Mr Chamberlain.
Mr Chamberlain's zealous solicitude for the welfare of the British workman is (writes "T.1.P.") a literal fulfilment of the prophecy that a time would come when " the lion and the lamb" will lie down together. With lion-like assertiveness he declares that he has taken oil his coat tp fighf, for the amelioration of the conditions of the ivprkers in the Empire. To those who say that the pri- v tish workman was never so well off in his life as he is to-day, Mr Chapiberlain replies "that the future ir; far greater than tliu past, greater than anything whereto we can look back." His prophetic eye sees visions of a state of things that far transcends the present conditions of life on earth.
Like the proverbial "lion," hp is master of all he surveys. He seed no reason why the lambs, so numerous in the lower walks of life, .should be debarred from the full enjoyment of tho privileges that the world contains in amplitude for each and all of mankind. He has secured for himself all the materia) advantages that he desires, and has set himself the task of adjusting the body politic so that the people who are now struj|gflimg for a share of tho world's goods may have their labour protected and reap the full fruits of their efforts.
The world can afford to fully reward every worker for his labour, and when every lalbourer is fully rewarded the millennium will be reachod. Tq inprefisp the record of every worker is Mr Chamberlain's great ideal, and no greater ideal ean occupy the mind of man. The richness and b ol ™teousness of the world we live in ip bo ypsf; that It is possible to improve the lot qf eftcfo ijnjfc in the community, without exception, by wise regulation and control of the body politic. Whea a child is born its first cry is for food and shelter—for the material wanf,s g( life. Those material needs continue to claim man's first attentions throughout life, and those who join Mr Chambarlain and devote themselves to the amelioration of the conditions that govern mankind in this respect undertake a noble work—literally, the paying of the way for the millennium,—Exrtiftijgp,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 246, 16 November 1903, Page 4
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372Mr Chamberlain. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 246, 16 November 1903, Page 4
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