PECUNIARY PRESSURE

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1864, 25 September 1913, Page 3

PECUNIARY PRESSURE

Sir, —l am shocked to learn from your sub-leador of to-day (16th) that tho wantonly obstructive tactics of the Opposition are costing the country nearly one. pound a minute. Allow me to suggest a remedy. Let these Opposition members, who -pro responsible for the_ waste of time and monov, be mulcted in their honorarium to tho extent of the loss involved. I am proud to note tho loynltv of tho farming members as evidenced by their manifesto to the Prime Minister,-that —in spite of possible pecuniary losses— they will stand b'v the Government. But I would remind tho Opposition that the loss entailed on the farming community is not confined to thoso farmers of the House whom they seek to penalise, but is widespread in its injurious effects on many farmers who, at this critical time of tho year, are compelled to le-avo their farms and visit Wellington in connection with matters of vital importance to their interests. Do the obstructionists know what tho' " man in the street" says of their tactics ?— " mero childs' plav." But let me say ns did the frogs in tho fable: "What is play to you is death to us."—l am, A B'VOKTVLOCTCS FARMER HOMEWARD BOUND. -