CONVERSION.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2899, 12 February 1891, Page 4

CONVERSION.

10 "I III: Kin "oi:. : Slli,- -Mr I'arr ha.-: kindly --••!.t another oojiy fit .lu-iu-, 1 woiil.l '" a iiuur if I .lid n'A |,:,:1 ;;i-,it--:id to Mr I'.irr lor the trouble and t.-.pon ••■• ii.: i-. put to tor what liu think* ii I'm , 'iiV viz , Ihatis my aiiivrr-inn t' l 'iu- ilucttiiic f>! (iiioiynsiii 1 inn in.i in I" , cdin-iirtuil, .md in all kiii.'ine.v, J t.;!l Mr I'.irr a... It if) u «;isti; f.f 'iifii'-V ii'i'l '■in:i;_'y in Mr | I'.-iir try in* V> il« •■'. 1 n.-.y liun: w:iy | ll i,i my f.|(iiiinii :'!■ il -li'-'-iv.-'.' v.ill nut be a Inim-livfd |iiil>lm: Hi-Hi, and !ii;>l. doiii thu fni't iliaL mlii.'ii yini lisivr iva.l 'jiic cjjiy you li.v/i: roiid tin: wlmli "i th"h :ii".'iirii''llls. .'llul till , rnpifs wliich |~llo« .-ii-'-' ju.it I i" , -■■'ii" 'il'l .-l-ick u-:'ii-ni-iitH, ;i:nl 'in.- i.v:;,i tir.-l ui rc|i<titi.)iis. mi fiK-ti.iii- will n<,l. i--::ul for .;vo, and ■ vi;r lliu worn-cult llircud-'jiir'.: iiyiii:.' 1.1 ml was .-aid ;i week iiml n nmiitli pruvioiwly iiml will be s;iiil in tlit; wuuk ,uul the inoiitli that is to follow. Mr !':irr may say ilkiL :i saying upon wliicli the advancement of humanity ilupenfls <::innot liu too often Biiid. Neither il uuulil, but I hen that sriying must not liu founded on what could not he. It is fudge to argue that what should be is what could not have been. It is an impossibility that New Zealand could have been inhabited if the unearned increment waH to have belonged to the State. I defy Mr Parr ta show otherwise. The only peoplo who settled in New Zealand who had not the inducement of having both hi: freehold and the increment were runaway sailors who nettled among the Maoris and became pakeha Maoris, and it cannot for one moment be thought that those men would be the founders of a nation which would be a. home for the unborn millions. In these seas around us we have an island, Nrw Guinea, with an acreage as large or larger than New Zealand. This large island will remain to all eternity uninhabited by whites, unless there is a personal inducement or a personal hope that the iirst settlers will have a personal advantage by going to j New Guinea. Will men leave civilis- I ation and go to New Guinea, to reside among barbarians so as to beneiit posterity—far oIF posterity ? Will Mr I'arr do so? Would he adviso his own sons to do so ? I guess not; and any man ivho would want another to do what be would not do himself is not a Liberal. Mr Parr may say that the Government may settle New Guinea upon a scheme by which the increment will belong to the State. That may be, or it may not be, but the fact remains that the Government did not do so here iu New Zealand, and that being so, it would be robbery to go back and now take the increment. Suppose Mr Parr, in the nexl ten years, by his industry and integrity, amassud a fortune of £100,001). Well, at tho end of that ten years the people say all trade »hould have been by co-operatiou, and tho prolits belong to the people, and that Mr I'arr's £100,000 should belong to tho people. Will Mr Parr think so t I rather think not. Uo would say it was the law of the laud when I made rny £100,000, and 1 will be robbed if you take the £100,000 from me. Mr I'arr, do unto others as you would have others do unto you.—Yours truly, HaKAI'EVE.