Rangitikei Advocate. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1907. SECOND EDITION. EDITORIAL NOTES

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Rangitikei Advocate. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1907. SECOND EDITION. EDITORIAL NOTES

America sometimes provides us with examples of bad tasto which astonish the! world. The latest of these occurred at a dinner of the Gridiron Club, an association of Washington correspondents of the principal American newspapers, where iVosident iloosevclt was among the invited guests. Another guest, Senator Foraker, with a total disregard of the decencies of social intercourse made a violent and offensive speech attacking President lloosevelt, ami prophesying that his policy against the great corporations would cause di'-.aster to the country. _ One can only suppose that tho hospitality offered to tho Senator had disturbed bis mental balance and rendered him temporarily oblivious of (ho conventions of "society. The President, howevsr, is not a man to refuse a light in a good cause, ami l;o warned Morgan, lingers,' and oilier representative.-; of the trust- that if tho} vwire unwilling to accept the action of tho (level mute, g which was ready ;o prolcet rich and poor alike, the time would come when they would find themselves face to face with the people, believing they had been deprived of their rights and the mob would not in the 1 ast rospect their riches. The whole world must approve Mr Roosevelt's spirited reply, and we do not doubt that his chances of election to another term of office have been materially improved by another proof ihat he is a born tighter. The President realises that trusts have come to stay, and that they are merely a step in the process of industrial development lie, distinguishes, however, loost clearly bs-iwa n -what he calls the good tr.i-'t.-an:l the bad trusts. The good t:u-l-are those which are a natural evolution ironi economic conditions and are formed to secure the cheapness resulting from production on a large scale. We see tho signs of this 'eieieuey to form large concerns on ever-.' s:do. The small spop is giving place to iiie large stoic, the small workroom lm the Javgo factory, and if

;.; i,;;iA---•.■: to tW and .it'.'lll th'S tide Of eh::m e. 1 j i-i 'o where trusts arc i'o:mcd lo prey on the public, to obtain illicit rebates from railway;lil:i Sleam ship compilings, siud to ti.se evfi'y unfair mean.- to kill out com petition ib.cn they deserve the hatred of every honest man. We think that the trusts had butter haste (o make their pcaeo with Trodden! .Roosevelt by setting their hon-c in order lest worse befall thorn and th«. discontent they have atoused turn to revolutionary violence and sweep away the trusts and their makers. Tin: New Zealand Herald is doing Lfood service in pressing on the notice of its readers on every occasion the '■teat necessity of a larger population in this country and in Australia. The journals in most of the large centres as a rule prefer to n % aid the siibjet, :'s the idea, of imuiigiation is distasteful to the Trades Councils and olhtr labour organisations in towns who apparently believe that (hey are in titled to speak for the workers of the colony. L'nfortunately the town artisans are really ignorant how greatly a larger population would increase the prosperity of the colony. Every additional man who comes to these shores adds one more to the number of those who will help to share the burden of debt wo have to. bear. Every man, woman and child who is added to the p pitlalson has to be led and clothed and housed, which means thai there will be more work for factories and storekeepers and that farmers must increase their production unless our agricultural ex ports are to decline. Last year we received 12.000 immigrants, while Canada attracted 21."J,000 Had our population grown ul the same rate as that of Canuda we should have gained three times as many immigrants as s,eti-aiiy arrived. As a public speaker recently pointed out the cry Australia for the Australians should be replaced by that of Australians for Australia. Yv e conless that the constant outcry about the yeliow peril is extremely irritating when it conies from men who refuse to take the only step that can remove the. danger. With ;",0 millions of inhabitants instead of ~> millions Australasia could smile at the bogey of a yellow invusion. The so-Ciil.d iakuir party have (minimi!.:.'! politics 'oo; long m tin- country. It is time they were taught that the progress of the country is not to he blocked by a fewignorant agitators who only get a hearing because hitherto sensible and hard working men have been too busy to push themselves forward in the game of politics.

There wjis one taiuruptcy in mo Wang, mii district during last month is against not.e for January of last pear. It is feared tliat unless the drought breaks up there will be a water famine in Dunedin, as the reservoirs are much depleted and now only bold 41 days supply. Owing to the Heaton Park clearing sale being held on Tuesday next the usual fortnightly Marton sales held by Messrs Abraham and "Williams mid Dalgo'y and Co., have been postponed till Thursday, the 7th hist. Completed figures show that the total value of Taranaki butter and cle.se shipped from New Plymouth and Patea during January, amounts to X2lO/230. The day Twiunokonui paid out £12,050 the company had over £12,000 worth of cheese between the factory and the ocean boat, which they had not drawn against, beside a large stock ripening.

Mr Duncan, one of the Irish envoys, ;n a speech a! Wellington last night, staled that over £32, OJ had been I ohocted for the Home Pule Fund, durii.ir his and Mr Devlin's tour of An.strab s'.a.

The visiting Australian bowlers were i ofliciallv welcomed this morning at the AVcllington Club's green where tho first match is proceeding in boisterous weather.—A later telegram states that in the first bowling test match Wellington beat the Australians by 95 to 72. The contest was four rinks aside, and Wellington won three out of four, The contest for the Mayoralty of Feilding is likely to be a triangular one. and we understand that the present Mayor and Crs. Harford and Fitzherbei't aae likely to bo candidates for the position. The cost of the fortnightly service between Wellington and Sydney, to connect with the Brindisi mail, which the Premier has arranged with the Union and Iluddart Parker Companies, is £11)0 a month..

Fverylhing indicates success in connection with forthcoming Feilding Show which takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday next, February sth and (.sth. Special interest is attached to the second day on account of the number of hems, amongst them being the premutation of school garden competition prizes by Mr J. G. WiUon. In to-day's isswe will be found the programme of Eiwitea Hack Pacing Club's second annual meeting, which is to take place on Mr J. Brace's property at Cheltenham on March 20th. Since last year a number of improvements have been made to the couiso, and it is anticipated that good nominations will be received, as liberal prize money has been offered.

The best price at the late Invcrcargill wool sale was obtained by Messrs,]. G. Ward & Co.—lljd for a good line of live bales of line half bred. It was bought for America. This was 2.1 higher than the best price for the same class of wool at December sale. A novel feature in the claims of the union in connection witli the llasmillers' dispute is that wages should be paid in cash. The object of the proposal is_ t > obviate the necessity of changing cheques at hotels. It is presumed thai) however laudable the object, there is much to be said against keeping easli in large quantities at out-of-the-way places.

A fke broke out about 11.15 lad, night at Xapier in tho upstair.-: portion of it baker's shop and dwelling in DickensstreeV, belonging to J. Alexander. Tim lire had a fairly strong lm'd when discovered, but tli'-ro was no wind and the ■ Ire wa ; confined almost entirely t > the

aig-or part of the which vow, gug-ed and the cements, destroyed. Tho bak.'houso adjoining was saved. Itisnot known how the lire originated.

Tenders closed 0 u "Wednesday in Wellington for the purchase of one thousand debentures of i;100 each, part of a. loan of .£S.">O,OOO authorised by the Wellington Harbour Hoard Act, 1002, and Amending Act of 1003. 'J'lie debentures were to boar interest at the rate of 4.1 per cent per annum. Yesterday afternoon the tenders were opened, and it was reported that tho amount subscribed was el-M-,000, of which, however, certain tenders wore, informal. The secretary was authorised to sell over tho counter those debentures which were not accepted up to e-100.000, Of the J:.">0,000 offered in Loudon at- -1 per cent the Hoard accepted r. 10,0,00.

A step of importance to Orange Lodges in the C'dony was decided upon during tho session of the Grand Lodge of the North Island sitting in Wellington, when it was re-olved that the Grand Lodges of the North and South Islands should amalgamate, instead of working, as in the past, with a head in each idaml. Spoaking in reference to this matter, Bro. Willi; remarked that a-step forward had boon made in bringing about the union in the colony, and in a very few years ho considered they would see the good effect of the amalgamation. When the San Francisco Board of Education issued the order expelling Japanese from the ordinary public schools and providing a separate '• school for Orientals " tinder 100 Japanese were receiving their education in San Frtneisco schools. The county of San Francisco covers 42 square miles. The Japanese are scattered all over this area, and it is a physical impossibility for the greater number of the Japanese children to go to school in the single wooden shinty which the Board of Education provided.

A North Island dealer has been operating in South Canterbury, and has -purchased several thousand twotooth ewes, to be shipped north and there fattened. The price he had to pay would not, however, leave a large margin, and docs not necessarily indicate more extesive deals of the same nature. The owner, in getting rid of jn's Jlock for lack of pasture, stated that the forced sale meant a straightout loss to him of £'7so.

The following gentlemen have already been nominated for the 12 vacancies on the A. & P. Association General Committee : —Messrs 11. Bryant (Palmerston), A. Conway (Cheltenham), J. (J. Nathan (Palmerston), F. S. AlcKac (Stoney Creek), H. J. Booth (Feuding). W. E. A. Slack (Awapuni), and B. H. Slack (Taikorea). Nominations must iu the hands of the Secretary by 4 p.m. on Saturday, February Oth. Mr W, F. Jacob has accepted nomination for the position of President.

On licr homeward voyage the Aus--1 traliau mail steamer Oroutes, had a remarkable experience. She left Colombo late at night, and when nine miles outside the breakers a human voice was heard right ahead of the ship. The captain, fearing that a fishing vessel without a light was in dangerous proximity, brought the Oroutes to a standstill, but nothing could be seen in the darkness. A boat was lowered and five "minutes later a Lascar was picked up. lie had fallen overboard three hours before from the British steamer Clan Chisholra. 'During the visit of members of the ii'uiversity Senate to Lincoln College several of those present inquired the reason for the waggons conveying sheaves to the threshing mill rcturn- !■• the fields before they were empty. ! Mr \V. Lowrie. Director of the College, j characterised the proceeding as "an essentially New Zealand trick," and one which he had not seen practised elsewhere. 'When the load got below the level of the sides of the waggon the process of forking up the sheaves necessarily became slower and more laborious. So the ingenious New Zealandjjr, in order to save both time and energy, got over the difficulty by not unloading the bottom strata, but returned to the stock of stooks at that stage for a further cargo. One Bottle Cured Hnr. " Last summer," says Arthur Bolton, of ! Bolton Bros., Bendigo, Vic, " I had a j severe, attack of summer complaint, or j bowel trouble For a time I paid no at- j tent-ion. simply let things run along, but finding it was becoming a very serious matter I eoucludcd to try Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, audi -Diarrhoea Kemody, which I had seen so highly recommended in the pajjers. Our local chemist sent me a small bott.e, and before, it was all used I was entirely well. The pain was stopped by the first dose. For sale by Messrs T. J£. Bredin, Marton; Ellis Bros., Hvmterville ; and W. B. Clark, ' Bulls, [