THE ROADLESS BACK BLOCKS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 196, 4 October 1909, Page 2

THE ROADLESS BACK BLOCKS.

; How the Settler is Affected. Only the person who has lived the life can understand what -he lack of roads means to the backhlccl: settler: none but the big minced and paclic spirited can understand what the same lack means to the district art:;. In a brtader . sense, to the b7ate. 7c the settler. :b~ 1 a business sense, it means ~ ayir.g ! heavy taxes in. the sltape of frtiihrc or 1 goods; it means hoing mm;: 7 loci to buy stock when it is dear, ant s7iing when it i- cheap: it means lack of opportunity to market steel-:, or procure. at the time when prices are nest: and it means being cut cat from nearly intercourse or communication, v ith market or business people. In short, it means to the prstcrmlist tne ahsc'ute impossibility of crmlac"kp_ his tnsii ness on proper bum an 1 -•-• ith the best ; prospect of sneoess. 7: the small ; farmer —and hn this distnm-r nearly all are small farmers —t. -t.mtm only ; dairying, or state other mam cfaara ! an effectual far. j become tired of an o::ist;::re which exacts all that a r. an tan ..rrnmplisbi and gives so little b: rctrrr. -■ r-sihly the unmarried ma" 7 -w'rrg. an:l tne right woman veal 1 tne welly tone up the burden—as -1 maty It;ve ncoly done—in response to -.._ Instincts which from time immemrrlal nave .ed But the mart may readily be excused existence which otters so litt.e ana he contrasts the case of the rtaaiess settler with that of the settlor in more favoured districts. Oniv one man. tne man "h: has lived the life an:l paid the price tan understand these things, ana more than these, v. hioh. collectively, constitute the price pail i.y the pioneer who It is the kntwleahoje of these things day evening should attract a large gathering, and the ventilation of the subject should be followed by intelligent action.