ENEMIES OF tHE NATION.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1909, 18 November 1913, Page 9

ENEMIES OF tHE NATION.

Sir,—Not for 0110 moment- would the people of Now Zealand tolerate all army of enemies, fitting m comfort within our gateSj and there being 110 steps taken to drive them away or destroy them, lot wo have tolerated association (called the lied Federation? to sit within our midst. A greater enemy really than any foreign Power it is to (is at the present time. During tho last three weeks it has shown very clearly what it wishes tti do. It wants to tnko possession of our waterfronts. To 6ay that all export or import tjado shall stop, and. only proceed when tho so-ealleci labour leaders' demands have been acceded to. It wants to. Stop all our industries, It wants to compel thousands of satisfied workers to lose their' work, and possibly all their savings and tittle homes. It wants to paralyse our trades that have taken ns years to build up—tailors, jewellers, etc. It wan Is to ruin our farming community, At | tho. present moment all waterside work oil our shores is proceeding oiily under polieo protection, because thesis "Bed Feds." incite tho unionists to deeds of violence., against moil who are nobly trying to gave Now Zealand from utter financial ruin and despair. These "liod Feels" have, I con assure them, alienated all sympathy from tho general public- by their deeds aiid words. When thousands of lis see nothing ahead but ruin to. bininessrw and farming pursuits, I can assvirfl you, sir, just to pledge any band, or ba'iids, of people that wo aro not content that matters should remain in -..heir present condition. It is time that wo have so'uio .{ttiarajitec that the industrial peace of Nbw isoa-; land caii' bo assured. _ It is time that tho Governor or governing body of New Zealand Should step in and insist that: it is .illegal far one bnntj of workers to call otlier unions out. Let each union fight their own battles, under soriio spe* c.ial Arbitration scheme, where Capital and Labour ate equally represented, Also, all Harbour Board workers should at Onco ho placed upon a par with rail' way workshop well, and'such like workers. bo entirely under Government pay, with the'samo benefits that the other Government employees rcteive, viz., regular pay, holidays, etc. Tho harbour boards of the. Dominion should see to it that they collect enough dtics from shipowners to refund to tho Government the salaries it pays these waterside nreii. We, the great outside public, want to feel that we and our pursuits are no lpiiger meftocod by theeo lawless wholesale war-makers, tl'.o "Red Feds." We are only too pleased that- New Zealand is ablo to offer to Our workers good pay, good hours, good conditions, in homes and factories, aiid I consider it is only fair of them in return to consider the general safety of New Zealand, and not imperil its standing' in the nations of the world., at the wifel, unnecessary "call out" of these self-styled "labour leaders," Surely all our workers can see for themselves that if thay bring the' wall of Capital clown that th&y themselves will be involved in the ruin.—l aiiii etc,," ANXIOUS NEW ZBAiiANBER.