The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCAIE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 221, 24 September 1887, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCAIE.

to r niE electors — <. —

' I'liu nlin\(> aU -to tlnno own In line tin 1 it mii-t follow !U3 tlio ni^lit tho day, Thou enlist not then bo fjiho to any man.' — SiuuxsrKAur..

KUTKIUY, SHPTHMBKU 24, IKS 7

On Mori lay ue\t, tin* elrefors will be ol'ed upon (o discharge a veiy impoitant duty, vi&, that of rocorliug their \o'es in thi? vaiious electorates for n member to represent them in Parliament. Tin' duly is undoubtedly one that should .if (in!- exercised after calm and careful i-on-i'liM- uion of idl sides of the quotums iu)»r |.»'l«iie the countiy, nevertheless it is a .Imv that no m.tn worthy of the •i.iine s.iuuid shirk, nor should he allow mn^lf to bo d >erted from acting up to the, vliet.il' 1->1 -> of his conscience, by mere •xpedieucy. or tor any unworthy motives; nor shoul I he allow hinwlf to be fooled into ruling in nu\ particular diiection by " would- In- politicians," and meie gaspipes, who h-tvc some party or persona! •nd of then own f<> serve, or some pecuniaiy ad\ .intakes to »air, which are, io\vesei, kept carefully out of sight. The piesent Ministry have tried hard to throw the d 'Lennination of thi? elections n si le issues ; to draw away attention .Void whit, is really the matter; but we oi-ust these attempts wdl not be successful. The real question before the country, rom which there is no getting away, is ■hat of economy, and we believe the ■•e-uilt of the elections will demonstrate the fact 1 1 1 r* t a large mijoiity of the constituencies will, by their vote, iiw&t that sui'Staiuiiil retrenchment -? h il 1 take place before any additional taxation is i.en to be thought of, much less propose 1. Any increase of fhe present milieus of tax v 1 ion so heavily weighing n lu«,tnal euterpn^e, ciieckin^ th" active 'mpioNinent ol capital, and taking an U'ldiu per centaije from the remuneraiou of labour, by charges on the iece>-<i(ies and conveniences oF life iiust be stienujusly opposed. W.iat oncrns every tine (J.)lonist verj .uiticularly just now, is to know what is to be done to remedy the existing >tate of afTiirs. It'M. t'leni calmly consider tint the fin-incial proposes on vhich the present Ministry were defeate 1 and subsequently ajmealed to the country, included additional taxation to the amount of something like £;500,U00, bearing in mind that the amount pioposed to be withdrawn fiom subsidies to local bodies would have to be ncvle up locally by i'lciva^ed rat ii s. Notwith--tan ling the 1 ug ( > sunn of money ue 'rive hithei to been buirouing annually, tint we cinnot e\en now pay our \y ay is a "act that need-, no demonstration. This I ear there is a deiicienrj of neaily ' £.'H)0.000, though no sdioul 1 not be : siirpu^ed if it was yet loiiud (o con--ideiably excedl that amount. But in th>' face of that Sir Kobeit Stout has spoken of an infention to bonow I'^.UOO. ')(]() for Ihe Olago Central rail - way : an 1 aho rog-inls any reduction in (he Education vote as an impossibility. With a deficiency of £300,000 if for the Olago railway, £2,000,000 is to be borrowed we may calculate our deficiency quickly reaching .£lOO,OOO. Bub if the present Government \u-ie rctuiuci to ofHce we ipiite believe that wiihin the next three our borrowing would (it it vump possible to obtain the money, which is ho\u\ei extiemely doubtful) amoni t to moif like £»,[){)[) ,i)()i). That inc.-ns L^00,(>()0 more in the way of pcimnneuf chaiue?, whilst we are even now £300,000 to the bad. Now we nsk the flcctois fu cwlmly ami dispassionately consider what would be the inevitable repult. In tliree years hence the ttiriil and class taxaiion pioposals of the Ooveimnent would show an increase of half a million in excess of ihe present taxation ; aitd we ask you, thoso who look upon New Zealand as your future home, and who purpose dying to earn a livelihood thoiein. — Will the colony be able to stagger under Buch aburdon? It :< Hi not. iM'cuy one who can leave New Zealand will do so in order to escape f>uch unhi'snd of burdens. It is a niott seiious matter to consider what is in store for the colony, if the piesent extrawigai.t Goverwment are in juwer for the next thiee years. How is tho present ever increasing buiden of taxat:on to be met? Judging them simply by their own actions one cannot Lave any confidei.ee in any professing made by the present Government "" as regards retrenchment. It is quite remarkable to lock back over their successive utterances on the subject. First of all they declared retrenchment was impracticable without inipaiimg the efficiency of the public service ; then it might be earned out to the extent of £130,000, then to the extent o\ L70,0U0 or L«0,000 ; n^x' tlioy ti) and u'pie-enf to the people that retrenchment has been

effected (o the extent of £100,000, and that further reductions could be made. In fact U appears they would piomiso anything, if only allowed (o retain (he sweets ot office, and continue to draw their salaries. Wo do nut purpose in this article going into the various departments in which retrenchment may, and must bo earned into eil'eet With respect to tho Kdueatkm vote, lunuMer, we would say a few words. A gie.it deal of false sentimentality exists with respect to any reduction being made in tlii3 direction. Neveitheless tho fact remains that in times of depnssion. such as we arc now pnssing through, the co-it must be cut according to the cloth ; the s.ilmies. of (eachem iiju^t W subjected to some deeiease, which will be belter than wholesale dis-mi.s.-als, from lack of fund- to cai ry on by and-b)C, if no sa\im; i» effected. We do not say entirely close the schools at tho I'omth Mandaid, b\it it may be necessary that those who proceed further should pay fees, or th.it thu Hilcli Schools be a'nolis-he ), and Universities with scholarships attache 1 established instead, open to all. A veiy substantial s.i\ing in some such direction, could be made. Jt is also a question. Can tho Colony afford, under existing ciieumstamvs, to keep infant classes going ; as at piesent we believe something like £84,000 is paid tor children between five and seven years of age.. Leaving the question as to vrhere the reductions can best be made, the fact remains the Colony cannot possibly stand the present strain, and if relief in some- direction is not forthcoming, the whole structure stands endangered ; whilst with greater economy our free sjstem of education may weather the storm. We certainly regard Sir Robert Stout us one of the greatest enemies the Education system has, as he refuses to listen to reason, or to recognise tho absolute necessity for retrenchment in this direction. With respect to Protection we direct the attention of our readets to some hard facts which will be found in our supplement to-day. With regard to the land policy of the present Government we unhesitatingly state that if their fads; in the direction of lan 1 nationalisation doing away with freeholds, continually tinkeiing with the Native land laws, etc. are not speedily knocked on the head it will be a bad job for New Zealand ; for if not the capitalist will speedily clear out in order to avoid the distributing and confiscating policy and the result to workihg men will undoubtedly be hunger and hard knocks for employment will then be a scarce commodity in New Zealand. Those having money will we say clear out, and it is quite certain that no outsider will tend his money here to be distributed as Sii Robert Stout thinks fit., and the inevitable result will be that enterprise and tru le would cease an 1 there would bo no demand for labour. Ono of the most striking proofs of the disregard of tho pres>o it UownuiHMil to economy or retrenchment was 1 their appointment of thirteen new members to the Legislative Council (costing the Colony some £2000 a year), for the teimofthe intural lives. Reorganisation in every dep irtmcnt of the public sirvL'c must take place. In conclusion wt 1 ask our readers to think the matter out carefully for themselves an I vote accordingly. II they allow themselves to bo fuithor tuv-'d without; making an efToit t) avoid ifc, it will b' 1 their own fault. What the future Ucveiuiueut his to make up its mind to ia th<"! measuring n\ its expenditure, not by its wants, but b) its income. It is no tnoie th.in imx^fc colonists; who desire to pay theii \\fij, h;ue had of late to go through.

A quantity of inattei in typo i-^ nna\ oidably eiou (led out this is^uo, owiiil; to pie.y>.ui' on oui space Kleetua of Wuikato in Piako County will do well toiememb. r it was Mr J. H. Why Us w ho in the late of most determined opposilion, obtained the sepaiation of Piako fioni Thai lies Hospital andChai i table Aid DMiict, theieby living tho iatepa\eis in uiy hiuuli yds of pounds yeai ly. Mi J. IS. \Yh\ te has an nnbleinibhod parliamentary reconl, and even hi'? opponents have laded to prow) anything to his di^ciedit after nine )ears of faithful heivKc. JtJlectoirishouldln.il this m mind and \')t<; ioi a man who has been put to the test and hait not been found n anting. (Jieat piepaiations are being 1 made for the pluinand fancy dicss ball on Tuesday evening next, to elot-e the season of tho Arhoa Skating Kink. A huge numbir of tho invita'iont! issued hive been accepted and quite a huge g.itheiing ih expected. All post offices havo now been equipped with the necessary boxes humpois &c for the cariying out of the parcels post system which cornea into force on tho lat October On Monday next (the day of general el&ction) till telegraph offices will lenmin open iuntil iniduiglit for the transmission of telegrams. We direct particular attention to Messrs Alfred liuckluud and (Jo's adveitisements, iinnounying foithcoming sales by auction. This day at Cambridge, sale of horbfcK, hainesH, produce, meat, etc. At (Jhaupo on next Tucse'ay, sale of live htock. On same date at Ohaupo, parade of stallions will take place at Ohaupo, and the Ciydefcdde stallion Chieftain will bo offered for sale On Thursday, September 2'Jth, there will be a sale of livestock at Waitoa, when a largo number of fat and store cattlo and sheep will be offered. Several.important, sales are also announced at later dates. Messrs. Stewart Dawson and Co.'h (of Auckland), new advertisement will be found in our columns to-day. This firm being manufacturers of gold and silver watches, and all clashes of jewellery, etc , on a very huge scale, and importing the hainc diiect 'horn their own woikshops, aio in a portion to offer exceptional ad- \ antaged lor cabh. The reputation of their iiun is no.v thoroughly established, theii btoclc inmion&c, and intending put chafers would do we.l to bear those facts in mind

The attention of our reader-* i« oliifctod to sevnial articles on tho first p..£e of our supplement to-day, as affecting thu present questions before tho electors. Sir Robert Stouts testimony an to what Protection does-" Some time ago lie visited Victoria, and in tm addrcsH which he delivered on the Fiibject oi local indiw-tiii-s in Dunediu, Januaiy 7th 1885, lie gave tho result of. his observations in Victoria Here are soiyo of tho things which ho said :— u When I wan in Melbourne lately I saw some factories there whose existence way kept up by demanding excessive hours of labor, even of women and childien, and I was told by some of the ninnnfivoturcrh that uiilosh the) could obtain labor at that cheap nite, and with those long houif, their factoiius would ha\e to nhut up." Bir UobeithaH been stumping the countiy during- the pa^t few weeks to induce ua to introduce, m thh countiy, the above -state oi things w liv h he siiw in Victoria. The popular bid mado by Mr 0. \V. Knssell at liiMeeent mt'ctitig «t \V\uhou to catch the M)tfw of noikmg men by lel'ciling in di^pai aging teim« to then accepting any l eduction in wages and attaching themselves db appendagea to the .toil, and othei expi esi: 1011 a v»hich could only (it heeded) have the effect of m*tlin» clas.» against chisn, was contemptible and cannot be too strongly condemned. The working men of Waihou and d^tiict however know fur too well the advantages they have deiived from the expondituie of capital in their midat for years past, tnd that in comparison they to-day are better off than the capitalists who employed them. What good would the land be to working men if there was no expenditure of capital in the district. ! Mis* Farrell announces arrival of new : goods > particulars of which will appear in ■ future advertisement. The oidinary monthly meeting- o£ Piako (Jonnty Council will be held at Hamilton this day. __________________