Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1876.] WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1893.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4414, 10 May 1893, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1876.] WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1893.

Dr. Newman has been addressing his constituents at Pa tone and his speech is well worthy of attention although on social questions he enunciates very advanced ideas. But then the Petone people have socialistic prool'viliee, and he would not be popular with them unless be admired all the latest crazes. So he praised the social legislation of the Ministry and then complained of the number of men oat of billets, not pausing to consider that the unemployed difficulty was the fruit of the legislative tree which the Governmenthave planted in socialistic soil. We get on better with Br. Newman when he drops his socialistic theme and discusses broad colonial questions. Liberal M.H.E.'s do sol caro much for looking at public questions from a colonial standpoint. They sre nioie accustomed to 1 think that if a particular view suits the Trade and Labour Council or the Knights of Labour Assembly, or the Tailors Union it is, according to the eternal fitness of things. When -we have the female franchise end the crinoline comes once more to the fore, the level-headed politician will put tailorjsses in tbe first place, and the Colony in the last. Even I)r New man will then have to drop tbe Colony in his discourse to ths electors as a concern of no pubiio importance. The following, according to the New Zealand Times report, are his ideas of a Colonial policy. "They wanted a much more real and alive policy, and they must, above all, consider the question of increasing .the material wealth of the Colony. Everywhere there were crowds' of men out of billets, and any policy which would open up and enrich thu country would be of tbe greatest service. He would take op first the questions of reciprocity and of the opening up of the back country, In regard to reciprocity, he referred to the shrinUngi of the trade with Aus« trail's on account of the lattar's protective tariff; it was the same with Tasmania and New South Wales, and yet it was very important that Australia should be open to them as a market, There was tbe trade with England certainly, but rates were going down there, and then where would they be ? ' The aeheme of tbe future was intercolonial Freetrado, and Protection against the rest of the world, and ho would ask them whether tliey should not pay a considerable amount of attention to tbii question, which would shortly coma into prominence. Ed had beard that Mr Cleveland w~*g going ,

to allow New K<tnt«nd wool to ante* America free, wliioU would be of the pernest benefit to tlieni. Ho rtf«rrel to tba tsilvuiitam-fl to be derived horn reciprocity with Australia, ami then wsut ou lo mention Dm question of opening up tbo inferior of tfcJiß Island. Tho Government witre dawdling ov*r tlifir public works policy, aj ovittoed by tllo faut that tlin To Am railway took over two yvars t<» :otiStrust, Tlmy wanted n pnlioy of rex idly cleain«? tho railway g»|is ; the BkntehuiiaWdodville lino Hhonld be at tmes completed, ag it would opeu up vary vulimble land ; und tho Noi lb I«Utitt Main Trunk railway waflulsudawdling on in » moot irritating manner." ItiaalmoatOKonprutiorißiiieoifHhava beard colonial rrciw-neity discussed and yet it is the boy note to a prosperity greater than oil the ioockiiatio legislation nt tlio Government can possibly bring about. There U a stateanmnabip in Colonial reciprocity, bill tboro la none in fcivJDE; a Wellington Bhoiitnan s wepkly half holiday and charging him a twelfth of Lis wages for a pHviiegu which in nwuy inntancra he nfillur Becks nor vntues. Spinning np tlic interior of the North sland iu a proppr manner would also be s statesmanlike measure, but the present imbecile way of getting to work is unworthy of any tut political Don QuisotPß. Wbat would so intelligent Auipri&in Buy ty it taking two y< ir» lo [inrtlv make tbo earthworks of three miles of railway between Ekettdjuna and Newman? "Dawdling" burdly up esses the snail's progress of Ibesi earthworlM which will never holil togvtberlill the time arrives for ilie Mellon to be balloated and raited, Thejmomty that would spei-dily bridge the gap 5h literally beina wasted otj eooinliatio experiments winch hove beca absolutely domotißtrntcd to be failures. Somehow 6tat('3inaiiuhi|i andsooialism do not mis wtilt, dud Dr, Hewman baa bad a bind task to combins them,