A STEADFAST BACKBLOCKER.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 585, 16 July 1913, Page 2

A STEADFAST BACKBLOCKER.

Under the above heading tiie Wellington Post puludiei t-a; following concerning the member for this electorate — 'Taumaninui. wiiere men and women are good and roads are bad, has a tireless pleader in Mr Wilson. Oi course; as member for the district, it is his chief fun iticn — according lv the accepted cannns of tnoJera politic.) to call out for the principal need, usable roads. Unfortuaiely when an earnest man is disposed to I'isrp on ,; i:e tune in the House of Representatives, the car? of his fellow rneniar-rs ir-r>y become indifferent in time. Indeed, many ol' the hearers, iond of personal comfort than of hard work fo'r the nation's benefit, may in; bored and vexed by the iteration. Lu:i. such hostile feelings will riot trouble Mr Wilson. He is not a man easily discouraged. lie knows that he has a great purpose for his constituency and lor the whole of New Zealanu. Sluggishness with road-malting is a colossal national folly. Some members seem to imagine that a vote of the people's money for a roan ru the hinterland is a favour to the iso'a'.ed men and women. It is really a. ha v our to the people of New Zealand chiefly. What is the plain truth which every sane person must admit' 1 A vigorous roading policy is a wealth-making policy. It means th::t the country's solid workers-not "clas?-cf,nscions" millennial dreamers at, the July "Labour" conference have lacfiiities to increase the yield of the earth, and thesfi additions to the cutpu', musi necessarily benefit the whole community. How easy it is for the road to pay its way! I\lr Wilson should persevere. Even if the Ilcuse does «ot listen as intelligently as it snouid, the country as a whole will listen, and th» House has to do the country's bidding.