Correspondence. Correspondents' opinions are not necessarily ours. THE TEMPERANCE COLUMN.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 8, 15 June 1899, Page 2

Correspondence. Correspondents' opinions are not necessarily ours. THE TEMPERANCE COLUMN.

(to tite iottob.) Sir,— Will S. Boieham ami "Piohifeitionisfc" please paste the following in their hats, and lead it eveiy tune they feet molinpd to wrifco o? me fiom now to the Tiocal Opfmn Poll. To the goiee-ls of S. Soieharn I do not inten'l to iep!y, as I prefer to oontiovert only men who may now and then be taken geiioualy. I have no time to warete on bulToonevy. When *n elector b<;^ nr»uinetit or information to sjiye, ani does sj, to attach to it the name of the use of a psendonyiiT ig jnstiiiible. Where oniy peis >n.il abuse is v.ntten th« dso of a nor- de pUmre serve? only to throw into reiief the nrewne33 of the man who wntes it, and the offence ts ae;^iav«iled when the pseudomm 15 m itsplf a TnAzen lie. Foi such wiitei<j I have ftothing but contempt. — I am, etc., Geo. Da&H.

(TO THE EDUOR.) Sir,— ln a leading aiticle in a recent issue, you refenel to ttalespeopie sending Shea printing oirf of the town. Now, Sn, f 'do not th"ik nuich prn.tini,' thai can he done in "WVumate #oesr elsewheie. But your lemaiks open up a very hwqe subject which ciops- up in eveiv country town ra the colony. There does exist a ceitan piopoitnn of people who encomaije tiadeis Jrom other towns Take for msta.ioe the tea hawker, \v*n <pc? I*o in 1 1 the coirntiv soiling tea) ; be represents n bit; fiim in v>aie 1.-sroje to>\n, at I tju-llg p°oilo with the statement that they supply bettei te.x At a lower pi ice than chained locally. Then you htvve the dianery haukei traveller) who hswkes his samples horn dooi io- door, farm to farm, mid tells the people lie 3ells cheapei' than the loca 1 jfieop'e, cind in lots- of cases, the customer, ?iot being an expert, believes him and &uv3. Af/aia, a person often buy& to get rid of him ; le^uit. he calls iw»reui. In this aonncofion I nollce one of the big di apery ■asf.abixi.hments in Dlanedin' huve t.ikeri temporary sample rooms in our liibnuy Hall. 2 mv-jelf am lather smpiise.l at, 5/ie co'nmittee lettiag the hall' for such a gttrpTJS. Ruielj there are enough sample Boons in the town. Afiain, we bal the rn^mnfa! spectacle- recently at a'■ /l.i'iee held not a bun.fte.lv ini'es , A'O.n "Winmftte of the catcier sendia'^ h Tnrutu for refreshments. Ye gods ! ' fan "7 o«a ca-feieis not he'ng ahle to snit She tastes (and pty'kefe) of \.\tßv">i>l'. The Ivbole que^hon niinTaiallv turns on the ■ "Question— Why do these things ez<sk 9 It is not because the publics aie sjppiicd a*iv fcettei or chca-per oa-tside the town. Wj.&iate ha? bet'ei stocks than a»ny othe'-tovvn iii'l<Jev/ fjiAlflSn-d, in compfsiison to UsMTte Whtn wiil the' public wiilce up to the fact by keepin-g the rnonpy in- the town 1 fey ace b-litorlm; both iheinsalves and the "fe'+nv mti ane jnjunng both by seuding '&T«tey t» otbfer places. I think the time •'isstßTli^'Sssj-ifcido.^feG^lG til SVdimata'to

foira a Traces Protection Society, and protect themselves against the^ • hitwkevs, who use our roach, do not pay taxoq in tiny shape, and take a'l the money the}' can get out of the distnct, a\iA r.tc m nothing in letuin. Trusting I have not t when up too much of jour valuablo space. - 1 aui, etc.,