Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1895. THE LABOUR PARTY AND LOANS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4986, 27 March 1895, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1895. THE LABOUR PARTY AND LOANS.

The advent ot the Labour Party in Colonial politics, is likely to prove tbe very reverse of a blessing to the working classes. Before this auspicious period, tbero were two parties, the " ins" and the " outs," and honorable warfare between them resulted in ranch useful and beneficial legislation. The protrusion of a third party has changed the old order of things; it is no longer a light between "ins" and "outs," but who will bid highest for the vote of the Labour Party. Five years ago, the New Zealand; Labour Party sold itself to tbe Liberals, and the term? of tlio salo, though not specified at the time, has been given to the public at each successive Session of Parliament. Tlicr. Liberals purchased the Labour 'Vote with loans and .harassing labour legislation, Tlio Labour Party allied, itself with the Liberals to increase tho public debt of the Colony,,fo flood townand country with unemployed, and to restrict private enterprise. This is tho result of the alliance, and for the people of New Zealand it is a bitter lesson for the muddle that was made at the last election.

Tlio experience of New Zealand lias bad no terrors for the Liberal Party of New South Wales, who have just entered into an alliance with tbe Labour Party there. This is what the New Zealand rimes calls a now departure; wo should say it is very much like the same old game, jvith very slight variation. There is more honesty jn the New South 1 Wales compact, Job tlie Liberal Premier (Mr Reid) sfates clearly, tho terms upon whiph he lias purchased the Labour yoto. Another loan is a prominent feature, and our old and worthless friends Arbitration and Conciliation, Tho Labour section fattens on borrowed money; some of the leaders will jump into rosy billets, the rank and file ulti-; "lately finding its way into Soup kitchens and shelter sheds. Unless New South Wales manages very Mereptlyto New Zealand, theresuite bppd to be pretty much jtlfosamo, Tlio pftltyiespf New South Wal.es filiould be full.pf 'fnteppst to the people sftjjis Colony,