The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1886. PROTECTION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2465, 1 December 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1886. PROTECTION.

Sin Julius Voqel has been making a somewhat vague speech on proteotion, from which we gather that he views with favor the adoption of, either protective or freetrade principles, just as' the circumstances ot the Colony" may find one or the other to be necessary. He is reported to have said that : He would not tall himself a thorough-going Protectionist, because U gav«. wight to the arguments of the Freetraders. They argncd thai it was of no consjqnence to a country adopting Freatrado whether or not it lost or retained Itß population. That was the fundamental principle running through their argusunt, He denied that, and held that the last thing the Colony could afford to forget was the question of, retaining or losing its population. The burdens already undertaken were done with the conviotion that they would be shared in by a much larger number of persons than those who took the' responsibility of inonrring them. He de'niedlhat New South Wales was, strictly spsaldng, a Freetrade oountry, and hinted that in time to come It would figure as a distinguished oountry pledged i.to extreme Proteotion viows. Byery country should adopt views applicable to Its own peculiar requirements, and it must not be supposed that in those countries whloh have adopted .Protection the intelligence of the Anglo-Saxon race has degenerated because the example of. Great Britain had not bean followed. Canada and Victoria had shown this Coltny ths wisdom of adopting a Protection system. It would be seen from what he said that he did not consider that freetrade doctrines were sound for this Colony, or that it was desirable that they should proceed too' hastily in ot nco charging prohibitive duties, Local pro..notions should bo stimulated by a'gradual in-, rease of dntiei until they showed their fitness o have entire command of the market, Al< j.hough the railway rates did not pay, he would prefer awing, the Ouitoai duties raised and

lower rates charged on tho railways, Ho thanked tho audience for their kind reception on an essentially dry subject, (Cheers). On tho motion of Mr Bracken a vote of thanks was accoidcd to Sir Julius for his addrcßi, Sir Julius Vogel's admission that our publio butdens bare been undertaken with the conviction that they would be shared in by a much larger number of poisons than those who incurred them is equivalent to a confession of political immorality. Is it honest that NewZealande.rs should have been run into debt on the conviction, that some otherperaons would pay their liabilities 1 Has it been statesmanship to incui debts that according to Sir Julius Vogel the existing population is unable to discharge. 1 Is the Colonial Treasurer prepared to advise the people in the Mother Country to come out to New Zealand to pay our debts 1 The sins of Sir Julius Vogel and of his imitators' who continued to turn the ball which ho set rolling have forced the colony into an artificial and nnnatural position, and the remedy advised now is protection, ue,, tho development of industries for which the colony is not specially fitted in ordor to retain population and keep the Colonial Treasurer iu fnndß, Our land, properly developed, will maintain a million of prosperous people in health and oomfort. This is our main ohauce, our one strong point, on which we can compete successfully against any country in the world, but the development, of the land is of less, importance in the .eyes of Sir Julius Vogel than tho creation of a manufacturing population by collecting men who.herd in cities, and who, in times of prosperity do fairly well as wae;e' earners and contributors to tho revenue, •but who in days of adversity when trade is depressed, contribute largely to the sum of human misery whiob exists on the face of the globe." If New Zealand cannot turn the comer without the fictitious aid of protection, she is in a bad way, and if Sir Julius Vogel oannot make both ends meet at the • Treasury without raising the Customs duties, the sooner he makes room ; for some one else the better.