IN GREAT DEMAND.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1104, 18 April 1911, Page 2

IN GREAT DEMAND.

Sir,—l have taken n groat interest in your paper.since.its birth. The Dominion was not born before its time. It's a' pity it was not born at least fifteen years sooner. What a power for good it would have been; but as it is, I don't think you realise the extent of the good you have already done, not only in Wellington, but throughout: New Zealand. X have, however, a grievance against you, and I must tell you. Is it possible that you have more-readers than you are able to supply? You are supposed to bo Conservative—mark the word—and Conservatives are supposed to hold the wealth of tlis world. In fact, the accursed oppressors of the working man. A Conservative is represented by the great Liberal partv as. a .semi-criminal. I must not ■ divert fronTniy" a hidebound old Conservative all my life, I don't get my paper direct from you. I always get it from a' poor old newsvendor in the city, so that you. may not get all the profit. Mark this,_ for later on I want to show you the difference between the Conservative and tlie Liberal and Labour agitator. This morning I went out. to get my paper, and not wanting to go into tho city, I called at : two shops in Courtenay I'lace: "Dominion, please." "All gone. You can have the 'Times.'" "No thank you." I went to a shop in Manners Street,' opposite the police station. Same result: "You can. have the "rimes."' "No thank you." I went to a shop near the Opera House, in Manners Street. Same result. Then I saw a newscart opposite the Roval Oak, in Cuba Street. Could not get one. I then saw an old man not far off with one paper in his hand. "Is that The Dominion?" "Yes, sir. Tho last one I've got." I said there must be a great demand for_ this, paper. "My word, there is, sir." Now, this is not the only time I liavo had a hunt for Tiie Dominion. On at least two occasions I have had to go against my convictions, and go to your office for it, anil so let your company of bloated capitalists reap the benefit of, say, an extra penny profit that should have gone to my poor old newsvendor. AVill you tell nie, sir, why you do not print enough copies to meet "tho demand? I noticed a letter in your issue, of Saturday saying your paper was largely read by tho working man. This is perfectly true, for working men are getting sick of the so-called Liberal party, and particularly siek of the Labour agitator. I was standing in the "JJvcniner Post' office not long ago, and just at. the door was a very miserable-looking little boy selling tho "Post." A well-known Labour agitator and secretary ,of a union, and a Liberal M.P., who at one time was elected as a Labour member, came tin, put their pennies on tho counter, got the "Post," and, mark you, passed 'this boy who was calling out at the very office door. Now, these are the loiid-tongned, leather-lunged agitators who are bleeding —absolutely sacrificing—themselves for the uplifting of the poor and oppressed. I got my paper from the boy door. You see, lam not a Liberal. Now, sir, you seo the difference between the Conservative and Liberal or Labour agitator. I assure you that tho great Liberal M.P. I have referred to has at tho very least ,£IOO for every .£1 I have. But I have said enough. With your permission, later oil, I may turn the searchlight 011 some of the gentlemen who pose as straight-out Socialists, Liberals, and •Labour agitators. Meantime, what about increasing vour output, and what abnit an evening'edition? This is your great mistake. It's wanted in Wellington; and if your company is frightened to risk it, I think it is possible to get people enough to guarantee you against loss, say, for a six months' (rial. I have no axe to grind, and want no compliments, please. —I am, etc., GEORGE HAMILL. [It is difficult to estimate the exact number of papers required for cach day's issue. On spccial occasions we have printed and sold from ten to fifteen thousand extra copies of one issue. A liberal margin is always allowed, but even then an issue is frequently sold right out. and we aro unable to meet the demand for extra copies.]