SATIRE AND CONDESCENSION

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10671, 18 July 1912, Page 3

SATIRE AND CONDESCENSION

ITo The Editor.]

Sir, — ißo' your kndcrctta of to-<to\ T , ib-caded, "The Labour Party," it may ihr of interest- to kr.mv that if 'sneh'alleles wore perused >by every worker r'n tin? Dominion, it would, -bo -much to -their 'benefit, as such editorial matter only tends t'to- elud'c'ate 'the time sentiments of tiie capitalistic*. pre?e,and itjs fol'owai'S. .One lias only to refkeit 'for a moment an the two iseutcncrs, '"And yet- the army of workers are 'deserving of consideration. 1 hey are tin .impo'rtaiKit section tf the conmmm.•itv," and he will at oiroe realise a mingling of smbire and ccnckgcoßsion, WiiWi tlio latter to emit cajji'balikii.ic ends. 'Now, Sir, yon accuse Labour of rau»y.ig riot, because it >:s fighting f?r ■a just cause, and ibc-tiermeni; lint •Latbow does net- look to Masscy and €'o. for any great miensuiros in its -favour; nor docs i.t feel Uf-raid -of any drastic legislation from the present 'Oovomnrcnt. It /seems phi in to .any •r(>a-der iwlio watches tlio industrial hi:uiest- all over the globe, that Labour must come r igh't oi:it on its own, and can be' no longer dependent 011 C'on-teerviiti-ve, liibe-ra-1, Reform, or any otl/er 60-c.rlkd .party 'fc-r alleviation. •New Zealand has ,pnt some advanced ! iegfe!'-atic>i!: 011 .the 1 Statute Be ok in the. i ipast, and isaich Jcg'iHlatibn has com? I 'from mem wliom trend was to scm? ! •extent in itlie direct-ion of Labour. It ®eems -difficult ito see, -with a concrete '■orgawisat-ion, and tlio progress of education, why a Ne-w Zealand Government ehould !not dominate in the near fixture, ancT advance more equitable 1 'legislation.— I am,''etc., I C. BYR'NKiS. i Uppor Plain, Jnlv "17th, 1912. j