Organiser's Notes.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 66, 14 June 1912, Page 4

Organiser's Notes.

By E. R. HARTLEY

THE NEY/ LEAGUE AND LOCIC

"The Political Ketorm League" has started on its wild career. Heading the report of its inaugural meeting— nearly 100 persons present, mostly women—one can only exclaim, "Wonderful! Wonderful! And again Wonderful!!!" Pending the speeches, one can only say with tho dominie, "Prodecgious!" The great outstanding feature was the logic of the speakers. The chairman said: "For 20 voars tho Government had been demoralised." A little later he said, "The laws of New Zealand arc. probably as beneficent as those any country in the world lias ever seen." Docs lie mean that good laws have demoralised the Government? Or that a demoralised government makes the best ' laws ? But he improves: "Then people wanted to know why the cost of living was increasing. (Hear, hear.) The point was that the men did not get the product of their work, but four and five times its value." This is a. great saying. "The- men get four or five times the value of their product." May we ask, Which men? Do tho working men get four or five times the value of their product? If so, why do the employers employ them ? Again, if tho workers get £5 for producing £1, and the masters pay £5 for £1, by what mysterious means do the masters grow rich Cas they do) while the workers remain poor? Mr. C. B. Mnrison deserves to be better known. He is a marvel. This gentleman would not oppose legitimate efforts of the poor to better their position. Of course not! No one does. The only thing he and bis sort oppose is the effort of the workers to get rid of the idlers, which is the only reason why the workers are poor. Except in their efforts to get rid of the idler, the poor have the full sympahy of all the Morison clan. But, abolish the idlers! Perish tho thought! say these good gentlemen.