LIBERALS AND PLUTOCRATS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2015, 24 March 1914, Page 6

LIBERALS AND PLUTOCRATS.

(Jo the Editor.} . . Sif—Judging b.y sfclie references niado to 5&. Herries and tire foiftiino left. Hiffl by. ki? late father, by the little Liberal hoin Kelson,, one wotild supjWse o>at inheriting a patottal legacy is siwful. Tho Libeialß strain at a gnat and greedv •ily swallow a camel, Th - hypocrisy of the , whole thing may be illustrated: by a little anecdote, A mn:n coines- to New Zealand with £v56,0f)0 witli the obicot- of ■gDSnqt in for slioep-farmijiß oiitl also with a. view, of tafcinft »n active part in .the political life of tlie Doininjoiv. So a fripnd on the subject and tlie foHowinEs 4 : iiiloEuo:

Friend: If. you ptt f.50,000 into sheep you will be ablo to buy sevCKll t.h&tjsand aorcs asd -tail a lot of sheen oh tho land, bu*> in that case yon rnust not think of politics. Visiter: Why? ' Friend: Becsuse yoii Wowld.bo classed as ft "social pest>" a "plutoorat." a "hide-hound T<iry." a "lantj shark," and a fcw oHier choice terms whioli would cripple your chances of election to Parliament. . /' Visii<»f '. How <iim I stft over tlie difficulty, for I really w.ish to take part in politics? • Friend: Buy into a brewery or buyUp a. Sylialo Urewfry. ?is.i'br,' %«• would I stand then from, the fwlitioal point ef view? Friend; You Wo-nltl tsc eksscd as <\ "Libwnl* 1 ijr a "PfocjTssive Liberal," aiid if you Unowjusi tjio ris;M War of. subseriSiiv to th:e party funds tout clmnoes of eleotion would ho greatly Ir;M;Pii.sor3. Visitor: I don't relish the idea of oWniiie a tirftwsrj , . EVjertd: Then taelcle niiytlirn.c: else. Go into tho rag tratto, become a' rocneyJeiider, ii. newsijaper pron*ietoi%' or U merchant—anything but a land- J ■owner.—'l am, etc, 4 ANfl-atjMBUG.