THE COMPULSION BILL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 June 1916, Page 3

THE COMPULSION BILL.

. (To the Editor.). .Sir, — "Common fcjense, with ins array ol' i.o.isense, has ah anted the issue and eiTduavotirs by abuse to lor Jus appea.rai.ee in the arena. The question of wages is irivvolant; it is patriotism we want in this hour of strops. "Common Sense" is a sample 01" taose who don't i,ejio>e 111 volunteering. nor 111 uoiibi-i ipLi.jii ; only 111 <301 l ana >~0. itiitclaoni, ot the "'Clarion,'' had tho patriotic spirit after his visit to the continent; iie also saw the oxtiemes of ri-cue.-,. mid poverty 111 the metropolis; but. those poor creatures of waterside workers would have jumped to have a louitli tit tV ' •! '■ •• ■ ies' ' chance and i iueonie. . iiu-t we are at the Antipodes, where common souse is a phase oi midwinter madness with the symp thisora of I.NN.W. methods in .New Zealanu. Th.- tr.o (including the lady) aro seap-box orators, preachers ol discontent aii>l incipient revolution, and aro 01 "the oneJiy within the .gates." Two years 111 Shannon gave 1110 an excellent opportunity to study the exploiters whose obsession was (and still u~) w> get control oi tlie means ol produi'tn.n. dist :i bution 'ncl exchange. Mr MuLuryn s letter in yestordwy's Eve:.iu-g ■'•mi. coinmau .U th ' ni sane Labour and l [ lieg ' 11 endorse it.—l ant, etc. W.M.i'.