DANGER OF DRIFT.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3522, 8 July 1920, Page 3

DANGER OF DRIFT.

IN D()M]NI()l\l AF'F.+\JR$.

A CANDID (‘!}[{J.'!.'lC

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I ’J‘lu: Hon. U. bunltis, whu 1s \'i.siti;lg ‘L‘lrri:~;'t<:hu:’ch_ an _bu.~'iu.*-.~‘-ts <':uun€cted with tiw London ;\'lis;ssionz:ry Society, :I.n(_‘l also for tho [_>u;'pose of :u:lvo<:atillg' pl'opol'tiunal I‘cpl'(‘Solltu{‘ioll: was asked his opinion .011 public afifairs. He said that in his jl1dgn1(‘1II' the oul'iook was by no means bright. The cotlrllzry was in the mir.'lst‘ of new and <:riti«°.:Ll world cmlditions cl‘(-rated by the war, and in.s"rPu<l of I’ranki_v fzu‘-,iu;_,r pl'«)},.\lunls in rhe light of clumgcd (iowiltious, was rapidly <iril"t.ing lo\\':n'd.~: the brink of "a pl'(‘~(:ipic'U. :15 if nothing unusuai had Jl2l])poll<,.-d to pH.'\‘o'nt‘ us moving (jlllict~ .‘y along; rho uhl lim-.<. He s:l\.\lno vi—‘ sion being applied to ai‘r‘uirs of State.‘ The Govel‘mnmlf }_mssessv<'l .x.'.eil:}lol'l kno\\'le<lg'e nor cuumgo I'o fzu,-.e thci pl-Qhle-m and remove undoubted gricv-i ancos .~_'ufl’cl'od by the gncm; mass of' the people. ;\ppav.'eurly it \\'a's (1011-E ten‘: to go on i>;:9sillg znul nmintuining} zm_».<l via-.iou.~i. ’r'<n'nl.~: of «zizwss I<'g‘i.<l:v.lioll.-5 ".l‘u1\:o {HS an ox:ullpiQ the pmpoml sub.mitted to ]:’:lr]iam(~-nt. to tzxexnpt the salaries of membol‘s, Milnisters, and _'illd~g(=..~'. from inrrnmo tux. ‘.‘»'hzxl; more "‘L>:ll'cfncc-d .L'I:ISS leg'i.~s.7Lll}i‘;ml vmlld be fouml :Jl:_\-'\"\’ll(‘l‘;-"." Why Shr)ll]d Ministers or judgcs be ex;-mpt '!.'l'mn paynmnt of ingonw {'ll}: any more than any m‘noz' public .~'ol'v;Ln’r, or why s},lould any public .<e"\':ll|l—.'l'2:l\'c any more right i

to (‘X('lll}ll'i0“ Ilmn -.1 pt.-rs<m o:u'l'n'ng :1 silnil:_lr Su.zlr_\' who wzl.< not: :1 public Sl‘l‘\'2llll‘? ln lhe Case of :1 monlber \\it.h no other inconw than his‘ honorarium’ the prirposal would he oqui~:.;lonl‘ to an ll1('l.(‘:lS€ of llollol'=u‘lnln of 1-37 flll/‘ u yvnlj. but in the :.1.~-) 1:?‘ ‘:1 m.(2ml')(_4:. \\jl().’~=u ilm-,(;mle \\'il.«"m:lt his l101l()'.‘U.'ium was at the mnounli ..l’ the l,',)l;_il."Cl‘ mum rate uf in:-omc ‘tax, it wxlul-.‘ ‘lie (,‘(|lll‘."2l]{‘lll.‘l'.() an inm'e:l:~'o of his 11m.=.0;.' arinxn of £15!) Ix _\‘mll‘. 'l‘ho }’»l*:.»}_‘.)‘;:ll \\':l.\‘ on :_vTl l'm:.v‘_,- wlfh Hie .>l" ir-no-114.‘ ‘ran; loans of the '.‘.'2ll' p-:‘v'fv).l. 'l"l:e failure of the (}0vm'11n1'!:1l< to ‘.‘.l.l'_’lllpll to uln~(:k the urgfiy and 121.11 gn.nbl.l.ng now going on llll'ougllo‘.lt ‘rho counlzry was also deplorable. »‘.'n up-‘o«r.late vztluufion and ill<?l'v:lse ‘Wt’ the lnnufl tax would do mo"e than n,nyrlni:l_~_»; olse to bring down t'l:-0 cost. of lixvinq :1 1: _l ;n:ll<e }n'ovi:-ion of «:l<wenl' llou.~7in»g; :luc;n:mlo(lnlinn for 1;lz<- people. Possibl_y it up-Vpo:u-ml lhnf tht) 4’-oum"l‘y would have ‘.O drift furtlmr into difllt-u_llti:.>s before {my rmnecly was :Ippll<w.l. and his solemn Cnnvir-fiml Wlls‘ Ihzll"sm'h «'lrifting' \\‘.’LS f'r:ul_«_g;llt' will‘: an Sf‘l‘l!l!!S anal In(=nt_l:eing «l:llxg('x' fn our ('lvll'lsnl'ion. '