Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] Being the extended title of the Wairarapa Daily, with which it is identical. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4227, 26 September 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] Being the extended title of the Wairarapa Daily, with which it is identical. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1892.

Each member of the House of Kepre" sentativea must, by virtue of bis position, be regarded as strictly truthful, and though we may find some difficulty in reconciling tlie following speech of Mr Hogg, M.H.R., with facts within our knowledge, we will admit at once that this is our misfortune, and we do not for one moment question the voracity of tho Member for Masterton. The text of the speech, as it appears in the last number of the Parliamentary Debates, is as follows ; Mr Hogg.—Now, Sir, tho honourable gentleman can hardly be otbonra than acquainted with the fact that this particular paper, the Wairarapa Daily, only represents oncside in politics, and only one sido of tho labour question; that for jcau-in fact, during the whole ot the time I have been in that dißtrict—tho paper has been notorious for its insults to labqur, for its advocacy of cheap labour; for assisting others to grind down tho labourer, That, i say, is the charaoterof tho paper referred to, and tho oharactcr of tho paper is notorious over the wholo district, It is the mouthpiece of a few Bcliieh squatters, of a few selfish employers ol labour who are continually doing their utmost, through tho local bodies in which they assemble, to grind down the labourer to the lowest state-to pot wages out down to an extent that will only provido them with a very bate subsisienco; aud some few years a<jo, when I was connected with a journal in that district, I had continually to fight against the attempts of the journal the honourable mcinbor referred to, to digrado labour and to bring down the wages of working mon, Ever since the Bureau has been established, over rice cooperative works have been commenced in that district, the journal tho honourable gentleman relies upon for his information, lias been notoriously traducing the system, running it down to the u'oiost, declaring tbot these works were bound to be a failure, and that tho system was pcrnioiousin the extreme, and hbelliug the working-men in every shape audform, Mr Fisher,—Did not the honourable gentleman hear the Minister of Labour quote that samo paper iu tho interests of labour this aftornoon?

Mr Hopg.—l do not care who quoted it; I am speaking of faots within my own know ■ ledge. Not very long ago that paper was systematically, week after week, commenting on the system of co-operative works at Ebetahuna, and deliberately misrepresenting the earnings of tho men engaged on them —running down the co-operativo system io. every Bhapeond form—systematically doing its utmost to run down the character ot those works, What happened? Nearly the whole of the men employed on those woi ks —about forty uen employed on these works -voluntarily of their own accord, penned a fairly polite letter to tho editor ot tho paper, in which they ventured to correct Ms misrepresentations, They told Urn that ho was labouring under an entire misapprehension, that they wero thoroughly satisfied with their work, and that he appeared to be labouring under a delusion; and they also ventured to stato that ho was most deliberately misrepresenting the wholo matter, 'I hat was the statement of theso co-operativo tabourets; and these forty men appended their names to this lettor, They brought it into 11 astorton, They wero afraid it would be tumbled, perhaps, into the waste-paper basket, They conveyed it first to mo, and as I feared the same thing, I sa'd, "I will take the precaution to take a copy, and, if he docs not choose to publish it in that journal, I will seo that it is published in another way." IMio. What happened then ? Tho editor of that paper had not the manliness to publish that lotter, although signed by about forty men who were em. ployed on these co-operativo works, I. published it. It was a complete refutation of the misrepresentations which that paper had been indulging in ever since the cooperativo works wero established. That was the kind of fair-play the labourers received from the proprietor and manager of the ournal relied upon by tho honourable memberfor Wellington City this afternoon, We aro somewhat surprised to find that we have been in the habit of insulting labour, of advocating cheap labour and of assisting others to "grind" down labour, and it would have been a comfort to us if Mr Hogg had produced some slight evidence in support of such a sweeping charge, We were dis used to believe that during our fourteen years' residence in Masterton we had been on fairly, friendly terms with labour and evei> venture to appeal from Mr Hogg's verdiot to the working men of this town, who know us fairly well, A specimen of them, an old Mr Hogg's and undoubtedly' one of his supporters, said to us'one day " 1 look upon you as the best boss in Masterton," We could, wero it worth our while to do bo, collect a good deal of flattering testimony of this kind; from- Mr .Hogg's own particular friends/fbey ate a 8 a rule prett; tot 'qgif outspoken and <to nob

even disguise their opinion of their chief himself, They say "We put ; Hogg in beoause we thought we would ■ give him a show, but if he don't do ' what is right we will shove him \ out again." If Mr Hogg shocks , their sense of what is right by , statements like those which ho I has made about ourselves, a Neme- ! sis will surely overtake him aud be will be shoved out, While we : are on this point we ask Mr Hogg to reveal the terms on which the hands ' in his own office printed the Masterton Electoral Roll on the eve of the lastgeneral election and if he can show that the worst" grind "of the most 11 selfish squatter "• was as hard on the labourer as this" grind" in his own establishment we will forfeit five pounds to the Koyal Humane Society. According to Mr Hogg our. journal has been the mouthpiece of a few selfish srptlers. Wo were under the impression that we had never been the mouthpiece of anyone class in the community, but had always en. deavoured to represent all classes, but as Mr Hogg states the contrary we must be mistaken. Some of these selfish squatters, whom the member for Masterton is wont to revile, boar amongst the working men themselves an excellent reputation for liberality; . but will Mr Hogg give us his own little experiences of certain squatters who have been on exceedingly frieudly terras with himself. Some yeais ago it will be remembered that a certain squatter in this district came to love Mr Hogg and Mr Hogg came to worship him, For a time the journalistic Saul and the pastoral Jonathan were a lovely example of fraternal " affection. Then Jonathan thought that with the aid of his friend Saul he would get into Parliament as the , representative of this district. That . aid was given till the eleventh hour, when Saul himself become a candi-

date, and pushed his pastoral friend Jonathan to the bottom of the poll But the Member for Masterton pos sesses other squatter Mends 1 Sine: he entered Parliament no inconsiderable portion of his time has beei devoted to the interests of two wellknown Wairarapa squatiers. Ontheii behalf he has bution-holed Ministers

interviewed heads of departments, and brow-beaten the Land Board. We do not object to this, it is " bis vocation," but when he gets up in the House to donouuee selfish squatters, with his coat tails possibly stuffed with briefs hold on behalf of several of tlio fiends whom ho denounces, he somewhat surprises oven his best friends. However, Mr A. W. Hogg's own particular squatters are probably good, virtuous, unselfish bein°s whose angelic and seraphic qualities have induced him to overlook their misfortune in belonging to a class which he abhors and despises,

The a'lusion ot the member for Masterton to the fairly p ilile letter from Eketaliunaisßomowhat startling, We give below an oxtract from the letter to show Mr Hogg's notion of the/(w7y polite;~

We, the undersigned men upon the works, beg to nive the statements an emphatic denial, and say that the said statements aro malicious lalsdioodn.

On the same day that the lettt signed by tho forty gentlemen of Eki tahuna was handed to us by Mr Hog| wo receiyed tho following memo froi a correspondent ;

I am told on good authority, that tho names to the letter wero got by Mr (an eroployG of Mr Hogg's). Ho represented that it came from tho Engineer and was to show that all tho men who had signed the oontracts were at work,

Sweot innocent Mr Tararaboorndea Hogg, handing such a document to a brother journalist, who was not manly enough to publish it. Why, when we came to look at the paper we found that the majority of the signatures were written in by one hand, and were forced to the conclusion that the thing was bogus. Will Mr Hogg be manly enough to tell us who wrote the signatures to the letter, If tho bulk of them aiv genuine, we are under a grave misapprehension ; but if they are bogus, then tho Member for Masterton ought to be st-'.od up on the penitent form of tho House with the precious document pinned to his back, We can, if required fur this purpose, produce the original document I We will even, if the cost be not too excessive, get it lithographed so that the men who are supposed to have attached their names to it may obtain a facsimile of their own admirable signatures, and explain how it is that so many of them write in one and the same copperplate hand, and how all of them sign in a singularly legible style which is far superior to all ordinary caligmphy of mon of their class. Of course Mr Hogg may not have noticed the similarity of the signatures, may not know who collected them, may not know what inducement was hold out to the few men who did sign

it and why the many who did notsign it had their names written for them. But now he learns, of course for the first time, that the docuniont which he handed to us is anything but a genuine production, we trust he will from his place in tho House, as an honourable member should do, apologise to us for the unfounded aspersions which he, in a moment possibly of temporary aberration, ventured to bring against the Wairakapa Daily Times and its Editor. i

The Mastetton Blacksmith and Wheel* wright Manufacturing Company, Limited, notify that they are now manufacturing double furrow lover ploughs of a new design, Wool presses, drags, waggons, and all doscriptior.B of vehicles and agricultural implements are niide (o order at the Company's shops, only the best materials aud iirat-olaaa workmanship being employed.

The annual general meeting of tho mombors of the Masterton-Opaki Jockey Club was to have been held last Saturday evening at the Club Hotel, It, however, lapsed, for no one was present but the President (Mr Cave), tho Socro. tary (Mr Waddingtun), and a roportor. Although tho absence of members may bo regarded as indicative of a sense of their satisfaction and confidence in the

management of the Club, it would have been just as well if a few of them had attended, if only to get through tho formality of receiving the roport and balance Bheet and electing officers for the currentseason.

An accession has been made to tie well-bred stock of our district, Mr Persian of Fairfield, Upper Taueru, who is establishing a high-class herd of cattle, having just received from Otago a pedigree polled Angus bull, two cows, and a calf, Mr Perston's herd already numbers twenty bead.

Applications for the position of hand 1 * capperand for working the totalisatoral

their current season's races, have been received by the Masterton-Opaki Jockey Club.

Two years ago the Mastorton-Opaki Jockey Club had a debit balance of £493 2s lOd of liabilities ovor assets, Now. in September, 1892, tho latter are in the ascendancy, and a credit of £Ci)4s9d is shown in the balance sheet. This is a most favourable reversal of position.

Tho many frionds of Mt Norton, especially thoEe at Tenui, will be pleased to hear that he is &m% well at Pahiata. Tho local paper, speaking of him in flattering terms, says;—" Much credit is duo to our Postmaster for the number of small reforms and improve* uients he line made in tho short time no has boen stationed in Pahiatua."

Trees do not usually fall in convenient ( placoa. As a rule when one does blow | down it kills somebody's horse, or a few ' sheep, or elso blocks the read so that J Iraflto is temporarily suspendod. At Makairo, near Pahiatua, however, the fates are more kind and the stormy winds ' of winter havelanded a tree very conve- ' niently over the Tiraumea, just whom a I bridge was badly needed orer that : treacherous stream, The loci! paper , lias suggested tho advisability of nuking it secure by bolting to the liuiestoue buttresses upon which it now rests, and providing a suitable handrail on both sides, Tho Egmont Farmers' Union Ltd., writing from flawen under date of Sept, 22nd report as follows:—"Our Hawera Stock Side took place on Wednesday tbe2lst!nst.,lho yards being only moderately well Ailed with catt'.o, some of tho lines advertised not coming forward owing io tho sovoro weathor, Wo had, however, our full complement jf sheep. The attendance was smaller than usual and bidding for cattle not so brisk, so that at the of tho sale a few lines left tho yards without changing hands. Wo quote Cattle—forward bullocks £5 Us to £5 8a; 2 year old steers £3 lCs to £'4 3s; 18 months mixed cattle ±'2l2s to £2 18s j Searings mixed t2 9s to £2 ■ls 6d; Springors £5 Id's to £6 2 fid j SHEWi-wethora, Us 2d; owes and lambs, 10s 3d to lGs 9d. We are interested in learning that the Wolseley Shcop Shearing Machines at Messrs Elder and Go's langdale station ara to be properly Gxed up by Mr &.Q. Hutchinson, tho expert, early thisweok, and that they will then, no doubt do excellent work and securo good results. The machines wero placed in the Law;dale shed a year or two ago, but being at tho time a new experience they suffered iu tho mannor of oreciion, and nover had tho fair trial alone necessary to prove their succoss. .Recently Messrs Levin and <X tho agonts for tho Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machines, sent Mr Hutchinson up, and under his supervision the machinery has been carefully overhauled and outright ready for operations to commence forthwith. In fact,good work can bo guai.iiitoed with the Wolseley. Tho samo firm are also placing twelvo machines at Mr 0, F. Vallanco's K»uhaumingiStation, Taueru, and altogether have on order no less than seventy machines for different localities,

Very had weather has prevailed in the Forty-Milo Bush during tho past week On Thursday last the gale was so violenl nt Palliate that out) of the windows al the public school was blown in.

There is a great demand for first-class dairy stuck in Pahi. tua just now. '1 he Pshmtua Star says that a hundred or two hundred head would soil readily during the next month or so, Pretty much the samo state of things seems to exist here, no doubt owing to the forward movement of the dairy industries and tho establishment of butter factories.

Greytown people are looking forward to an entertainment on Wednesday even, ing next, in aid of tho Greytown Arbor Day Funds. Mesgroß.H.andiJ. Smith, well known in Wellington, havo kindly offered (o provide a thorough ovonms's enjuymont, which should be well patron. ised. The object is a dosorving one, and tho prices of admission are low. Tho troes already planted about Groytown on Arbor Days are growing splendidly, and add largely to the picturesqueness of this pioneer town ship, but funda must be raised to keep them in ordor, Wohopo to aee a bumper house on this occasion.

According to the MercanHe and Bankruptcy Gazette, tho following are tho amounts at which tho estates of persons who lately died in the Welling, ton Provincial district wero finally certified, and on which stamp duty has been paid:—John Campbell, £3,54519s 3d; John M'Kolvie, £115,59110s Gd j Win. Lucena, !'0(i,017 4s 6d; John Groves (tho elder), £8,606 7s 7d; George Bowyer, £1947 10s; Wm. Jameton,£3,l42 Is lid; Samuel Vennell £9,727 7s 9d; George Olapham, £3,948 8s 3d j Ellen Jameson, £1,036 16 lid.

A FLATTERING VEBMOT.-Bpoaking of ono of the most noted of colonial specialities, the press says:—"Sharland's Baking Powder deserves more than a passing notw.for the "Moa" Brand Baking Powdor enjoys a reputation Becond to none. From ono end of New Zealand to the other, largo orders aro reooived for this popular brand. Evon in tho most out of tho way districts the careful housewife, possessed with the laudable ambition to make her bread and her scones better than hor neighbours', buys Sharland's Baking Powder, and triunphs over tho few of her lesß sensiblo sisters, who, from a mistaken senso of ecouomy, buy apparently cheapor brands. The rooipe of a sood Baking Powder is anything but a secret; but how very few manufacturers use, as Messrs Sharland & Co. do, the best only of materials, carefully tested before mixture and exactly proportioned." Readers, who require an economical, satisfacUy and healthful Baking Powder, cannot do better than use tho "Moa"brand.--ADVT '

Activity prevails all over the house, tear" ing open cases, ripping c) paroels, slitting boies, undoing packages,'al! day long, That is how tho work of preparation is now going on at Hoopor's BonMaroho. Inconsequence of the advance of spiing tho fashion's seotions aro specially bußy, Hugo stacks of dross materials aro rising in the space apportioned to them, and in the show rooms pile of bonnet boxes, being the choicest millinery in the world. Boxes of feathers, flowers, parasols, and other fashionable, etc, etc,, are gradually being absorbed into their comprehensive and liberally afsorling stocks. Suoh an array of cleparit millinery, pretty bonnets, and dainty hats. Theshow rooms sro ablazo of beauty, exhibiting fashion's choicest productions, On every side aro trophies of the mantlemaker's and costumier's arts. There should bo no time lost, no momenta wasted and the business should bo that of buying as fast as possible. There are just' aohoice sprinkling of many line?, so those that are first in thefield will hayo the first pick,rAW,