Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1890. Greed and Vindictiveness.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 28 October 1890, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1890. Greed and Vindictiveness.

Without 1 oin^ in any wiy opposed to th<; advancement of the 'abourinfj n'assHs, we have had tho misfortune o diffr with < very st p ye^ takei. bv the S'.-ca'lod le.i:ors of ihis cl .s* to ohtiiin their ends. It will he aa.nit! _d jtji.;it, fit.tii^ ver\ on set. of ihe airike we foreiUuduwecl the result uf

such an il'-fituod aul a ireasoim' le action, and wo ate not sorry, for the sa'^ of rospeetable lib ur, that the VfsuU. his been a- it. bis. In large numbers, the. steadier ..ml .n r- n-a---r-onah e are bmuid to be found in th ij miivi-it.v, and as the honest, and respec'able man's vole e raes no more ' than the idlo aud dis-o!u e's voie, we have p* >•' >iu d lo is, by tlvsn so king the v>te of i he lar.oii ing clas es, one .i' tin* ni'-st degrading, r lfish p'ationns <>ver selected by candi'l tes !'<>'• ' i military honoms. iheuitiii lan s sir ■■ buil to pande to t e greed and viudiotiveness of the lowes intellect, the sugtrestiotr- being, to freo the labourers from taxation, and force the thrifty to keep the issblute. Is it lively that such a pi stfoim, and such leaders, will ev- r induce tho thinking working 1 man to vote wiih thorn The descent to a lower lev> ] l is so very easy, and the power, if successful iu the on« ins a ce, will be sure to be used to secure still further demoralis tion. Th-> p opositiou of the Uni mists, who are ou tho d wn grade to sociali Is, is -simple in its propositions All taxes affecting 1 a labourer are to bo abolished, and somebody else is to find the needfu . The question as to wh ih ran alteraion in the incidence of taxation wil ,by equitable distribution furnish sufficient revenue is quite be yond their bu iness. The land owners aeto pay, so whit does it matter. Th-it such a charge is fair to make auai st the XL .ionises is -hown by the -p -echo* jus^ made by three labour Candida; es. They provthe u'ter want of c hesion and prin•iple amongst themselves, the on'y gu din-.' thought being, ' what dare I s-iy to secure tho majo itv of votes "? Our loci labour c'ndid.ite has no platform but the one of his own bui dins ; tlio two Wo lington " labourers " differ with him find th mse'ves, on tho amount obtainable bv taxation, but al three are in harmoiy to free the labourer fro'n his fair share of li.bility to provide for ;he g-iod government of the co'ony and the conven ences of life, an) 'o obtain all at tho expen-e "f tho more thrifty land owner. Their indict veness is shown bv the suggestion of making land pay at a 1 hazards, no thought being g'v n a* to whether t is fair, whether lh< j lan I owner shoul I or can pay it. The 'abourer has no and, " llooray then! let us tax i he land!"