Rangitikei Advocate. MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1908 EDITORIAL NOTES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9096, 16 March 1908, Page 4

Rangitikei Advocate. MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1908 EDITORIAL NOTES.

HARDLY was the ink dry on the long judgment given by the Arbitration Court in the Blackball dispute, than the men wont back on the agreement arrived at, and renewed the strike on the ground that the meeting of the Union which had consented to the compromise was not a properly constituted one. We may suppose that the agitators are disappointed at the. dull ending to the exciting dispute, and that they managed to stir up the men 'to renewed discontent. The situation is a serious one as if the men refuse to he bound by the decisions of their own representatives, any sort of agreement is rendered impossible. A series of years of prosperity and of rising wages, appears to have been too much for the mental balance of some of the workers, and the more sensible among them allow themselves to be overruled by the unreasonable. According to the latest news received on Saturday, the strike is likely to continue, and the Blackball Union is sending delegates all over the Colony to collect funds. The Union is undeserving of a penny from anyone, and we hope that the call for subscriptions will meet no response. The men have deliberately put themselves in the wrong, and should bo taught that there is no mercy for those who break the agreements they have voluntarily undertaken to observe.

THE evidence in the Farm Laborers’ dispute in the South Island is still dragging its weary length along, but amid the desert of dullness, we at times come across oases of common sense. The other day at Rangiora a witness pointed out that it might be possible to fix wages satiafactorily ou present prices, but they had no guarantee that these prices would continue for another six months—-there was great probability that the prices both of wheat and of dairy produce would decline. High prices always caused over production. That it was possible for prices to go below the paying point was shown by the state of the flaxmilling industry at present. The flaxmilling industry and agriculture were the only two industries which were on the same footing, in that they had to compete with the rest of the world. If farm labourers’ wages were fixed on the basis of present wages, and a worldwide decline in prices took place, farmers would be compelled to do as the flaxmillers had done —cease producing those crops which demanded a large amount of labour. A minimum wage could not be fixed for farm labourers, as the quality of men varied tremendously. There was a large number of inexperienced workers amongst farm labourers —a‘ larger number than in any other industry, because farm labourers bad better chances of becoming their own masters.

ONLY the other day Auckland grape growers were wailing that they would all be ruined if the duty on grapes were removed, and Australian grapes admitted into this country. They complained bitterly to the Premier that they has been encouraged by the Government to enter upon the industry, and now at one fell swoop their years of toil would be rendered fruitless, and all their high hopes blighted. Never were prophets of evil more deceived. A telegram from Auckland on Friday stated that the largo demand and good prices ruling, despite the importations from Australia, had induced Auckland growers to place on the market large quantities of grapes, which otherwise would have been converted into wine. No doubt the season lias been a particularly favourable oue for the ripening of grapes, but the spur of competition from outside lias probably done much to wake up the growers of grapes to a realiastion of the fact that they must bestir themselves if they wish to succeed. Some of our other protected industries would probably be benefited by a similar healthy stimulus.

Bulls tradesmen will close to-mor-row, so that residents may have an opportunity of attending the sports meetings in the district. An old Imperial soldier, named James Larkin, an inmate of Ashburton Old Men’s Home, died early on Saturday morning at the age; of 76 years.

Dunedin Master Bakers decided on Saturday night that with flour selling at £ll 5a per ton, it was impossible to reduce the price of the 41b loaf below sevenpence, if bakers are to pay their way, and also pay union rates of wages. The first automobile seen in Jerusalem arrived there on Friday, the owner and driver being Chas. Griddon, of Boston, Massachusetts, who has now motored through 3 countries and covreed 43,166 miles of the 50,000 he projects covering. Groatic Farm, two miles from Ashburton, the property of the late Douald“Williamson, and||bhe homestead of the original Ashburton run, which extended over 15 miles and included the present town and suburbs of Ashburton, ws sold at auction on Saturday, its 226 acres realising £52 acre. A meeting of employers cited in the general labourer’s dispute was held on Friday, at Palmerston. Mr R. S. Abraham was voted to the chair. The local bodies cited intimated that tire action they intended to take would be decided shortly. The meeting decided to retain Mr Pryor to conduct the case ou behalf of the employers. The handwriting of Dr Buckley, the Methodist editor, is somewhat illegible. Ou one occasion, when he was to deliver a sermon on “Oats and Wild Oats,” heseut an announcement thereof to oue of the religious weeklies. Imagine his mingled chagrin and amusement when it appeared in print that he would preach on “Cats and Wild Oats.”

The following additional handicaps have been made for the Raugiwahia Sports to-morrow :—IOO Yards Handicap: K. McKenzie, 7 yards and A. Thompson 4. 230 Yards Bracelet: A. Wilson 4, A. Thompson 10. 440 Yards Handicap ; A. Paulger 35. Bicycle Race : O. Moses 120, T. Ashlers 200, K. McKenzie 200. Halfmile : O. Richardson 65.

The body of William Jones, an old age pensioner, aged nearly 80 years, was found in the bush at Leith Valley, on Friday. Decaesed who was a bachelor, living by himself, had worked in the bash for nearly 40 years. It is surmised that he slipped on some greasy logs and foil on his axe, which gashed his cheek so badly that ho bled to death. Ho was a native of Wales.

A meeting of Kimboltou Railway League was held on Saturday evening. Present —Mr E. H. Orabhe (Chairman), and Messrs Jackson, Palmer, Fowler and Morton. The report of the statistics collected was read, and a committee appointed to meet Mr Hall Jones, who as reported in Saturday’s issue, will visit the district, and make a thorough inspection within six weeks. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr Short for the promise of -the loan of his motor, and it was decided to request Feildiug Chamber of Commerce to join the League in welcoming the Minister.

An American writer makes some humorous comments on life in Loudon, in the course of which he states that there are two separate species of the genus tailor. Oue (the fashionable kind) makes the clothes so tight that" the victim has to get them on with talcum powder and a shoehorn ; while the cheaper kind makes them so loose that the wearer can put them ou over his head. “The real London combination is a silk hat, a short coat, and a red or green tie, together with an abnormally high collar—usually a coloured waistcoat.”

Analysing the circumstances of 2,439 deaths from disease in New York, Dr H. D. Marsh comes to the conclusion that five p.m. is by far the most fatal hour of the day. Glasgow does not agree with New York. Finlayson’s statistics show that out of 13.000 deaths in Glasgow the greatest number were between five and six a.m. Berlin’s figures, based on 57.000 deaths, put four a.m. to seven a.m. as the most fatal period of the day, while six a.m. to seven a.m. is the most fatal period in Philadelphia. None of the experts, says the British MedicaLJourual, gave countenance to the” popular belief that the hour at which any given invalid is most likely to succumb is the same as that at which, according to the Duke of Wellington, the heroic attitude is most difficult to assume—namely, two a.m.

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