THE RUBBISH TALKED ABOUT OUR RAILWAYS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 10

THE RUBBISH TALKED ABOUT OUR RAILWAYS.

ftffV oHnfr'SociaUsfc'is.fond'of. talking to the many lu*; ; -Wputatt6h£tlMfo^ $■-■• -:• sw ellhtg' words' tb thoyoft'cct 'that the . I& "• jri->New -'Zoa!andvl)blohg-:t6 ! ;the., people. ,:,Theso■ Jv.y■V.p6liticiU>tMlw6yS^"lßW>lsd^fte<itton.U3r;:^eforre<l■. IA-vti.te'belonging-to. tbo.£tatc,'- and-also to.the h i-iV-'CfoT'ei : nteehtV;:Allbw'i ift«'. tb: po.iht, put. that ~tuis: P ;:' .thehniniy.'politieal -fictions, that are' so 2^;fp;froe>ly^iis«l'"itt'thcso:( I .aj9 -by -professional-poll-s "-it- . 'ticionl&a'ml- Socialists-to ; pall; .and., fool ;tho pub-j.->:/?*lit"r.Vat»tß*tbjts! i -'eervp vthojr -;own vends/. - < These; N'r-V-'Vpfcl 5 ticttl-. rafti»ajrs"i n .Now' Zealand-belong, to. the jfr:";r,H!bjiey>lc^ fc-^V-'-ihW^Obvwnnk-nt^^(-raorißly..;'--.tl.ioir.iag6n.ts>in-niMl-conl.ro]...There .can be h-- V"no- ! disputa; , about'*,thaW£l«ot ; '.ono,:Qf. the :raaliv .' Pi*■-'th,onsandsvof ;, penplb'whoHiaye;;left theLDomin- *,-' 6,'Sibn. diiringHlio. last' -t(Verya"Stpntlis'. havo ,pjtt in fcy.A'n; singlerJilaiaffi .the: owner-, SS.'v-BnipVi.noVlraveUh'ey.givt-n,ai-single--thbnght or; 1 Ji:v>'nnyb - jnv^ £- :->,v/iliigiish-.'-and ; -'; American 3 railwa'y.<.;-bc!6ng^'tb I :?.;>. '?j! ''.Governments,- yet thby.; nrp ;• far more truly-Hie than ;arethe. New Zca-.. S-'-'iand railwavs.as tho'capitol sank in thohveon-; ..^ : "'Btru£tionrcl:d.V"istlib:-property; of;Knglishand' t'..' :^ Americaiv;Wftrchdl(lers ) .:And;these' form a Tory. £';■ V.-liirgbsproportion - ''of the; peoplo of .thoso conn-' t "O/tiies:■ :i ; Inl this country and - Australia, where ffe/i-'tliey vbbastt sbv much iabout-.'- the /railways.; and-{V---:--.-:Mmbst every thing' .telse.' belonging-. to,;.tho Gov- - . %'■ thc';.;populatioh'iias.-bee'n; stationary &•>■ : ' - ;'fo* ivery.Vmarijv.'yea'rs', -- : rind /we-;hßve.;-not:;,-rc-|i/SV'tniriod -even the.; natural-increase, and:-..."wild feS.'h'ovsesV'camiot' prevent peoi>le;;froin.;l.caving:and fi'-i'ruiimin^ fi ; .the,railways,',are not,political; K-'-. J 'n'niJthe-6qlo'-.iprop"erty"of. tho.'Go'verhmcnt,;it is; |;- : ->;' pe-T*pplatioh:has;increasedv.tb .100,000,000.;:; If. cor'. -3-:>. recti - ., then c Australia."arid 1 New'; Zealand; should; 'i' ; ,;h'avo;;hhd-thisf.vast-increase oi-population;*, and S ; ythat-;i'of.?Americai:6honld ".have remained -r.sta--'S.'ttonary.V/Tho,-.people, .in, Americ- started-...t0 t'i^K'n'd'railways by.--priva'tb r entorprisQ : in- : 18-10. Ef bnjld,'.Stn'to ."railways -. ten S- s -later/in - .1850. ; \Af ter-' 60'- ori: .-.--■ 70 :• years £; - ¥>A'meHcXVbwnV .■.'M ) ooo'.;milcs','.bf:JraiWays.','ahd; f ; &?-A'i!straliafJ!d,000 ; miles'.i.fDnc.'of t.ho agricultural: I :',;■ "States : iii-. America"-owns"more miles of -railway, <-.*?;:'ltoyaUt^ f V: : . ; of -Australia >for;.-railways,.. [•!v;V(*t(:;, v ';i§''ftb"6ut l .S.1fl0,000,000,';'o'r half-tho.national/ |'^;dobt;6f'.GTcat l >;.:;7! pSI-- ;Vv'i'v??#y tev-i'Sbpteinqer -33i ; 1009.* ■^iz&iisp/^Z'.Aw-^