THE ATTITUDE OF LABOUR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 163, 10 July 1914, Page 8

THE ATTITUDE OF LABOUR.

I (To the Editor.) ! Sir.—Allow nvt" lo a.pppal t-o my ft-Jlow-I workmen, thrrnijrh your edunuip. as lo \liw rutiiiidf takftn up in thi* muring I'ie-tion. l> , ! J>aboiir mark time for ! ot'ce. 'irg.iiiJisr , our forces, educate. "Tic i inai=>v»-. jwr.i J-ib-.nr's day will conw. But lo pirtp-r ill'" , p.rlitk-a! arima now. an<i oy mi lioinir tsplir. th" v««. means, as.eitre In> tlipnnn will rif* , to-morrow. i.hat*.the [itii-rvllml Reform party go back : > power. 111av. , . we nm had a e-uttioin-m lepirom brought iintl. r our ijor-ice during ;!ii> p.i<*t i'arvi- ye.i-rsv >t.rik»*. t-triki-bn-akers sin.) unenjploypdi u>ll imp talc. Can't-. «r ttim':. llic worker see tiuv: lie lie «>niv a pawn :i |rawn us=<ul against hi.-inn-ri'sts !>• '"'" i "r.MTv.u ivi' politieUwi.T Th- l.m i'.wm r< want cheap labour. f ..0 nuraci immigTanis. On arrival. for a lirn.- tin-y certainly work on ;ho land. until agaiiw: t-ln* wages paid and the pimMtii.:! under w*nu-!i thpy are h-mnH they r.iir!. nn-1 flo-.-k into t.he ciir -.-. .uiQfn" nrinp , an army always lookng for employment. To till up thp leakago it i.- npvfrw&ry i>> always liavc an army of itnniHjruntK u-rrivin;; to picas.- ,- a 1:11 supply Mr. ( ncky. T'.if Rel'urm -party :T,r.\r. :<.\*H\t it< imniiynnioii policy, aiul m> (ihv wf.rkrrn -.in- <lam-iii£r to !hc (imp. lint. ila.Mi-iaj on pmpty etomsu-he. ' A ■•> of tMi' un<Tli]»loypfl at. llip pr>'mm: tjnip wouli lio a. r<-vclation. In ci.n-lut-ion. I may fay thai, a: lho |insi-n: -, im. -an advorf :ipp«ir<' in lii-.» daily Prrf-i in ihp Old l\>uni.n-ii-lati'.i'j ii> ii(impi-li.s for Niiv Zpalawl. This i- i.-.-!n- 1 liy tic liovpnimpnt. and i. a wiirk "!' a: , ;, illii-; ratt-d liy thrPP toui-hins No. 1 a '•■in-, lliroiifih l.ii-k of pniploynipni. No. -1 I a nMii>.»ncp f-'iirrmindpil !>y lawns. \\V r.-.irii that »:»• has alniidy come to Co.l'-i nun 1-oiiiitry. au.i sap iri pi.-nm-il playing with li"r on the lawn. Nfi. ■'. '.< flip i;ni:np i-arrt. Our frien.l. aliaoiiffh in J-lie ski u-j sic si-fins unly lii liavi .-•■ !<ii. a -iniiiiipr >r ; wo sim-o laet piv:nri'!. ;- siiowt. snrround«l in her own norm- l>y iniebanil an.i children. Sncii io ;iio P ii.rv. What w= t.lip rralityi I lorwar.l many <"opiiis <if the "St-ar" "... 'hi' OW Country, ami my <-arrcspondi'n;s are alwayit oxpncsinjr surprise a! tho conditions «--!io*-n to r-xi?t, and tii.'.po pjrtie?.—l am. Ptr.. ONE OK TIIK fN"IvUPU)YEn. i i.. t!:e Eilitor.) .-;,-.- IVf i!f> arr»iinunj{ ■.'.,.■ rol<> of -I'rilU'." -Ni'W Zpulan-.UV t-boiUa read, learn anJ iinvar.liy tCffcsx i-orresn<ind-rn>-p. I rV.i rly MatH :'.iai 1 i'ilc.l only up arul n>l.i in onliT I r> prnvitj-■ ilu , iK.'e.-«iri'e .vf lifi , . and thai "hm-.'n" liuxi--, pti-.. »pri' ':-<"! as furniiuro. Thai liip I:iiP ,--:r:ki- lofr. ji* mark upon tho induKtri-trs of ihp Dominion 1 <!.> n>t ili-ny. I am. howrvor. kwTily lni.-r.-L i. I Mr. l-^.litup. :■■ Irani from i'hp s.iiolarlv rroi;)mi.-t "Now ZpalanuVr ,, thai jrov crnmi :r - ilo n.tt make nor mar national prosperity. -I thought jr;ivpnim»iiie ;L : .ii ■-«>. Thai".* i!ip .best of i-ontrovirwy. (Iraau-.i ih-at .M.i-s(.yi-:u i-uflh'.l t'ae oviT-ZPalous "Rr-il !'. ii'ra: ior.if.K." whom my f.irpinj prifn , sc-iuintv. w»re lunation, wlial t-lirn? l>i«?s this appalling uiipiiiploymcnt and povorty >liou »w l>l 1 "N.-w Z.alainliT ,, <'Vi>r witness mi«-1i criiii-al ppr-i-|rt vi! -1.-r S-!d..]ii.-,m or Wardi.-nT: I Wish reg:irii i.> 10an.,. "No«- Zeaiandpr" in apparently ijjn-orin: of thp fact thai a country with the natural rn-jurecr.— «ih-i!i as land and niinpralj. <•:<■-, oan obtain lnar.<° at any limp. T.i" iiireo v: our inodp-rn i-ivHisution is the eppculator. land , :.>iV. iir.i (jroedy i-a-pitalUtic e.xploitpr. 11..w d.i I propnse to obtain I iiioni-y lo repiaoi" t'nc shrinkap' of hijfh 1 w-.i'i* i bow i-ouNi: I>p 'hio-li if they Ishrinki of "unskilled Uhrnir?" Why. by 10-iipidlinir parasitical oapilalists i" perform romp labour, thiw rp- ' lipvin; :H 1 tin jut: bnrdon of the un--kil]i-d workiT.-. By i-reatin" a i-o-oppra- ! tiv»* i-iiTiimon wmthh wliprt'-ii ft-ork<-r and rmp|n;i'r -hall sharp, a moral proporiion of :i. • iin-Jii.-t.io!!.. of 1 in-ir labour, and prwvUi , v«nrk for ;ill p.irnesily fcPiking it. liy at an end mice ami for pvp.r a fivMeru whirh i-rpatPS multi-niil-liur:iir< .<'.!! onp. »-fh) of the sor-ial r.-aU\ [an I milii> a.; t'lP o'.hiT. Dons my i-urpin-r "i-ritii-" know that all (itiit-m-e and pxpt'iip-in-p >i:> :<> provi- that tlip a vera 'p li-Tigi !i of life of l'io working rlaasp* ;■> o'.nui; a third, and in inanj la-rs a 1.a.1f. than ot tlic wnll-to do ■if ihp mvii« .-ountryV W-haf rolw our mmWn "wa'jc «f so many yrar.----o; !ir'i>7 Iβ i: not tha". 'uilijjp.r. wrPtiOicdj n*««. a-.T.u of all kinri;- f lowly hut siiTiMy isiirution: F-r nenrly forty v.-ur.-; ;iilvanrnl Jiavi' bp«i warninjr prrrployprs of Uip looming in the- tiHil of poliLioaJ p>-ouirrny. whii-h it if, no: pr>iiole t.> ijjnon , . To-day tiro;--' '-unsfcillcd" !.i'.i.nir<-io roferrpd to by -, N>v.- Zeala.i'lor" are morr aiid more niUKitxJ and cnliffhtpnpd. and i;ho number of patient, wifl'prpr? !o*s. The nrom-piu O.v-,- "uiwtkHledi" lalxiurprs a'-quirp. in addition to then" gnawing hunger, a. know-lotlirr- of t.if remotp i-aiipc to whjch i: is d»f>. that moniont will prove the hour of humanity's TP-dr-mption. With mprard to my estimable ■■rilii , "Stronjr." I sugjterfi :h,T- labour. und'-r a l.am.ur finvernnrpnt. fa-r«d i"i,iiily. J)id wi> but kiw'.v it. iiail as rand'i'ion.- ait liprp. thpy lire infinitely weir*-p in Sydney, cannot Halm i:iI fallrbiliry for labour goveriimnme. which nllnw ih'mihandfi ;o be upon tlw» vorgp of Ularva; ion. t-urh as prrrnil.- in Australia. j Moreover, my frietul "St-run?" should ri'DTpmlirr tiiat t• i *-- "leaders" of any mnwiiK-n; Mippusnlly ri'prrepnt the •■intpllisfiuv" of th.- body poli:i<-. Will lw M-rr: that Scmpl". I'-arkor. Hivki'.v. ) Ro.--.-r. or Pad.ly Kras.-r rnprpsent tinihiglies; ilitpll«t' in t-hp labour niovpI men;': Wiihoii! Jipt tcr educated "loud™-" I how on lain.in- lnipp to iHprht the ]virUiunontary and platform bat;lis witb a ra[M'.al:t-in tiiat hart ;ill tile lur.'rs <•: cuHurp. adiled to wealth. l>ciiiiid it': Thai "«■ ii.- iifjriiijt ;i groat .-risis l admit, Allii'it. I am an I'voliitionirt and ri-ly upon rdu«i;:i>n t.i <-tir iiumaiiity intu auiivity. I;- U upon emnmiiu »fii-n.' iM-iipiTa:ivi' ■•uiuuionwf.ilth prilH'i-pliv tint: I depend, i: ,: urßUni^Pi: r-tru.iioii. ciriki.i and nieaA'.ircltve in>i-ry. Shn-.n! nii-n ill lisi- r.inkis of llaliuiir r.vosrni.-f that -virik.w" an-i-lmiwv and i-.;t-ll> TiH-tiiidri of indu.-----j i riitl 'warfare. auJ ■ in- '■>'>•■ of their ~.;-i ~ |-,s in ; if [olith-al iir>iinilu'.!nn [wi:'i .id\ancc-d -UilM-ralit-m iratil s-ufli-'i-tpsjlly u> turn tbu balance in jiiiwre parliamentary. 'My frien.l i-om--hif r-o. Tiie fundi- <»f the ill iv-ment are w;ir---d ujHin iv.>do not repnisfiit t'..- "in:i»Uhri-n<-p" of lii-iti : Ml: only :.m vividly i!lumina;p<l r'lnA'-l .it lea»;. four more or 'n* hostile tvr>P¥ ifi the movement Tbrr.f were the tradce' unions, the single taier* ihe eocialiEtt, ajid last lWugh_l!£ ao.

means the least. The. lamoue "red j ifederationiste.' . It enem.- to mc tha: i before labour cau hope to win piiblio i .onfid-pQcc andj support they Trill havf in ""sPt 1, their own house in order. A t.r]iia;bbling, cranky revolutionary party, ht-m upon wanton destruction ran ! lifter govern harm'onrocsl.v. The rank and file need educating, m-ed to stmly real political organisation. There w fur too much "clap-trap," not snfliciont <ic-pth of th-otight and serious deportment amonsr lahouritics.— t am. etc. BAB A FOiTUS.