ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

New Zealander, Volume 8, Issue 626, 14 April 1852, Page 2

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

To the Editor of the 'New-Zealander. Sir, — I have read in your paper some valuable suggestions under the signature of "Truth," hut the writer la evidently not an old Settler or lie would be aware of the great difficulty of combination in ihe colony, even for useful and desirable objects. There is unfortunately so great a jealousy and so much suspicion of one anotliei here that n is almost impossible for nny combined movement to be made in the right direction, and yet I do not intend to say that it should not be attempted. If it could thoioughly be es'abliahtd in them nils ot the Settlers that any good done to the colony, generally, must nUo benefit every individual in it. If we. could, in a measure, even get rid oi the selfish notion ih.it a m.m is onlj benefit ted bv that which is done for bunself, we should have some chance of progressing. A philanthropic movement made by an individual lor the benefit of a community must al»o result in a benefir to himself. If, theielore, we could get rid of the contracted notions of sell benefit, and (lilfu.se a moie enlarged feeling amongst us, it must have a tendency t> benefit every individual as well as the community. For instance, it would be a most desiiable object tor this *• Chamber of Commerc-*" — which is an excellent su^'geistion of your corri'B|>ondniT, to give increased facilities and eucouiagemeut to emigration to this colony. Little or no lung is known of Auckland and it-; advantages in England, in fact there is no public pi nee in the who c of England where u.-el'ul information could be obtained respecting the capabilities of the place. A tide of emigration, even oi labourers, nnd persons ot very small cap. tal would greatly benefit the colony ; and not, as many suppose, that emigration unless the parties bring capital is of no use. If " Labour is capital" in England, doubly must it be so here. 1 would therefore, wiih tluedelerence lo "Truth," make this addition to his suggestions that the •* Chamber of Commerce" should have an office in London to give and receive information respecting our colony generally and be instrumental in every possible way in encouraging emigration. What now prevents the establishment of manufactures of various articles in our colony? Why simply the high price of labour. Therefore we must derive great advantage from the emigration of a large number of the labouring classes. It' Blankets, Linen, Calico, and various other at tides can be manufactuied in a small vr<iy under the auspices of the College in our colony, of course the same could be earned out in a larger way as a matter of profit, if the price of labour were not so high. Nothing more important to the colony could happen, than a few thousand industrious person* coming to set le amongst us in the next year or two. Get rid of the notion that they are of no use without money ! They make the soil produce money. They break up unproductive and make it productive land. IhU colony ought and I believe will indue time goahead, even without the discovery of a Gold Field, for I quite agree with " Truth" that the discovery of "Gold" is not the all important matter which many seem to suppose.— l am, &c, &c, Matter op Fact.