NEW ZEALAND V. CANADA AS A FARMING COUNTRY.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 342, 20 December 1907, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND V. CANADA AS A FARMING COUNTRY.

(TO the editor.) Sib, —In New Zedand the Govern- i meat is ran by Labour Unions, who j make arbitary lawn relating to land tenure end other farming interests, while in Canada the pursuit of farm ing i«ihe principal industry, giving the farming popnlation the balance of power and making the country very prosperous. In New Zealand it is impossible to gekfarming land from the Government when wanted, the restrictions being so foolish as to bkok settlers. j The p-erent ballot system is only a ' i means of dummies making a rise, the ‘ farmer having often to pay the first ■ balloted a high good will. In Canada 1 the Government give 160 acres freehold to every settler free of cost, sell- ' ing what he requires to complete his ; 1 bolding. Only |of the land in Cana- 1 da is taken up, and when the is ' under cultivation Canada will have a ■ larger population than Britain, and be ' able to supply ail the meat, grain, and j 1 butter used in Britain. New Zealand i : . under land laws the same as Canada 1 i would soon be settled with good far- ; I mers, and the present form of Governj meat would be superceded by a more j ’ iup to date and more liberal element. 1 ■ All we want is tbe unoccupied areas J | settled—a few suitable land laws giv- I ’ • ing optional tenure and optional means 1 * ’of securing that tenure would compass ’ the difficulty. As soon as New Zea * land is fully settled the present ruling 1 vote will ba in the minority, the ciun- c try will become prosperous and be one ( of Britain’s most prosperous colonies. * We are held back by the gross iguor- * anoe of tbe ‘party in power.—Yours, c •to., FARMER. ‘