TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2092, 3 December 1885, Page 2

TE AWAMUTU.

\ln (Jui -.n ur h>* bet n in communication with Mr V.nlo with lefcrence to a visit to tin* di-tnct to lecture <in r.ulw.iy leform. Th<* lexiilt is tli.it Mr V.iilu h.u promised to deliver a lectuic in the Public FT. ill on Satuul.iy ne\t at 7.30 p.m. The subject is out' th.it interests eveiyono, and there should tln'icfore bo a good attendance. Mi Yailo has taken Jin immeine .inuiiuit of trouble, and nni>t h.ue spent a ptr.it de.il of money in bunging tlio niitter of nilu ly reform huforu 'he public, and ho n desening of the fri.ititude of the whole population of Now Zj iland for hw e\eitions in tijin^ to put down n public swindle, for swindle it is in pl.iin Kngbili to cluigo such pmliibitixe i.ito-. of fi eight on tho luckless f.iiiuei\ pioduce. InstanccH of e\toiti<m iiio ciopjun^ up d lily. A short time .ifjo a ({eiitluiuau fiotu Kihikihi was in Auckland and bought a sin;ill quantity of new potatoes, less than a cut., and the height was nimo lli.m four shilling-. He albo got a l.unp picked in .1 small c.isc andsont by 1 .ill ; the fi right on Uim, though it did not weigh altogether jnore ten ortwehe pound*, w.ts ;iisii () \l-i four shillings. Ir is vi-iy e\idunt th.it as long as Mr Ma \ well m (teuei.il .NTiinagei, \\c need look foi \ory little lefonn in thisdiiection. With the centi.dis. ing tendencies of tho (Joieinmeut nothing cm be done by any of the disti ict man igei* witfiout tefeiiing to WellingNin foi .«]mco .md instiuctioii .13 it the local inanigeis ■ lid not know the requirements of th»ii di*tncts buttei thin Mi Mi who his gnrn the stu>n<est evidence of hin uttei incapacity foi tin; position ho holds, and win mi the (!o\einmeiit with unaceountkblo nif ttu ition allows to remain in the oilier. We .ue tin woit long *nllei ing people in the world, we allow ouisehe* to be t.ued by the (io\ eminent in eveiy conceit, ibln v/ay, iind fleeced by ceit.un clujues, whoaie dotri mined the pool nian*hall ne\ei, if tliev cm help it, rise to a position of mdupend ince. If Mich is not the rise, why are the big land companies not allowed to assist the Co-oper.itivo Association in tho -1 tughteiiiig bn*iness. Tin? sin dl fainieis enn, if they chooie, do very well without the ns'iitmco of the big companies, but with arrange infatuation they cannot, a* Mi Sandes H.iid in his letter, "place any leji.muj on tin m itilvc*." As .m in*t.uice of the euonnou* profits nude by the retail butcher* in citie*,'t.ike the case of Doinwell, who lecently went through the couit in Dunedin. The offici d a*signoo oariied 011 the busniosa (or a weulc or two, und tho

profit-* wore stated by mdo piptr to be V7"i, I>\ another VI IO, nftoi p.t iit^r .ill o\peilses. TllO ClCllltllM WOIO m of touise greatly surpnstd .it these enormous pinht-i, .iixl requested the assignee, to c.irry on the business. Not one of the wealthj hutcluT*. m Kew Zealand had .my nionej when they started business. (Je.ir and Hiiiber, in Wellington, be^.m in a \eiy l.nmbli 1 way indeed, anrl now they own tity pioperty, and 1 ir}, r e run-, l«u-ide-. their lni-ine-I.( j. They ni.i(lo foi tunes w lien the price of beef ,md mutton w. is niucli lu^hei tli. in it h )ioiv, ami the letail pi ice no KUMtor. If -stich fmtiines could bo made in .i I'onipai.itnely slimt tnnn uiidei tho-t> conditions, how much ciuiekei and easier cm they bo nude at the present time ulull the wholesale puci> of cattle issu I<>\\ ' One nrelj hens o^ butchen K"inp bankiupt. Ct-rtamly nothing liLo the piojiortion of othei ti ulesineji. Dornwell's binkruptc} was ontiiclv ov, ni(j to his own rashness in o»er spoc»l.itin<; in other business. Had ho been satisfied with hilegitimate profits he would ha\e amassed siitticient wealth to ha\o Mitistii!d_ mo-t men. In tho face of these facts, it does seom strange that the farmers do not unite and take some of tho»o larger profits for theinsehes. They are upoken of as an intelligent class of men, but when asked to help themsehe^ tliey display qualities tliP reverse of intelligence. On their own heads be it if tho fanning industry continues to bo depressed.— (Own Correspondent.)