THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3037, 2 January 1892, Page 2

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

TO TUB KUITOII. Silt,— lleferrins lu your remarks yesterday on tlirt colcurUsinesa of the National AssociMtioi) as if that wore an tsvil. Is nut colouring, by you, an evidence of the desire for some change I , '' the benefit of sumo at ttio expense of the rest—or, at luast, some of the rest? My objection to the. National Association i< that it has a. litlle too much colouring—not ao much ncir so di.-i. tincl aa the Government, but it should have none. It should simply lie a mean* of correspomlence and interchange—a menus of bringing the supply and the demand together, so thai they may benefit one another : tliu-t changing w turning t'ie evils under which individuals sutfer ii:to mutual advantiiereK. The difficulties in the way are more imaginary than real, if the people could be got together in their several districts, explaining and discussing their own particular difficulties and troubles and what changes « nilrt in their opinion remove, or help t■.) remove them, and what they would be willing to pay to anyone outside their own district ahle to supply the wants ; and, having settled these matters to their own satisfaction, foiward an account of the result to the Central Association, to be for- * warded by them to such District Associations as they from the reports in their hands think might be able, without injury to themselves, to supply these wants within the reported apreed-on cost.

It i*i often objected that, we are already paying too much—more than we are able; therefore, it is no use of proposing anything if there is anything to pay fur it. This is giving up the whole to the eucray. -Wo must pay fir what we want, to get rid of paying fur what we rt« not want. It is this paying for what we do nut want, and cau inako no u.*e of when wj have got it, that ia eating us all up, especially the working man and the labouring producer, through the difficulties thrown in the way of linding pui'ohi'sers fir the product of !jis labour at a. pnee th.it will pay for his labour, on account of the uiiiny deduction*; that have to be fir.it liken from the price paid by the cmsuuHT befora the balance to be divided hetiveen f;tpital and labour is determined. Hi'duce tliese deductions to a minimum, and when you examinr; the result you will find that the people of this country would be able to pay five times as much for their (government without being in a worse position than at present. .To move ttiis the people must meet first to air—to make public among themselves—their grievances that, each may consider what of his neighbours' ditiiculties 'it would be in his power or to his advantage directly to remove or share, ana afterwards to correspond through tha head with those without.

Any association to bring about this lmiH be altogether colourless. It must have nothing to do with judging: Will thin bring advant lee to the i roposers ornit V At most it should only judge : Will thiido injury to others to tin extent we nujlit to wuti then}.— against? Tkirg.-a: .t .tv fcein..; to ni. ; J- ;e ail wants, reni and mi'.: , .',,, ,i. ** known among those likely to Lie able m reo.ir. e them, nndt'i help in carrying >.:ut thu t... changes.— Y\.uro, etc. Ales, Lu-Euiwooij.