Plainly Put.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 23, 11 August 1911, Page 10

Plainly Put.

To the Electors of New Zealand. ■ Men and Women,— In connection with the General Election next NoA r ember, we are asking you to turn out .the old parties and put in the New Party—the working-class party, whose candidates are Industrialists and Socialists. We are asking you to turn out the old parties because, Avhatever their merits, they haA-e not solved the problem of Poverty nor abolished Private Profit. This has to be done if the electors are to be freed from Want, Hard Times, and Anxiety. Nor are the old parties, Avhatever their merits, the parties of the people in the sense that their members make their platforms and select their candidates upon Democratic principles. We believe that both hour and men are here for a genuine and sound working-class party pledged to work-ing-class needs and emancipation from the present system, Avith its thousand indignities and struggles for Avorkers, •workers' wives and Avorkers' homes. As from the Avorkers' viewpoint-the old parties have-failed, and as failure cannot longer be supported, we assert our right to Political Action, as Aye hope you Avill assert your might in the same field of action. PoliticaLjAction, by, the Avorkers, of the workers, and for the workers,/ is as necessary as is •Unionism by the workers, of the Avorkers, and for the AA'orkers. The tAA'o must go together, and the plan of politics aid and abet the industrial purposes of the workingclass, from Avhose standpoint all action is a.fight for economic poAver. Working-class representation in Parliament is imperative Avith a view to working-class capture of Parliament. We .straightforwardly tell the electors that Socialism is Avhat Aye are after. We believe it to'be as practicable as palliation and to be realised by the interdependent methods of Industrial Unionism and the Ballot Box. Nothing is surer than Avith a mandate from ike electors to establish the collective OAvnership of' production and distribution the Co-operative Com- . moiiAvealth (Socialism) could be established, and could be established here and iioav in NeAV Zealand; and thus New Zealand AA'ould maintain its foremost place as the most progressive country of the Avorld. Time and tide—evolution and events —make this the day for a Noav Departure in parties and policies. The people are sick and tired of the Ward Administration, and dare not trust a Massey Administration. There is no reason AvhatoA'er Avhy a Working-class Administration should not be successful. Here and iioav. Let the New Blood in! The old has run its course.

As far as immediate matters \are concerned —and until the will of the people is for Production for Use and Not for Profit—Aye ask the electors to insist on the question of compulsory; military training being submitted to a referendum, and to vote for the- radical .amendment of the Defence Act in the direction, inter alia, of eliminating , its compulsory provisions and its caste inspiration and domination. We ask the.electors to endorse the call of "Away With Arbitration," because compulsory arbitration has . out-liA-ed its usefulness and is' a drag upon the Labour movement, which has to move or belie its name and. object. We ask the electors to fight strenuously for the maintenance of absolute Secular Education in the State schools., and Aye pledge ourselves to try and prevent the tampering Avith the Act encouraged .by "the Nelson system." We further stand for the drastic amendment of the Compensation Act and Mining ,Act in the specific direction of bringing all female workers, under the operations of the former, and in respect to the latter, securing a shorter Avorking day, the abolition of the night shift, and improved ventilation, sanitation, and safety of mines, thus minimising accidents and fatalities and lengthening life. t ' We also favour bringing the sick and disabled under the. Old Ago Pensions Act, and the lessening' of the, age at Avhich pensions are paid. We Avant for all Civil Servants the fullest citizen rights, Avith the adoption of the Six-Hours Day iii all Gov-, .ernmental activities, such as the. rajlAvays, the post office, the mines, etc.. We Avant a Single-Chamber Parliament, and -Vthe initiative, referendum and recall. We want equal pay for, equal Avork Avithout distinction of sex. We want the stoppage of sales of Crown lands and the prohibition of any transference of leasehold to freehold.. We Avant all this and more from the next Parliament, and our candidates Avill leave no stone unturned to advance these proposals as making for the triumph of complete political and industrial Democracy, -which combines Government of, by, and for the people Avith Industry of, by, and for the people. ■ • As far as possible Aye shall extend the policy of mines, of ships, of oils, of timber, and all monopolies —until nationalisation ends in giving to the worker the full product of his labour. We urge you to hear our candidates upon the proposals herein made. At the same time, will you please, MAKE SURE that your ; name is on the electoral roll, so that false security will not deprive you of your A'ote. Wo have a weapon that comes down;, as snowflakes fall upon the sod,

And executes a freeman's Avill aa lightning does the will ■of ■-God — 'Tis the ballot box. Money .will be needed and we peal to the reader to obtain an election collecting card and hustle in subscriptions for the campaign. Workers wholesale Avill be required. Be one! This will be the* greatest political fight yet Avitnessed in Ncav Zealand. Make it iuemorablie as the beginning of the NeAV Party for the NeAV ;Time.