Heave Ho!

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 79, 13 September 1912, Page 8

Heave Ho!

The Voice of the Weikei* in Parliament.

By J. PAYNE, M.P.

(Independent Labor Member ior Orcy Lynn). I The Desire. It is my do-*.iro that ai tlio eailiost li-iOint-m■ <>vory wurkm- in tlio Dominion should ;.*;'-t into touch wiilithc pioe<-Hl-in I'ai-liai.iciit. liow iii.-* r.\\}-v t-an bland is wairliod tin--,- by tho Lalwr incni-k'l-s. and what 1 ho po:.-?ibilitios aro - 1' niakin..'; any headway in tbo workers' j <-auso in tho Houso unclov the jjrosriit ! conditions. ] I By the kind courtesy of tho editor oi' | ; Iky -!-t]».-'f. I shall <-ontribnio airh-ie,; ! from time Io lime, and 1 am f.roin-.*; to | ~ | { ; i|| union men and v,<irker; ; eti-M----i aii.v iv int> in liehl* *liiio lonch v, :;li any and every grudo of ■ worker in tlie Dominion .it the earli- : t I possible moinoiit'. I lgnore.l Town Workers. Before L had boon in the House many hour-.* I *Aa-* smirk by th,.. luet that ; th. : - worK-i-i iv tho towns '..t-le prueticallv uiirepffseiited if. Parliament. I What 1 mean by tins is that 1 hoard I no talk whatever about the towns- and to.vns--eo.-r.'e. Tho V. mile o- tile If.ati.--''-* dt;b;.lt*:d We!-' _-:..V.«-«_-r lliil-.',* l'aMll*rl*S a!el i,.: is a; -.1 i.,rid;e*. iV,- the i..:n.-l:-bLa.-k-i i and :;..) mi. >"'i woitd,-*-!* bo cause ol th,. ~,!]. or iias lan_u' : dp.-d in I'arhs- | ni ,. : ..r. X:. v.rui'l. r Unit *bo | l.itvi-al-Lab':- party had l.a-ouii:o equalL* I as (:o!i.s>:-r\-ativi.' as a patty with iii..' 'L'i..i-v pa-Lv 0t...p0r. af.d no woiidof that : ~,,,; , and the -;n.. c oi c.niii vi the- I ib.-Lab. panv. 'We cease ! w,,nd..r wh-ni we i-0,v01!r.-e-! that \* o had ~,i mi,, i i v aieh *' c \\c-t\-;- l ■' ciiu--:. in l':,i*lh*rae:-l dtliilt.-.'.* l"*acl ioiilly f!a- v. !.'■'.* of ihe ii«,e fiiv Lilioral paviy wa.s in j [>.over. | Tiie u::-oak with Liboraliiiv,. ! W-.rhi i'-s. ii i* jus! about lime wo i u-el-e no. ]■ is inst about time I bat wo ; reali-ed that we. as the producine: class. ' h;u*<> I j -*■■■" t» iirraiiioin;:* so v ii.it tlio ial ■ iii.,;i <if New ''salaiid could put an e\-.-r----e-iO'.vi".';* burd. n <>:l ns. jn;t ':■•' he \-.::.-i i ; .ii! !:.' bni-il-.-ii of penury and poveriy ;' in tbo !.-;-iad obi oi'tiiudo-* manner upon : tlm worker--; of ih**- oldor 1.-.nds. ,H re in New Zoaland w* havo a land flowin..; with mil!-: and honey, not motaI'hoi'ie.'.lly but literally. no has not been si nick with tbo wonderful producing oapai ity of this wonderful land of our adoption whon ho has \isitod y*o wii'toj- and ether shows iv tho various ! pa lis of tlio Dominion:- 1 And strom;; ! ir.?n toil and woalc -,vomeu weep in this i trlorious Iniuf-.ol' promise. Why r* Is it | bacauso tbe !scw Zealand worker is i;i- ---: novfint aud nnocluontctl:-' fVitainly not. If there is one thin-.*: I thank my lucky stars for in oonnoctiun with tbo work I have elected to take up hr-ro ib is that I have not to combat tho awful yior- ! anre and the apathy* born of ignorance which is so heart-ln-eakiifj; a thing iv workin.D* for tho general good in tlie Old Land. No. workers of New Zealand, your present condition is not born of ignorance or of apathy, hut it is born of the fact that in the past you have relied upon a Government whioh at one time, at any rate, did for you what seemed best necordin-*-* to its lights, but that time has long since passed away. Seddon, the people's.friend, is no more —and when he passed away the conservative element of the party came out on top, and with hip: majorities that party thought it cnulcl snan its fingers at the workers of New Zealand. But at the last election we taught them a lesson. That partw never dreamed tliat- in sheer desperation tbe workers of New jj Zealand would vote for Tory candi- | dates rather than return, to office ToryI Liberals. The action taken by the j workers at the last election was a salutary lesson to the Liberal party, but it was a more salutary lesson to the workers themselves. Heave, Ho, Boys. That break with the Liberal party will prove the salvation of the worker of this preat and glorious little country. No longer shall we rely upon par- * ties whose interests are not our interests. No longer shall we stand by in ! apathy and let tlie iron heel of tlie s-oul-I less money-grubber press itself into ; our necks. We have shaken off the ' shackles, we will now be free men—free to exorcise the weight of our power to servo our own interests, and our own interests only, with the weight of that power. AVorkers, what a wonderful change ! we could bring about in the affairs of i the workers of this country if we all got j into line and with one good long, strong pull heaved the whole of the capitalisI tic machinery and <apitalistic machinaI tion overboard. ''Heave, ho, boys," is : tlie password, and lot us heave and keep .heaving from this to the next election day, ar.d then let us heave into Parliament the best men we can drop across to chivvy the usurpers of our rights out and overboard. I Renegades. ' True, we may be sold by our own kind ! —what matters it? We are being sold I all the timo now—it will be an easy matter to weed out labor "rats" if they creep into the fold. Labor men MUST vote labor measures every time, and if they don't—well, it is easy to find a remedy to deal with them. Workers, don't look askance on Parliament in view of your greater ideals. Let us rather quit U9 like men, let us be strong and self-reliant, let us not be afraid of Parliament—afraid that if we return worker representatives we shall \ye sold by some of them. Let us rather rely upon our strength to deal with renegades in the manner they ought to be dealt with, and use Parliament iv the meantime for all we are worth to secure what we can all along the line —ever" little gain makes the ultimate end easier of accomplishment. internal Dlssenslt-n. One thing I want to see brought ! about, and thai is the cessation of all i internal diss<_-m-.i.m. Some of us may bo I suspicious of this or thai w..irkiiig-i-lass j section, but let us agteo that every 1 worker moVt.-m.--it ■.vla.ii it t-'..d-; toj wards the cobe-don of woikor units is j doing a |*-*'.»-r »i /ojL If >'.-; caono*; : brin.*: ihe different worker Ste'iioiis inij ! actual a.'re el.-it) li. *v«- can ally, ju.U as i tlie En-flUh aud Prussians allied ; t

Waterloo—and let ns make it a Wnterfor the common oih-hiy. Tho I'rilish and Prussians are still separate and distinct, nations. AHyim.- ,in their case did not mean the pinking 'of nationalities within each other. I: me:*ni> giving tho Waterloo to the common enemy. Let us then give the Waterloo to our common enemy, and tb.-n when v,e getupon the fioor of tie.-' I louse wifii a. worker majority if is an <-a-s\ matter to tight out our <iitfere.it ideas. I. am convinced that o.ioe we -yi flu to y.e dial! find that we have very bine 111----dooi.l to disagree abatU. l.emombcr the one lorn.;;, p-dl aud tho pull aUoaefhor. H,,:*v.- Ho! mv bearnes. and fl:.* '•«'!-■ is -lurs; so 1,. --Hoaso Ho!" b.- the watenwor*! now aud ail the time. Tell Him. Now, workers, I will I ell you ju.-,. hew I want iOb to Io !p mc y-l into •ouch iviih < very uorf.-r. in the i>umiiiien. -V v. oik or pre-s .v-ill pr-a one '■ -.-,. rr.M ',-<> i,vm| .c.. 'i'.,-.!l ceilOt U'..l St 'O|. : rosi' V. ' .].'■ ■ ■ " .-■! - n.-il-_i*-worker Mac I want to ha'.e :.i chat with hin. o*<.-r. lii tie while through this pii*)'.r. Tdl him that i. Want t'j swap id.a.S with billi. Toil id ill that 1 want to point out to him my view of tl.dags a- a p-atttcal business man. Tell him that L warn, i , point, ointo him that there is a ojiiiiutiual plan of uttaini...*. i .< -.- c-n Xr.:y! »•-.■ v.*.mid d..----|i,.le ifi.m \v - -rain ol;-! f.oli.liv U; ,:. s • Uilly bat.died rjliillit.idally will ...:in v ; the sympathy :U!..i sitppeU .1 an ovei-iit-.!oas!,;g army <X workt-i.-s. Tt-11 him that wo wa':t all the \ole. w. ~an pu<Slb!\ -a.'.'isle to uaiii a Wol'l-.T majo-iiv in the m."-:; ',- i>liamviif. A-d*. bim if he won't b.-lp by filing his fiiends to ha v.- a <■;...-* v.i"h I;,.- uiro.igb •.he coiamii- of lie ; ~-..;a.'r now alii ._.:_ic. ';',;!! '.-iii ie II O lie ':. lae-r Oil t am going to d v:e ..•*• '-■•■ a haiomg pla *i ! ~i' caiu!.-ai:jii \. a ;vbv ihe .-.-:..i-t.-.-r will 1 , une iu!n (■:■; uwn ia ,\.-.v '/.• aland. . T.. II hi' i that imiv b\ minimi h-lo < all Wi- hope t" slice; d. T'-ll him to laae ihe paper and :.. i his i.i. nd *. t.. lake •iba paja .a '-o ib a i |c. emh I <• m speak to the VOOic of ilia WO*i,Vl:.- of the lAjmillion ai oiu ~■•