A True Complaint.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 16 May 1890, Page 2

A True Complaint.

« Our contemporary the "Evening Press, in. an ar ie c on the want of a leader, makes the fo'lowiug true satement of the p sition of tho (JJuny. '• ur complain is that the w«»alh is being drained on of tli^ colony, that the capitalist deserts us that with the capitalist goes the >-mall trader, driven to aver, bankruptcy by realisation of his capital under the, t) him, impossible condi ion of paying 25 to .'SO per cent duty on all goods net' r ■ he can trade them away, and with the capitalist an>l the trade goes labor, the working man weary of waiting for the realisation of the long- unfulfil ed promises of employment which gilded and sugared the Black Budget and its imposts, leaves in thousands to go to happier lands ; and lastly, the man who has made the colony his home, under the attractions of a cheap and free existence, fin is that property tax and Custom duties have rendered his anticipations del us vo and attacked on all sides his mortar a c income, and he too realises and returns to England where house rent is lower, -where there are no Custom duties and no property tax, and whore the advantages of. a complete eivi isatiou are to be obtained at the least possible c st. -vearo t red of (his long waiting -for the turn, of the tide and, disgusted to ■find, that .three years of enormous industry and. penurious thrift yield us no relaxatim from our pain, that the pubic creditor seizes all ho can get, and pours his abundance into every, land, but oar own. We asser.t that a capable statesman con d.show us the way out of t'is slough of despond, and th-tt the fact that those., who- profess to he our. : leaders are utterly incapab c of appreciating the pos tion, of symatlr is ng with our difficu.ties, and do visi g a remedy, shows that th-y are not statesmen, are not fit to lead, and not fid to govern. If it took a rev.'lv ion to produce ;\ man, it would bo better to have the revolution ' than to he for ever sub nifcted to such incompetent and aimless leaders. .. .' '.. . I