THE MINORITY VOTE FARCE

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10273, 7 May 1919, Page 3

THE MINORITY VOTE FARCE

(To the Editor "N.Z. Times." ) Sir,—l recently happened on th© following: "All ye beasts of the field come to devour; yea, all ye beasts in the forest. The watchmen arc all blind; lying down, and loving to slumber. Sea, there are greedy doss,, which can never have enough. There; are shepherds that cannot understand. They all look to their own way; every ono for his Rain, from his own quarter." The penalties of free speech 2000 years ago were swift and very deadly. Nevertheless there were prophets in those days, and the above proves that they were unafraid. "What is -iwrong -with labour?" The answer is simple enough. Miners get as per ton for producing coal which sells at 40s per ton, and yields .£21,000,000 of profit to owners who don't work. For the truth of these figures please Tefer to Mr Philip Snowden. the' best financial expert in the Socialistic movement, in his writings on "Wow to Nationalise the Mines."-' -i .Labour leader makes mincemeat of Mr Snowden's sugar-coated arguments, and quite easily shows that they are piffle. He argues that before the war conciliation was increasing, strikes were decreasing, leaders- were, trusted, and agreements were respected. Since the w»" and owing to State interference, disputes have multiplied and strikes have in-own in number and magnitude. Mr O'itegan's diffuse dissertation on "Minority -Voting" is the sort of pap that keeps Labour all wrong. There is no such thing as minority voting. A vote i= taken, and it is the same as two horses pulling in opposite directions. The smaller, has. to give in, but that does not r>revent them working in double harness afterwards. There are too many o'Res;ans "fobbing ignorant Labour off with —'n that is not meant to be taken seriously. ..»■-■.- HENRY BODMSY.