NATIONAL INSURANCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1380, 16 May 1883, Page 2

NATIONAL INSURANCE.

[TO THE EDITOR WAIRARAPA DAILY.j Sip,— As; f'Suum Oujque" has "noticeda ' ! p| pur Rebate on the National Insurance scheme it may be supposed Ho has taken some interest in the question. If this inference is cqrrect.jj;' js Burprjsing that he did nqj; at|end' t)|e ajjd plume his featjiera in tjje presence pf the " aspirants" rather tljan wait until the fighting was over, However, ''Suum Cuique" shall have his due,'; His effusion may be briefly summed up thus: It is the result of a desire to " rate a' letter" to ■ the paper j and does not make the scheme any more easy of comprehension [displays an unmanly admiration of dignity in the person of the "Honorable Major;" and whilst freely foamjjjinj \h pajes of others conceals itg'wtite'r'g iirif|ei ; a' won dt ytaofcjouhtfu! appjicajiioij. The modest writer hoWly staea that he has "read almost all the' papers published in New Wand,"—a tank which none hut a madman would undertake. Having read and digested all this valuable fatter he gives us the result of his labor in a rambling disjointed letter, rendered, utterly unpresentable by poetical misquotations, and only calculated'to make the confusion whicjy spfljnijs scheme ten times wqrse csnfguijdet). Tpjjly "The mountain Pars, and a mouso is bom,"

: Your correspondent having grasped the subject; upon which we are so far astray should be able- to tell us what National Insurance means. If he will do thjs.'he may be metwith arguments more difficult to answer than those brought by the debaters at their meeting If the arguments used on the OCC M!9II fpfeyfetj to /were so "flimsy and lifjjciiiqjis," if owing to tlje ridjciilous, nature of tjje propositions) the flimsy party working upon jtjje prinoiplft : ,that like.'cures like, or as the wise mahipts it: thftt-pf-;answer; ing ihe occbvilihg i folty."

■ i V: :r ' ; jsj. Sirj—l Notice iii today's', issue, of your journal a few .remarks passed by jwhat I should probably V term an inexperienced criticon the Masterton Debat-. sion being MdjorAtkintjqnVlnsurance, .Scheme.,.,'JJoty\ suy| ; lv- rather in-1 olinedftoithink' thafrtliis critic,-styling himself, 'for reasons, best known to himself, ihe'aiionyihtiuia title of' Suum

- - ——: . .... ; "-; »';.'' Ouique,"is a 'little bit; deficient in 'XX understanding my reported idea of the ~ scheme, although Ishould have thought 5 the report in your last Saturday's issue was sufficiently clear lor any ordinary - : . human being with a fair amsunt of in- ■■ Xi telligence to comprehend, although perhaps not given in your paper word for word as I spoke. , And as lam of : ::. opinion that "Suum Cuique"; does not; know uiy opinion on the I will now repea^Scly^ as mr .v memory]will allo,w,!me, what I did say ■ ;:';; on : the my 'XXX. the scheme is far much in- 7 adva&of'the times, asl have seen arrd'did know a great-deal!(Of New : ; Zealand, and fail W'sWjwnere tk poor V ;;.;' are, at present, who require the assistaace; whioh thos)e,whoseem to take so ' much interest, and sympathy in the ; welfare of typroUbw|lawr, idle, impudent beings, are endeavoruig to ■ impress'iUponour |dintlsl| QM l think fc .. r w' *, r ..! ',j n CmTn H<> In ■ it quite time enough to plunder the thrifty for the support of the improvident when' tle!poofdehiandiolief, and then in the same manner as in other countries--by^imp])sihV rT Po|r| Kates. , A?idl alsd'siy'tliafcl^he,energies and exertions of ihcw Ifeeluig sympathisers might be devoted,to the.legislation morb/in-consis'tenco wiltiHlie wants of the times, than to in a law which l at o'nce'bitejat the root of the solf-ralianceofagrea| number of those who are by honest labor and hard work trying to accumulate a Uttle>\.competeu6y for their old age, sickness, or misfortunes, whichever may happen to befall tiiem/ knowing that in either event they'irouW'be provided for." at the : . last meeting. ojf ItEe' »•• Debating; Cuique" finds such great pleasure in turning; and twisting into the ridiciibus interpretation of my desiring to import paupers and!'.then charitably provide for . 1 ;Siich| inonjiense is out of place, and won\.godown with tiiosfl' Who are reasonably inclined to view the matter in a proper,; sensible, <"* and serious :ligh\#nd ijmay delude that I hope that this egotisticaLsarcas - tic, self-flattering critic willyin the future ask himself if he properly understands .what; ho reads before taking upon himself the task which he thinks he has so perfectly and . skilfully ao ; complisJ}e4,' ,' ""',,' "'■'•*

' .1 .hav'e/.etpj, . A. T, Dunpjf. Masterton, May 15t1i,;18j53;-; ; -;

Sib,—Your correspondent ".Siium Cuique" is evidently so Tar gone • iii hid poetical contemplations of philanthropical Major Atkinson that lie is • unable to comprehend the objects of the Masterton Debating 5 Society, and fancies the members argue for conscience sake ' or from conviction. It is a : pity to destroy his. illusion, but .in justice to the Society it is necessary to say that" the members—as members—have ; eit !!r.?<^ bearingmthisaojoso resemblance fli the M,H,R.'sahd caring"more, for their party than for the gallant Major and his little scheme. Let "Suum . Cuique" 6nd his honorable friend, and after rubbing noses," whisper in the * Major's ear that tho genwal distrust of, and opposition^ ; jus grand; fiippjaj scheme, U)igb| bo lessoned by tbi Colonial TJjtoireivreiigM lili particular office. ' ; ', ? ' ■ '' 0 wad the power some giftie gie, <fcc.