THE LATE FREIGHT MEETING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 856, 26 August 1881, Page 2

THE LATE FREIGHT MEETING.

[To the Editor of the Waikaraba Daily;]' Sir,—l noticed at the recent meeting that the person wljo-addreaserl it with the most asßtiranoe, and who disposed in an extromly free and easy style of the possible objections of those most interested, viz., the farmers (not one of whom, by the; way, was at the meeting) was a person by the name of Worth. I do not recollect seeing his name mixed up in public matters before, and conclude he is a new arrival, I am told he in a publican;. No doubt the freight on his case of gin or brandy takes a trifle off the proflts, therefore the farmers should be taught a lesson, and the Government reduce the freight on small packages, such as the above. This is logic He could thus get; three cases up at the price he previously paid for one, and Rapp and Hare could get another consignment of Canterbury bacon at ; a halfpenny :per pquncMeasf than, the-Wairarapa. article. Thisjis, business. > formers and, the travelling! public are to be completely ignored in.,the' matter. This is wisdom. ' j I am, &c, ; v,j '''■]:) Ral-'liM.',!;.

trespassing on present subject, but VfHHHHH a party concerned an flnHH[BnH| to lay before your 'on the subjeot of the at present going to representatives for co-operation in having way tariff altered, ;. Sir,, the,, arguments. in the first'plftceby"Messrs-Worthand Bapp Jftiiooriginators oif this jupyement) , we, T think on 'consideration; worthy of / 'mofeconsideration thaißvhat iß : alreadyjv ;given; tb'itf "iPifstlyJtheir arguments are* ! _We' (VantUmalU parcels,^. say.' 281bs weight, brought from Wellington to Mas-terton-by train at the same rate as per ton. Now my reasoning tells me this is all very fine.rEapp and Worth forget A that! it will M within the reach of any; settler in tliiß district to get his or her N gallon, of whisky or bag of sugar from Wellington at the same rate of carriage as they .(Messrs, Rapp, and Worth) will o . get their ,two:or three tons (|bat ; isif get such' quantities)', therefore placing them at very serious disadvantages as • traders/Secondly, Mr J. lorns argued (which I considered correctly, too), that if - the tariff on heavy goods-luck .as oats, flour,' I potatoes, ,&o,—were reduced,; it/_ would be detrimental to the prosperity of " the;,farming jclasses and settlement in general. Which I fully endorse, as I think the followidg reasoning will show. First of all, its patent to everyone that the Wairarapa is not in a position to compete against Canterbury at the present time |n an open market for general produce. { t have been in the Waiiirapa for the last' seven 'years, and during thai ,time,l have never heard of them being in a position to export, even if the carriers or Railway Department carried the goods for nothing.) Simply, because we have never produced enough for local consumption, except last year, when we had 'a few' thousand bushels of oats too much. And then our exports " did not" cover our imports. ~K.anyone doubts' theyeracity, of this they' can ask M. Caselberg and Cb., ! Chamb'erlainßros, D. F. McCarthy, &c, how many tons of potatoes they imported, and it will really astonish Messrs Rapp and Worth. I don't like to be personal in writing to the Press onanyiK subject, but the present being one of the utmost importance to the storekeepers and farmers of Masterton and the Wairarapa in general, I think this noble pair of brothers did not give sufficient interval for reflection to he able to digest the subject.; ''. Juat fancy. Pit Canterbury against the Opaki and carnage at 10s o}d per ton (which it will be if the prayer asked for in the memorial is granted); the result will be, sir', I .the 'direct ruination of our 1 farmers', t would suggest that instead of the memorial being presented as it now stands, the following alterations may be made. 1 "That is, the minimum weight be 8 cwt instead of 1 cwt, as at present, and that: the ifreight on produce;remain as it is, thereby cutting both ways." It protects .the farner and also the storekeeper. . Hoping ,yoi\ will exouse me for trespass- " ing so much, I am, &o„ AN IIirOKTER AN» EXPOKIBE,