Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1895. SOCIALISM.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5016, 3 May 1895, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1895. SOCIALISM.

Government newspapers complain that Ministers arc criticised more severely by the Opposition press of the Colony tlmu any set of rulors who hiwo preceded them, There is ' some truth in this allegation, but there is also much reason why the present Cabinet should receive ex- ■ ccptional treatment. It lias departed ' widely from all time-honoured rules and precedents, and taken a now road which seems to be leading tin Colony into danger and difficulty At any rate Ministerial critics an sincerely honest in their belief tha 1 the now socialism of the Ministry if ruining the country, They frcelj admit the energy and ability o Ministers, they even credit then with good intentions, but they se tho Colony on the road to perditioi and thoy do all they can to stop th " ikcemus' avernl." It is recorded o certain Mexican quarrymen at Aca pulco that when thoy first used cart for heavy burdens they expectd the vehicle to move easily wlmteve load they should put between th wheels, no matter on which side o the axle the burden fell. Sd th workmen piled on block after block [ on the wrong side of the a,\le, and n \ last the shafts were lifted aloft, am , the mule harnessed to them, hum i there, his long ears whisking in th breeze, and his four extremitie diligently pawing the empty air bu 1 utterly unable to obtain any hold 01 the land. When a long-eared peqpl draws a socialistic vehicle, inti which block after block is piled in on the wrong side of the axle, th result is suggestive. One bloc] alone, political money, when placei between the wheels is apjfc to mak the mule light-footed, Put when t ; this is . added political jonc political railways, political fac tories, and every device lvhici can increase Government pal ronage, and these weights are pile' indiscriminately, the poor peopl who expect to draw the socialist)' load will be, in the position of th mule, and their feet will be dangliu; in the air,. Politics and politician are bad enough, and it has been sail that when politics come to the fron monoy hangs back, and this experi has been verified'.a hundred times ii this Co}oiiy,' but socialism aw socialists are. a greater plaguo thai politics and politicians, and as lpn; as they are in the atmosphere iber can be no revival of prosperity ii New Zealand.. Our quarrymen ii the Cabinet; have tilted the poo people harnessed to their socialisti cart, right off. their feet and th chariot won't roll

Our Coolgardie cdrThe respondent writing Londonderry re the collapse of the Mine. Londonderry Mine, says: " The promotors led everyone to believe that they had picked up the rich shoot at the 50ft. level, hut we did not know till now that the very rich gold was only proved in. a pot hole sft. deep," He thinks that this is a solitary instance on th° field where the prospectors havo been " too many" for" the London jobbers, and expects Coolgardie will soo-. recover from the effects of the collapse, although specimen shows will not be so readily saleable as before.