THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1899.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 7, 13 June 1899, Page 2

THE WAIMATE ADVERTISER. TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1899.

Chris TcmjßSH people ■ justly. pride themselves on their great annual ' summer Agricultural £|ho\V. It is one of the finest— if not the, finest — Ln the' &o\irhern hemisphere. Dtinedin people, oil the 'other' haM: "boast* loudly of | their winter' display^ WjiioiT; has lately been said to" be, byino*" le<#s an 'aUlhority-'thah ' tile Premier himself^" the. 1 best-'-fcouth of the pquatar,"^and -cfeifcaXttly'-ths Shoy^ lifM/ltfs^, a :^ia J giiificeiil' 'Oiie, : an'cT mwh . haV^lsufefStGrt , to ■mkrtYoyef^^f%hS)}ti^3t as" it did", to , Ml*, • that' it > was a thouAd'Vpifei^Vthe whole exhibition'cquld not 'ha^e lie'en,,, j"rangportqd s ibodiiy/'- to/^Lon^onV • Mancheßte^,* BirMp^am^aiifb Glr^^V WW t Q,p(>sesVeqnall^;^^ir>a|;r^ n ) r h'ai^% t / ! ; J ppXiti<^litct^ialbi^ffifiib:^<^s^i't^

I In opening the Otago Sliow j;h# other day he appeared . as the farmers and rukholder's 'guide, '■ j philosopher aad. friend;' - 'And ; extremely well he <lidl it too-^ i said the right thing 1 in the rigHV ; way and won applause evea-fr otrf' the dense, crowd of hitf poll I ieat L enemies that Was present.- WJiat-!-eVer'Mr Seddon may or rn,a.y n'ofc be there is t no denying 1 hig ve^a:^ tility and ability^ and alihousfajt is certainly somewhat s-irfirising^ to see the Right Hon. g's.iilenmi gravely offering advice to far 1-'1 -' mers and sheepgroWaiM, there? ! was undoubtedly some bmke in " his counsels, and milch' ' justice in his criticism j. Ohoxp ; freights and good inarL?is ■ are- : absolutely'necessary PotMn^e^sf-iU i Arming and_wool-gro\viA£r. Mr Seddon sai<,l 113 belio.V'l thit,. South Africa and In 1m v/oalil prove very valuable ofn.ioi-s 'foir produce — 'and "With r^j -;->;■>, for ; uoitliei* couniryhas oiLv:i' nr-jkit' I I or dairy produce' in -any qnvuiti[ties. 'As to, freigh^.tii'^'t-.iyom,- ■ me nt is stepping iu.,,aji;l,'',v t i "Mi 1 S very advaneagcoaa ' a¥r'A') '4~ r.hputd in respect to tlioi-ap-^'iyhi^- a guarantee evidently as to quantity to the ship,o\VneiYi. to the - Cape are to be £<.! per 1b v,>r b'ta^c that goo's into the refrig'oiuU.oi'an'l 40s per ton for other {.'ivi^ht* <■. This should gratify^the Pxvjxi^ts, The fact, too, affoivls/so^efodd - for thought in another w<> ; y> Tkl^ interference by the- GG l oyarnm« i i\.t in this matter is nothing inorgr nor less tlun feooiaMsm jnie 'uid simplQ. tSocialipts- wish the swite ■ to take into its hands all the ; means" of ' productioo such' us machinery, coal mines and a host : of other things necessary lor'pj*^ ductioa, mcludmg ihe me;w"a o£' locomotion, such ' aa iv.ilvvays,, steamers, etc. Socialism is' a name— to irlftny it is 1 no- fuore a name — - held .ay yet' in deadly abhorreHca by tho avet^gej farmer, to "whom ks v to ilte uWv Ilomans, everything un-.'S-oinad ]s v a dreadful' thiug. Yet a'-U»m jj © J Striking; instance ~of how L'ogli?^' ism would .actually 'y/orli ii\ ao^ae ways, it would be hard to fmd? then this' matter', o£,. the 1 - oli^p # l freights. The'iiirmers wUl^fi^^ coma the scheme V^ n ' 'WfSvt^ If you told' tHem this was SocSfyiri ism pure and simple,; they ;WoSl<li have a fit, and '-'yet it A^jibh If Shakespeare' 1 Had lived', cfrw~>-] days he would ' What's in; a name f or ventured to remark ' a rose by any t pflier? name - would- smell as " swout.p Bitt l to;'i'etui'H to Mr SeddonVf'Pel dealt at leiigxh-Wit'h the; uamja-*! takeable • signs * , of - prosft'eiuty^ throughout the 'country; Ayealth' increasing ev©ry wjit^re, - p'rppqrty^ going: up in -valne, employment plentiful, everything satisfactory! 1 and" though it was' truQl'iprijces w«re 'do%vn.', r yet t,tiie " $&\0;' { ~^oi shee,p thi > qugh.o i u^lhe q"oi,6Ji^h'a i {| inci'^ased ,by. no "less. 1 a febia^maa a .distinct d'anger/ : wh^ Ee'^a^d to the /pastOr^i^,; '>^^u !}s%jsfk! } $%j$fk •juriilg;ypuiVeltb^t&A^l|^Ml ,esppjt 'of/ ei^:V|c§ti|g^™|

your duty," Farmers, he said, wore not keeping up ilia quality or quantity of their cattle, or produce. They were not careful in the select lon. of their stock. Who was there who sent his milk to the factory that took the trouble to test it daily, aw should be done ? The tskite had done a yood deal in the way of grading ttiif? in the wav of inspection and analysis, bat it would be all in vain unless the settlers backed up the^e efforts by every means in their power. Farming to be successful must be scientific. He would have in respect to country schools a class for testing the soil-i to show producing Criptibilitries, and al 50 experts all ending i"Y>ular!y to ex^hin milk terits. L Vll of which undoubtedly is very good. It may indeed be Kaid of ilte Premier that in hta time he bns acted many parts and his late-t appearance Inn not been the leasi sucessfnl of his manifold p^i-Lornnnce-i.