THE NEW ORDER.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14227, 15 December 1911, Page 6

THE NEW ORDER.

Looking to tho not distant future ! when, as wo believe, Mr Mawsoy will j be called upon to submit his j detailed policy as Prime Mm- ; istor. to tho House a nd. the ' country, we feel euro of one thing, and that is that it will bo no reactionary policy. It must be broad, sympathetic, and progressive, or else the Reform Party will not remain very long in power, and will not deserve to do so. 1 There is a great deal to be dono in ! improved administration. Tho High Commissioner's office alone offore immense possibilities in this direction. The i Agricultural Department can bo made a more live institution, and. of much more practical value to the farmers. The Railways and Postal Departments offer great scope for improvement and for increaeed concessions to the public. But above all thero must be sympathy with the workers, and expression must be given to it in I some practical form. One of the greatest difficulties which the Reform Party has had to contend with has been the systematic misrepresentation of its attitude with regard to Labour. It will bo for Mr Massey and his colleagues to sbow that the prej udic© which has been so sedulously excited against them is without foundation; that not only are they sincerely desirous of benefiting all classes of the community, but that their policy will con- j fer more real and lasting benefit on j tho working section of tho community | than all tho dolusivo nostrums of the Played-Out Party. These were pleasing enough in theory, but somehow in praotice they failed to bring about any real improvement in the lot of those for -whom they were devised. ■