THE REMAINS OF A LETTER.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 December 1911, Page 3

THE REMAINS OF A LETTER.

To the "Editor. Sir.—lf yon can spare mo a little of your valuable space I should like to draw the attention of the flaxmill workers to two old and welltried proverbs—"He who goes after two hares may catch n.either," and "Don't drop the substance for the sake of the shadow."—Yours, etc.. AN OLD DOG FOR A HARD ROAD. [Wo liave had to delete a largo portion of vhis letter in consequence of the legislative baa- against the publication of matter intended to guide and influence people, directly, as to tlio way in which they should vote.—Editor, Chronicle.]

Sir,—lt appears to mo tJiat tho "Incorruptible One," "Old Dog Tray," "Worker," and one or two other aliases a,re one and the samo regular artist. The cliatter-patter about what tlie Government have done for the worker is all from the same tap. This kind of effusion lays on one's obest like a. hag of chilled dripping, and is my only excuse for waking up again. With your permission I will quote Sir John Findlay, himself a member of the Government, and I take this from the workers' own New Zealand paper. "Sir J. G. Findlay, in his great speech in defence of the Arbitration Act in genera], and of the Government in particular, copies of which were scattered broadcast throughout the country, stated that the average earnings of New Zealand male workers amounted! to £94 Bs." Deduct from this Sir J. G, Findlay's own estimate of what a working-class family spends in rent and clothes, vh., £61 17s Bd, "balance available for the supply of all other necessaries of life, £32 10s 4d. Thirty-two ten and fourpence on which to feed a family in God's own country. The worker's paradise, evolved after twenty -one years of Liberal legislation! There is no need to paint the Jilv.—Yours, etc.. OBSERVER. i I |