A FEW QUESTIONS.
4t Wanganui, Mr George Hutohiaon. M.H-H., said; '<Tho minea «nod in party strifo give no guidance. Tho only clea" and definite line of cleavage \n
betwoon those who tiro content to rank themselves supporters of tho MiniHtry, and those who dnro to oppose. It scorns only too clear that wilh tho present House of Representatives no other Ad . ministiatiou is possible, or, porhaps if possiblo would be desirnblo ; whother from tho frfct of many of the members having given Mr Si'ddon written p'edgcß to support him individually or from inmto sympathy wiih niethcta such ns his. Hut it in not too soon to ask tho electors for .1 frosh maudnto, It is even now a real ' find vital question for consideration, not ho much porhaps by tho representatives a<" by tho represented, whether tin* pres-nt Ministry should have ft ronewal of public confidence. Tho an^wpr is in tho record of tho pisfc four years. Hivo thoy strengthened tho productivo forces of tho colony ? No ! Oonfidonco hits been shaken, onlorpriso clucked, and tho sourcos of wealth weakened in o\oiy direction. Havo they advanco tho cuiso of tcuo and permanent so tlomunt 1 They havo not. They havo lured hundreds of pooplo nith little or no ctpital on to lands vrhoro these settlors havo spent thu little money thoy had or could raise, and whu ro thuyhavoalflo spont thoir own woalth of labor only now to see in then 111 1 a1 fclearin^a in the bush ft bankrupt future — tho collectors dunning for rents tho laud cannot yet produce, thoir locations otteu far from markets and from schools — without employment in tho noighbothoqJ or hope of returning to thoir former pursuits. Havo they improved the condition of tho workers ? Certainly not ; the mtrketsnru crowded with idle men and women, m-tny of whom havo been induced to como to this colony under the cruel and criminal promise of public work which, in the hands of the State, is necessarily restricted by depression, so that now political favor takes tho pluco of competence, and merit has to stand aside, while over nil employment slackouH and wages decline.
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North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8166, 22 April 1895, Page 3
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356A FEW QUESTIONS. North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8166, 22 April 1895, Page 3
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