? r h«ps'.'be.fbund;-the'-germs'-bf-industrial ■• peacp: .';lt:has , 43en''ado'pted;in:some' few v directiphs;/with'-:notable;-''su'cc'e.ss''',in---''this J: .country, - .'as,^^'for-, instance;.'.in':'the .case-of j.; Ipfc'SouthfJlbtropolitah'Gas''Gdmpahy.'it : ;cprtarnly '.ptonibtes'tmbfeiieffectiveJlEbour „ -and^^'less';,waste..-;if.ThCTe<-was ; ;a'V"tendehcj [' ; last;,year;':for'.rates » . tb;.; advance.; '■• They -'aTe'.- how- "\ some'whai ' higher I and -in; one ;week'albne"uhderwr'ifers ha'd .-■ ;to fiico:th'b.-.loss'-of-:;the Maori-• of.'/,th't -■- 111 -'' ,li s D '''' tho VLan'gton':7Grimgei-'o'f;'thi ■"■•; •Jtdfr'al.',line,/ and>;the , : .-Waratah''"of.- ths : : Luiid',■ line,; .which'i latter-steamer : disap--0 : peare'd without--trace;-.-:-Tve .carinoti ;do.ubl y that .rates, wwe proving';,'quite '.unremuni-' erative:"-,;-;';;v-:^.:;'';;,.;■-;;.;:';.: ?.'(£■;■'; ■:'-)'■■■