Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1895. Writing to Order.

Manawatu Herald, 18 April 1895, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1895. Writing to Order.

Ministers are getting troubled, not at the depression, but at the fact that despite what their organs may pipe, the public are only too well aware that there. is a depression. Such an excellent Ministry should have no depression, that at least is their view of the . matter, and from all the glorification of themselves, others, half believing them, have' also thought. But the depression is here, haß oeen here some time, and has come to stay awhile. Such statements, though true, are not pleasing to our Ministers, thus newspapers proclaiming the truth are said to rave, and that such are made because the Government policy spells success. These two statements are taken from a leaderette in the Ministerial Wellington paper, and is headed " The farcical cry of depression." The writer must be singularly circumstanced who could invent suoh a headline, and he is. We have read of a meeting of the share* Holders in this newspaper company which was adjourned. We have read that the directors were kindly offered the chance of resigning before other steps were taken to fill their places. Three weeks has been grfttitefl hi 4tt« fefle^ioo/ A j?dg

attempt has therefore been necessary I to placate the ruffled feelings of the bisj shareholders, so We get told the cry of depression is farcical, and that those who dare mention such an idle rumour as depression rave, and are filled with envy and all uncharitable, ness. To the educated this of course is of such pronounced bounce as to make the statement not worth the ink it is written with, and it is useful in only one way. Thus if we find a fact impossible of denial by any intelligent person, denied by the Governraentj through their organ, we are enabled to value their other statements at par worth, which cannot be much. If we find a newspaper so browbeatened by its shareholders so that black has to be called white, then the other statements made therein must be subjected to serious discounts. No doubt the (Government are not so black as they are ! painted, but that cannot justify the ' denial of facts patent to all, nor does it justify its presuming on the good sense of the readers of their journals. To assert that the cry of depression is farcical is about the most gross attempt at deception yet made public, it is both hurtful to the unemployed, and to the taxpayer.