CAUSE AND EFECT.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 98, 18 September 1878, Page 2

CAUSE AND EFECT.

1 &R,r-Whilev:ihje ;*olussnsf.^f youfr .*" valuable paper, and those of the Foxtonv orgin;/^aireirbeing;,- so' .di^g^n^^usedj^fj 'm casting reflections^on s r,th^ present, t -Mr Epthpra^^ajidi^ - insjttuatingjtliat h^ his not doing justicp-^. ' tp Foxton m the arra.ngemen.ts, m is no^- j •into^cing^^ itr&^^ftniljtp^rh^p^^m^ra.;^^^ :theyitmber>j^a^e ;^y H( thi^.!idijs^^ njigh.t be^wise >to^: pau^e. awhili^)^ r tfiS4" ipjajfpjagefOfr^oniiidln^g^^the.n^ 'Kasj.arise^ioje'^'da^ j^b^trfliy^tpi 1 '' 1 W angftnui^iftsteadj. olfjio' byili owrC seavS^ o^t'i#^iih;e wisines.s. symp'^h^^ bftm^' ] ! d^stn^ . , . areiij'fgvinji,, riuiiS|i^ ( ,tti^ar^ "'* Wanganui *instea(^.p£Ppxt6 i ni'. $oy6^*; sjeif x and pjßrha.ps^o'wie'sjbaJigißrs^^ 1 engaged on" ;thje^jFp^tonipaper, T 'k < *&&yt » reiHy'fSe.em/very strange, thut ■ the 'traded wilbin * i 9^^oJ i^y^^.;d^nimciation go to. Wa^a^uUi.j^plu^'.'sutcn isTafatj^ and a^^ most stubbonLoEie indeed ; but i£ is just what was pred^etiedryears'ago by- ; th^sieaJ^YJ^^fe'jt^?;^ who. have to, their sorW^^^fiencea^Y. • Jjhe many expensive. difficultieß ; ahS 'Vfei? "* 4tiou^J<JfelSy^in^^qonAectiQnrmthi -send-. i mg anTtiiing" atway^ i^rom.^Edxiteni njoretimber,- whJwH^'uv.fmany, in> stances, Jias^iaih upwij an^:jak^|»^*_ wbrarfi uji^l,sthe?whole profits Kaye^en^. eaten up m shipping, cdmmis'si*on, v ani3^ othierrex;pfin.ses ? T Th^s . sysj^ni, was bi^^ terly^com|»lainted l of by {imber"pfoducefi^ apdothers^ wh<>y •■for idl^heir trbubl©and annoyance^ were qtttetly laughed at~by^ those-having-eharge-of such,onatite,rsi aWe^^Cf-OrcedgbqA^dp,; thejbe«||;-{ we could under the trying" circum|/ stances ; but v^hibj enduring the screw? put on us by soine of our Fbxton friends^ were Hkew^seiull^ dejte^mined.th^t, as ! soon as the line was'open to. Wanganui^ ta try Jori a an^^efe^ere.^ We have, triedv Hn4 "su'cbefe^a-'far fej'on.d-pur^ _ expectatioASA . We, have no\y opened unbusiness. rr c6nnecij^i^ Mtii^ ; watSg;ti,nU^ /which bid fair to^b> %f a permanentfhature. We have fou|id a, fjeady-money ruarkefc if or.. 6u.r_ .prodiieb, "-^filch "314* g JyM jaa irP i P e tu.s. l tq; the,workingf of i^he^ :Baw-mills througKoDtt the i whole of th^ . v idistrict ; and, it pis the. of th» writer -th^t .so? long, a& th'iC happy ex- r perience lasts), ve.ry^lictle : pitvdujr timb/eis trqdevTyill, f&:yiarsogten. < £ l^ixQyrm&y ag'itftte m the paper s^. tliey Tn!s(y l bla.c^ guard raUwa^ibanagerS, they may ap-i poinjb d^Statpns, they' may stir up, their hte'mjiferSf ! JPar£amen l t they may petition 'Koth hpuse|rif- they- think-fit, and when they h'ave'dohe^all'thisilth^y; wiHzfiindA'thftfr'they mll'nofeJßacceed is* getting-Jthfei tr^dte -theyjuuveslofet unless they iavesulScient inftuence to compel the Goverhinfeiit to pass ijv^ct compeU ling us "to: send aur. produce'via Foxtoa. Such, however, is mostunlikely. Blame those who ought to be blamed, and don't throw so much blaaie on the railwaymanager, whoever he may be. Xnniy opinion. -Mr ißothwam is simply takiog

a business .viey, of the matTor*~in Yef cdmmending the necessary. on^tne^linei There is ample; ; to warrant an extra daily train to-Wari-' ganui, but such an argument will not hold^dod as regards Foxtori. Sir, were you fully acquaiiite* with the doings of this,di§tnctfpr the past seven years, and the many little, tricks, practised^by tho^e now grumbling, it would provoke a smileHlrp.mi you. 2 ;Thec good folks of Foxton— publicly, politically^-wero, m times* pßsO;accHstomed ,to^]py much* fun. while pr|dicting the downfall p£ their. >pddhen^neighbors m T.thp JTppcr Manawatu. They used with glee to point to the* time^ .when Palraerston would coliapsiE>, ; with the completion- of the '"onginifiaVPatlw" Works 'scnenie. This was no't'^ulfllled; then Feilding tras looked upon by them as a snare atid f acleltfsioni : while Halcombe was a Etige 7a tnfek, .aid' ; ofttimes ' travellers" with" sadness^ to the errt°whfen to whple f dbric WOuM surely sink into u%tef iris'ignificance and Foxton b r e bjiilt upon the ruins therepf. Poor-deluded Foxton,! A Qity^des"titute ( . of resources, hafigirig ior ! ; an; existence' on"th^ ; skii i ts of its despised- surroundings f Its legislators at one time thought tKeyhlia exalted it t6"the~heavens when they^^ ■ ttopughnfuchinckeryj and tribulatiotf|-iiicceedeidi-by/^a^castiiig Vb'ie ittoihe Council, m makingVit the capital of the Manawatu County. , How they gloated over the Victory, fully believing" that they had struck a terrific 'blow to their riTal Paliners,ton. WhatCwasatbeCim- ; result P -^hy Palmerston rose ; to the qccam6n|FflungLdffc/theL f detested| harness of Counoilisni; and appeared ; before the County m her municipal; hbnora,- < ~She^ is ; opw^ progressing Jin! spite of the blow aimed at her, Feild^ ing and her surroundings saw that justice vwas mot likely to be idone ; them— they applied. to:i the? Councillors as-j T«ffiblea~^;;F6xton f^r^s^^ ;fuHher] bne mOTe-member^asj »sked for, but quietly refused, A 'vote; -was taken, r but, as usual, tKe clique had' . ; the^best^of >K. W^J 8 / J*sx& ,st»P wa 9 0% determined attempt at separation. This was, not successful ; an 4 the 'numerous inhabitants had quietly to submit, for the time being, to the dictates of Fox| ton. They have submitted. Query-* ... r !¥?liat : 'has Foxton lost by that submis-j 7»i6n? ' time' ! being as a .seapprt; her|tradetas c capital of th^^oun^ J WidSttie; " jfathies "of whole distridl, " "TK&4 are -Foxi»n;cpoiitibs ; n.pflrj trying tb <P P "Wh j,furtiier,ruin her hopes, r and -fbri ever sini 1 KerHiito nothmg/Jby scheming to divert ttte proposed We§t" tfeast linl. from running through a good- and fertile distmQt,.wid'^stead cs>;whic^, take ij; through. 1 J sbrre» "sana-huU ; aiid^useless swamps, m brder^to link- it at Foxton, an$ o peitfdvehTure^ continue its course through a succession "of -'sand unftl its ~csnfieclion " with~the Sandon district], T'ithencetto Bulls^and: (^a<*wdfrMr|. tually trying, to^wipe out,of exiatf>nc4 the present j rail way,, line from Foxton; via Palmerston and Feilding to Greats io&p This is now being doneitand, if persisted Jri,) will 'indeediruin Foxton t JoreverraSr a seaport, even though some ' . ©^ itsli^atog"p^ ys*&s %m i ;li^Hti j: v^we. -Foxfoji poppla ,wiw "eTttotijlh^tfiey^ 'might* 1 isee thit^in'-^ropdrtion^to the develbpmen't 7»ndex|jialisionotthetrode m the upper ! distriec, so -^will their prosperity^ bfe measured, providing .tte. trade of the J ' idws to its outlet (which ■'* is'^nßt sp)V : Still: w'^|)roßper,f which yiiTOTfiA I that 'our prosperity does not dei f penid- ba[' Foxtoiir Thej'^ are" * not' iniproving 'iit '• 'tiie saihe 1 rati6;'wbiflh like'-^ •-*•'<» 'itfte^^trade derived. froni .us j; and; so* long as that trade continues to. be di- . yerte4 to W^nganai, so long will Fox- , ton continue m a state of hon-progreS-siou, -<TKey can honestly;blame'them.„.gelves for- the present position of affairs, v- i theyAha ! vin^ > ideliberately,l/.on almost every occasion, fought against the^jub- 1 lic ( interests of theupp^r district. The, up-«ountry. people can , now afford to ' an6wthe^i;n6t''th'ey'cati carry on their' 1 Imsiness pjcq^tablyi 'jquite independent- . of : Foxton. They have no reason to Ji icXsFrefleict?6ns^ri MTdKbthdrami- The sin lies at their own door, and the time Will snrelycpme when they will bitterly lepfint' Of thetr past; actiion^^l am, Aas;- _■■■_ _ • :; '"l: ■■;;.''* l -^ YO "' r; TSILui ; 4WATu; ;f