PRAISING OUR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1658, 10 November 1887, Page 2

PRAISING OUR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.

TO rHB;EEITO». Sir, —I should like to say a word or i two. In the first place, What do we praise our members for? It csnno-t b» for good deeds, so its mast b- for h«rl ones, In the. second place, ibrr! ' been £32,000,000 borrowed- by Got-mE ment: £12,000,000 havd b:en laid out on railways, which ere reproductive J thebalancs of £20,000.000 baa been spent on roads, salaries, and monuments. Mare absurd squandering of money was. never known! Out of all thai £20,000,000, besides all the money/ that has bean realised from land sales, *4 there is not one good deed worthy of note, barring Education. Do yoa call that goad management ? We prais* up. our eoand-thinking, targeting leaders but it is through a mistake. Third If, we hav« the most productive country in the world for grain, stock, or min-rala. Fourthly, what have our flouud-thiukiog farseeiug members .Draught upon usf We are now the beavie«t indebted people per head in the known world—and with ioch a productive coun'rv our imports exceed our exports larg-ty * Fifthly, we have the most ignominious rulers in the worla\ Tne.greatest duffer cm borrow money if h* hiss good Wnrity, and this our mrrab°rs bad in New Z»a. If»nd. It was not possible for any Parliament to hare spent money mora lavishly, or squandered it foolishly, than what has been done during the last ten or fifteen years. Sixthly, look at Australian lecislatdri: they hare borrowel £27,000,000; they bare laid out £23,000,000 on railway!, which sr» reproductive ; they laid out between £3,000,000 and £4,000,000 on irrigation, whioh is alio reproductive. Seventhly, our members say: « Let ns -ai, fi. I our pockets as r*eil as we can out a»f ! borrowed capital and squander.the resTJjT then the peqple will' hare to pay tbt interest oqt of hard earnings, and wt fhall fee looked upon as 1 lords among srugglrre. We bay* it Tin «>nr Hands to keep up the bank 'rate of ter.st, which will keep the farmers andL, poorer classes struggling to pay their? "»J j by this meaos we shall strengthen our hold by influence, and there will be a greater distinction between! tha rich and poor, wbich trill enable n« tq retain our a.eata, Let us trame a tnjtie to b* played pu onr own fiddl* 'that wiii (ha i armors «nd , pyQrjr daises.

b? iti melodiots sound, that we shall be able to feoodffink and blindly lead ' them by this mesni ;wo shall also rise oar position, " The time has come, without a doubt, That we must tax-but not through Stout. To borrow more we do not dare, Of which we bad such a liberal share. , " The next thin*, What will be our fate 1 We've brought the country to such a state : From us tbo runs the psople will wrsst, For we laid out twtnty millions without interest. ' "To put on more taxes will be absurd vThen the country has our tane-iwall ■: •■, heard." As time rolls on taxing will get to a height, Then those words will have more weight. Farmer, [Oor friend's poetry is delicious. Farmers generally vote with Conservatives; so they should not complain. —The Editor.]