The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, April 9, 1912. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1028, 9 April 1912, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, April 9, 1912. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The Palmerston Chamber of Commerce is taking steps for the erection of a bonded store in that centre. Foxton being the port, is the natural locality for such purpose, and the local Chamber of Commerce went carefully into the matter, and collected data which it submitted to the Minister, with a request that Foxton be a port of entry for dutiable goods. Having reached this point, the local Chamber became moribund, and nothing further was done. Unless the Chamber can be resusitated, we urge upon the Borough Council to take the matter up with a view to having Foxtou’s claims considered in this connection. If the bonded store goes to Palmerston, Foxton must take the blame as a result of its lethargy.

Speaking ou the Labour Uuity scheme at a public meeting in Palmerston on Thursday night, Professor Mills said that there were 400,000 people in New Zealand who could be classed as workers —who rendered service--01 these, only 60,000 were connected with labour organisations, and of the 60,000 perhaps fivesixths did not know why they were there. They simply joined in order to get some temporary advantage. Most of them were ignorant and without ideals, and about halt of them would not even pay their dues until they were forced. Mr Mills appealed for a broader outlook ou behalf ol labour. These facts, coming from such a source, should help to remove the cobwebs from the brains of thousands of individuals whose only idea of unionism appears to be to get as much as they can from their employers with as little physical effort as possible. Labour, to be successful, must have a much wider foundation than the ignorant and narrow conception so manifest among the majority of Unionists. If Professor Mills can broaden the outlook he so deplores, even in a small degree, his mission to New Zaland will not have been in vain.