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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 364, 14 March 1902, Page 3

This is an 'ideal interval, when ci erybody is supposed to live and let live. If so, why not let the flourmillers" and bakers live ? The ideal time won i last; but while it lingers why not permit tlie*baker and the miller a. modest profit : Miere are no signs of cither the one or the oilier waxing fat and accumulating wealth. Like most oil er people they are just having a breathing time before that inevitable ■storm breaks which will sweep away “ the best-laid plans of mice and men.’' The price of bread, as it is at the present time, will keep no one awake at nights ! At the worst it is but a minor trouble and a temporary tax. The old law of supply and deuiaiul may be a little in abeyance just now; hut, in the long run, it is a very Juggernaut, and will control all things. These he the times of high prices,’ which cannot last. The normal always overtakes the abnormal even in such matters as the price cf bread. Governments and Labor Unions can raise prices just the same as a pupil of Sandow can lift a dumb-be'.l ; only he cannot keep it raised for othm than a short period.—Wairarapa 1 inies,

The Federal civil servants in Melbourne refuse to pay the income tax on their salaiies demanded by the Victorian Government, and a test case is being arranged.

From patriotic Imperialism down to a purse of sovereigns is a' degradation of a priceless virtue, and the person for whom it is intended should take the first opportunity of letting those who have ventured on the proposal know that his patriotism is not to be measured or repaid by a gift that he is not in want of, and that ill befits the occasion.—Oamaru Times.