LABOUR AND THE FUTURE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 131, 27 February 1919, Page 6

LABOUR AND THE FUTURE

A SMALL FARMER'S VIEAVS.

• siv—With your permission 1 would like to givo "10s. a Day AVorker" a. pat on the back, for it is a consolation to think that we have such a man leit amongst the workers in Maorilaud. It is a great pity that the honest workers would not joiii themselves in a body and ask the ffttle farmers to join them, and they would become a power in the laud, Btrong enough on the one hand to crush the Red Fedt element, and equally as strong on the other hnud to put combines, trusts, and all those combined to crush the general public out of existence. The Red Feds, are looking for something for nothing. They are born tired, and intend to die tired, while the trust man wants (something equal. He wants to extract everything possible from the general public irrespective of how it is done. So long as lie comes out on top he is satisfied. I hope that "10s. a Day AA'orker's" letter will be the cause of more genuine workers' letters reaching tho Press, and some should come also from our most wealthy, and thereby show that they are convinced that to run this little Dominion on the best lines we must if possible prevent Capital and Labour clashing. And to do that common eensa has got to be brought to the fi'ont m a very different manner to what it has been brought in the past. For in tlia past Capital has often wanted a lot for a little, and in most cases succeeded in getting it; but I think it is the nrst time in the history'of the present generation that the masses were ever known to be clamouring for something for nothing. God only knows that the world has not been run correctly under Capital, but just pause and think before we ever let the extremists oE Labour rule. These unfortunate folk think they have everything to gain and nothing bar their lives to lose, but if commoii sense is brought forcibly home to them they will very soon see that they have nothing to gam and everything to lose, for tney have only to paralyse industry, stop tne railways, shipping, etc., and our town folk would soon be in a state of starvation. Quite probably then they will bo ignorant enough to think that all they have to do is to rush to the country, from whence all good things come, but they unfortunately will soon find that little comes from the country before it has been honi estly laboured for, and if ono wants I riches and good things ha has a right to do his bit towards Retting them. Once civilisation is upset, the loafer will soon find it is not all beer and skittles after all when he has to toil for hie little bit, and he will, when too late, find out that he has unknowingly got from the frying-pan into tho fire, l> stop this state of.affairs coming to pass, it is up to one and all to be up and doing, and striving their level best to prevent the Bolshevik element ever getting a footing m this country. Thanking you for your valuable space, and trusting in the future to hear that more good folk are paying greater heed to the. future and less attention to the greed of gold, idleness, and selfishness,—l am, etc., F. J. RYDER, Small Farmer, i Otaki.