APPEAL FOR RELIEF.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 13 November 1913, Page 4

APPEAL FOR RELIEF.

An appeal is being Tu&3e ii) Masterton for fUilds for the relief of the Avives artd fair/,lies of those Avho are suffering through ths strike,, We have no sympathy Avith an appeal, if- it is going to be ti*ed as a moans for prolonging the struggle aijd bringing further misery to the people. The men have Avork to go to, and the wives who encourage their husbands to remain idle cannot be rsaid to have a claim upon the public sympathy. On the other hand, there are doubtless a great many in the city Avho have been tliroAvn out of Avork through no fault of their own, and Avhose families are in distress. For these Ave solicit the practical sympathy of the public. The first steps in the direction of affording relief should, however, be taken by the Mayor of Wellington, avlio should* see that the fund is administered wiseiy and Avell. We agree AA'ith the Mayor of Masterton that it would be an improper thing to supply funds for the Strike Committee, for these funds would only be employed to fight a public which has already been shamefully exploited.

of tho farming interests of the Dominion. Still, they are as nearly representative of the primary producers as possible. But where the "patronage" come in? The Governmen has divested itself entirely of the power of patronage. It has placed the solo responsibility for tho personnel of the Board upon the farmers themselves. If this be "patronage," then wc fail to comprehend tile meaning of tho term.