The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3649, 27 October 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1890.

The poisoning season, that is the political poisoning season, is now commencing, and wo watch with interest the manner in which our local contemporary scatters his phosphorised grain so that it will rankle in the minds of those wage earners and small.settlers whom he counts as his clients. We reproduce below a few of the grains which appeared in bis issue of Saturday |ast,

What signifies a riso in wool or on increased prpdiiotlpff of. frozen meat to. the humpies his blankets 'frorrj' station to station,' looking 'vanity for ei'fmlpjmeiit J Will this kind of prosperity give'hijn. mpVo constant work or better wages? Will it reduce the price of beef end mutton or take the duty off his tobacco ? Will it help the labor fund ? Will it add to tho profits or earnings of (he earpentor, (ho cabinetmaker, or the blacksmith ? • Will ithelp tho takings ovor tho counter? Will it nut additional settlers on the land, or help tho young industries in our towns and oitics ? Will it clothe the naked and feed (he hungry! Will it increaso the attractiveness of the Colony, and draw population ? What is the good of wealth if it goes chiefly to enrich absentees ? What does the community gain. if most of this wealth is spent abroad oris invested in tho acquisition of miles upon miles of land fromwliipb population will be excludod? Is'Wn'ev''ih'iis pmiljod a blessinK or ft onreo to the people ? " W c put it to the reader. Docs tho wool, tallow, and frozen moat that swell the cxportof tho Colony lighten your taxation ? Docsitgivo you increased employment? Docs it reduco tho cost of living ? Does it rcdrce your burdens or add to your comfort? it may enrich the few, but what about tho many?. Dp not those rep. resentatives, who, because tjiej ip-p dpjpg well themselves, think eypryono'clso should be happy and contented,' resemble tho restaurant keeper ' whp, meeting the famishing crowd, ppjpts. joyously to tho joints end tjaintieg hi jiis windqws, apd asks them to rejpico because ho and hjs friends are about to banquet ori tI)C good things, tad monopply and heavy and unequal burdens have caused the oiilqny to produce wealth for a fow and a scant living for the many, Is this condition of things to continue? This is the question which tho clcotors are called upon to answer.. It will be notioed that the grains assume the form of phosphpfised interrogatories, and this method of poisoning is favoured by political expertswho do not desire to oom.mit themselves to direct statements. The latter often put a politician in a oloft stick, but a mere interrogation, an ambiguous suggestion, spreads the

yiriis equally wellwifchout compromiß.. ■- lu g.ttioinaiviaudiwliodistributes it!< On tbo'iaceofit the artiole which wo ' bave.quoted seems outspoken, but with its .interrogation safeguards ' tliefe ia/a' considerable element of' caution in its terms, When our contemporary for example suggests that ; a rise in the price of wool and an j incfeased;production of frozen meat would be unfavourable to the interests of wage earners he insinuates some thing which is too absurd to be stated asa fact; but which can be got in as an inuendo, or when hejndioates that the price.of beef and mutton eliould come do'ffh lie suggests something which he dare not openly advocate. The bush Bottlers, from whom h . expects to get many votes, are dependant for their livelihood on the price of meat keeping up, and we : feel quite certain that the suggestion he makes on this point is intended to please the working raanConly, and will be un. reservedly withdrawn when he comes into contact with the bush settlers. Nine-tenths of us, in tho Wairirapa, depend for our. livelihood on good prices for produce, and the man who desires to lower them is a fool. We do not for one moment consider our local contemporary a fool, and we fool quite sure that" hia. cheap meat, idea is only a small firework let off for the benefit of the wage earners. Another:idea be throws out is a cheap tobacco, and this will also be well received in certain quarters,' but it will end in smoke, and it will not commit him to voting . the customs duty off .this particular article of luxury, 'These suggestions must be regarded as phosphorised election grains, and the men who nibble at them will no doubt bo about as sagacious as the übiquitous rabbit. It is only fair,'however, to admit that in the latter part of the article there is a plain and unequivocal statement whiob is not put in the form of an interrogation, a statement which affirms that "Land monopoly and heavy and unequal . burdens have caused the colony to produce wealth for the few and a scant living for the many," We pass on to this particular asser- ■ tion beoause we regard it as one of the most dangerous and wicked con- ; tentions that have been made in the course of the present election. It > is, we affirm, utterly untrue, and we 1 would point to the testimony ot ' independent witnesses such as the ' globe-trotting politicians, divines, literary lions, and other men of note who havo been amongst us, and who have placed on record their impres- . sions of the condition of colonists. Their evidence has been unanimous , in the direction of showing that ' there is a better diffusion of wealth I and prosperity in New Zealand than 'in any other cquntry, We have , reason.to be proud of the reputation the Colony enjoys in this respect, and we hold that it is shameful and disgraceful for any colonist aspiring _ to political honors to misrepresent the people of New Zealand as, in the, main, only earning a soanty subsis tence. The records of our Post Office savings .banks alone are an absolute disproof of any suoh assertion. There are thousands of men f in New Zealand ivho, when living in f the old country scarcely got meat once a week on their tables, who in this Colony eat it three times a day, and who are betterfed,better clothed, and have more spending money than J ever they possessed in the old country. ' t They may exercise an Englishman's privilege of grumbling, but they, will scarcely endorse tho statement made by our contemporary, It has, however, in tliis district been the invari--1 able praotice in view of a general ■ election to set olhsb against class, ■ but we bad hoped that after the bitter experiences of the past few weeks we Bhould have been spared a further poisoning of men's minds, We are not yet through with the most foolish insurrection of labor that any . ago or country can record, and we know that to-day hundreds of working . rnen, who, three months ago were independent anr] prqsperpiis, are beggars and almost outoast?, and this because they listened to poisoned words. Even now men are in Masterton passing round the hat for strikers in distress, and one, who happened to accost us, ironioally termed himself "a dynamiter." ' These moral dynamiters, these poi--1 soners of men's minds, have much to answer for I Does not the misery, the degradation and the starvation of f their fellow men lie at their door ? ! Does not the cry of the hungry ohildren| and tne wail of the mothers who cannot giye them bread njake an 3 indelible record against them ? .What ■ though they thought to l)elp thosp , they'led on tjie road tp rujn ? .Wh?t though they hoped to be a blessing, not a curse to their fellow oreatures ? t If their judgment has been weak, if their lust for power has.been strong, if they have set sail in strange waters ■ without compass, rudder, or ballast, 3 the fault of the utter shipwreck of ' their enterprise must be at their own 1 doors. Will the wage-earners of this c district, alter seeing with their own | eyes how the .poisoned gi'ains Lave 1 brought so many of thoir fellow-men B to ruin and misery, how the moral ! dynamite has blasted the happiness ! and comfort of hapless women and 1 children, still havo faith in those who 1 have demonstrated their utter and hopeless incapacity to help tlj'eni, or i w, jll ftey use their own commpn B sense,'and jftboy need Jio'lp obtain ! ji from men. who have soinpljttle b reputation fgr inteltigpinje, integrity t and capacity?

Tho body of a boy named Codling, who was missed from Shannon softie timu ago, has been found iu the Manawatu river, Tho friends of tho lata Edward Dixon, (who displayed a keen interest to the game of cricket), havo decided to erect a .memorial cluck on the Basin Reserve. This will bo of very great sorvicc to the athletic public of the Empire City. Ouit fanoy dopartment is jest now a most interesting study, and centre o.fati tracfion qfl apepunt pfour new spring •stock of thousand and one articles so indispensable tor ladios' wear at To Aro Houso. Fun instanco, our new stock of gloves in both kid and silk is excellently assorted in all the now colours, the beat makers, and most complete, range' of sizes. Our stock of ribbons is exqujsltoly ra/icrc/ic, comprising all _ th,q" new colors, and. 't|ip'.miia'l fashionable stylos, Oertainjy nq lady, could be othefwisn than pleased with these at TeAr'p House, And then also there is an immenco profusion of laces in Vandyke, macrame suipuro, Eiffel, Torchon, and rjiantilly. Our assortment of embroideries and flouncings caino to us direct from 'maiiu: facterofs,an'4 aw excellent in vajqo and style, bsing made to special.. order for Te Aro Houso, ■. In sunshades and pirasols, we havo the very latest novelties in moiro and sliot silks, Wq Juvfi n beautiful assortment and snloction of ladies' aprons in a variety of useful and pretty, materials at Te Aro house. Lambs should Bee our nmv beauty spot fall nets, Medici colours, 'bonded and'braid ornamontß, Liberty tartan sashes, sash ribbons, cambrio hewstitched and silk handkerchiefs, &o »t |h3Aro.Ho«se,-Apyi,.'' i

V A.first pffehderi'who appeared before Colonel "Roberti', RM, this ens; discharged With a caution. ■;'..'; '•'■-■:■ ■ I'll') of the Uml tortdnßovpugh Oouneilis >to be. held! thisevoning.. V •.'/ :]rj'; ■;! The anniversary of tho local Wesloyan Sunday School is to bo celebrated on Sunday next, when speoial sorvices will bo held, ' Our.Eketahuna correspondent wires! —"A heavy thunderstorm passed over Ekotahuua oh Sunday. Earn desconded in tei'touts,"

Owing to. the inolemoncy of the w'eathor oh Saturday riight, Toss's entertainment in the Theatre Royal had to bo postponed. •■ '.' ..\notioj from tho Public Trusteo regarding the estate of tho late Soron Talk appears in our advortisingcolumns. Messrs Lowes aiid lorns add a number ot-eutriei to their Bale of. exhibits on Wednesday next, •■•■■.'( . MrT. P. Lett is tho successful tenderer for the carriago of tho Tmui, Whakataki -ind Braricopeth mails, Afroo labourer named Wynn Williams broke both of his anklos working cargo on tho Quooii'b wtorf, Wellington, on Saturday. .

Sir George Qroy is to address a public mooting on Thursday evening at the Choral Hall, Auckland, on "Tho existing Stato of the colony.' 1

The total amount contributed by the Wellington unions towards tho strike fund was,£3W ss. • Wo understand that the entire horse Hero will not bo shown at the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral show tomorrow, owing to his hiving sustained a Blight accident last week. A raid was made by the deteotives on a gambling den in Wellington last evening. A'riumler of Bpielors will appear before the Court as a result.. Lieutenant Blincoe aud Oadot Olden farewelled,- from Masterton at the Salvation, barracks yesterday.-. The names of their successors are not yet known. •.

Visitors to tho sports to bo hold at Carterton on November 10th in connection with the Social Club', wlm have costumes, are requested tp bring them, so that thoy may take part in the costume cricket matoh.

The exhibition to bo hold in the Drill flail to-morrow should bo a great success. A tea and concert is to be held in the evening, which should be an extra attraction,

Wo arc requested to ntate that M Toohill, of the Universal Hotel, prodded the dinner for the cricketers on the occasion nf their rscont visit to Eketabuna, and not Mr Parsons,

Tinned rabbits from the Gore factory realised lis per dozen in London, and Mr Valentine informs the Tnpnnui Courier that the rabbits woro considered the best over sent from the colony, MrJßlnnos, of the Queen-street stationery warehouse, has just received, ex Coptic, n Bplendid assortment of periodicals, etc. Jiow books and other requisites aro to arrive during tho week, An elderly man named Frank Barlow, who had been working at Kaitawa, had his leg brdkon on Thursday through a log rolling on it. Ho was conveyed to the Masterton hospital on Friday.

Mr T W Shute, who has again taken up his abodo in Masterton, writes to the Cartorton paper expressing regret that ho was compelled to leave that place so abruptly and hastily that ho could not wish his friends" good byu."

During the hearing ot an action In the Supreme Court, Wellington, the other day, a witness stated that he considered sheep farming tho best paying game going just now, Ho gavo it as his opinion that 1200 sheep should bring in an income of between £SOO and £OOO pet annum,

A lively meeting of the Wellington branch of the Typographical Society was held on Saturday, when Mr D, P. Fisher and hjs colleagues were completely "sat upon," and a motion that strike pay be oontinued was negatived by i large majority, A contemporary says:—Several cases of poisoning have occurred'in Wanganui lately, owing to Borne consignments of tapioca and Bsgo coming into contact with some poisonous substance, the grocers having been selling, the articles, The doctors have their hands lull, somo of tho cases being very serious, Dne'firm doßtroyed all the tago and tapioca they had in stock whon tho hews of the wholesale poisoning became known. There, is an indoor attraction-at Carterton on enow day, in tho shapo of a first class Minstrel Entertainment and Conoert, followed by a danee, which the Carterton Band, is to hold in the Lyceum Hall in the evening. Visitors who like musio Bhould cortainly arrange to return late, Besides strong" local artistic support, the Messrs Stowell, of Greytown, who aro talented violinists, Miss Shewn, of Feathereton, a most gifted young yocalist, and Mrs Butcher take part in tho programme.

_ A very heavy north-westorly gale sot in at Mastirton on Saturday afternoon, and cpntinucfl pnabated' until the following inorninp!, the wind at' times reaching hurricane force. Tremendous (lqwnpoiips of rain woro experienced yesterday, but fortunatoly.tlio wind ohapgedin the evenin? and there is now every prospect of a fino day for the show. The gales of Saturday and Sunday must have caused considerable damago to fruit trees throughout the district.

In Chambers en Saturday morning tho Chief Justico granted a luleaUute for the release of William Hull, a settler of Pabiatua, who was committed to tho Terrace gaol from the Wairarapa District Court some two months ago, Hull, who was a bankrupt, under tho advice of his solicitor, (Mr Beard), refused to give up the liconso of a deferred payment section, which was amongst his property, and for doing so the District Judgo committed him to gaol as having concealed property, until ho should find sureties that ho ypld attend tho bankruptcy proceedings from tinto Jo time. , L J Hoopor and Co will make their first display of Spring and Sumnie If pyolbies in thoir \vinflo\\'ji this evening from, sayen "''till nine. Aye shal howthis season tho newest and most fashionable styles, designs and materials in dress 'goods, prints, pongees, cloths zephyrs in all tho new and leading colorings with trimmings &c., to match. The above Roods have been specially bought for tho Bon Maroho by ono of tho most experienced buyers, having a thorough knowledge of the classes of goods required for the colony, especially pi tho Wellington province. Out/Stock being the pick of tho whole of the New Zealand warehouses, together with our own importations rp Tongariro, will make tho grandest display of fashionable and stylish, millinery mantles, jackets, dicss goods, &e. Our customers and tho public gouerally will do themselves justice by roaorving thoir purchases till they have inspected the goods at the Bon Marcho.' We shall as in previous years niark every lino'at wholesale prces and in plain figures. L. J. Hooporand Co, Bon Marcho Fashionably ©rapevy Warehouse, neon, Stroet.'Mita'teftpn',