The Feilding Star. TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1887. What we should Do

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 142, 7 June 1887, Page 2

The Feilding Star. TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1887. What we should Do

Now that Parliament has settled the terms on which an appeal should be made to the conntry, our contemporary the Christchurch Press says it is the duty of the electors to make up their minds as to the terms they will insist on imposing upon those who may be returned to the new House. The policy of the Ministry is already known to our readers, and does not require any special remark at this juncture. What the electors hare now to do is to make up their minds whether they are going to submit to extra taxation, or to make a firm stand and return only such men as will pledge themselres to a policy of economy and retrenchment so that the burdens of taxpayers will be lightened instead »f made hearier. Further on our contemporary says that there is, we are convinced, a firm determination throughout New Zealand that a fresh departure must be taken in the policy of the country. Hitherto we have pursued a course of recklessness and extravagance, varied only by short intervals of attempts at economy. The people are at length heartily sick of such methods, and are waiting for the opportunity of insisting upon the adoption of an entirely different course of procendure. They de.sire to see a House returned at the next elections determined to put into practice the homely virtues of thrift, prudence, and rigid economy. That, we believe, is the general wish of all those who have a stake in the country, and who desire to see New Zealand lifted out of its present condition of depression. There must be no misunderstanding whatever about the views of candidates. Pledges of the most explicit character must be obtained from them that they will, if returned, not merely talk about economy but put it in practice. Men must be returned who will not merely promise, but who can be trusted to keep their promises. The electoral campaign has already commenced in our district, and as the several candidates make their addresses we will endeavor to assist the electors in forming their opinions as to who are the most likely to guard and protect their interests, and at the same time act honestly and judiciously for the colony ac a whole.