THE COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 638, 15 October 1909, Page 5

THE COUNCIL.

SPEECHES ON THE ADDRESS-IN-REPLY.

INDUSTRIAL; OUTLOOK : i : } :; trpon_ its' 'sittings' ,jest«day "after- ; :loon, the .Legislative .Council: set'.'up the'usual committees for the session, i ,-■.:../-..;:- . •KTteHon. f^ SlNCU'lß.,(Otago),:speak[ng inarks>to. theandustriaioutlook.'. Ho said that .would ..have a: tendency: to.,dry 'up the natural 'XT l ! l? l t h ■ Sot: aistribvitioi: . Every"at' tempt; should, be -mad^v tp,,keep,:employiient ; within .New. Zealand for the people of -the Do.minion,;;and not allow it to Iβ sent awar. -*£& n^ d WM to, other SSE tees.,.Other.countries!-legislated:for their in-dustnes-and ■ New do the* same'' W \ rla f ent ' ? > r ° te °«»g'tWse who were' to protect thomselves, must. nbt;assist.-. either. .employer" or'".worker at the -': expense oMh'e. otW. ■■ Hβ hoped the.time- would come.when ; ' New Zealand-would>be'.in\a posi-' tion '.ta give .a greater ■ measure. of preference' cLv,u - r Col } ntr r.v la New ' Zealand thev' should, examine'ioosely-.into ..their 'system., '-,of. Was ; 'not ; he.worker, in' Australia tivS p ■ le (??,' the ..-worker'in other countries? wl^ n %^■■•«*•: PetonfiiJiy; but not II inherentadvantages'- in older PSWJ. iul n ° t: account,; for,,auything iike •*r'" dl & r ? nce V between -their: 'productiveness; W.ny.jhff productiveness of the worker in the United States twas.'nearly .three times as great .asHhe- .productiveness of ■■ the .worker in Aus-tralasia.,"i";--i .•:..■';..■■■ "',. v.: / %i..'-.-.•':'. ■■.-.'.•■::'•..•;'..•'

■ -,Howfcould an/improvement. be , 'effected in ftewi Zealand under.pressure imposed on' 6,-ipi-tal sometimeg,-as;:h,,-rcsult.;6f..hostility';fomentetl .- by people, who were- not the' real. friends of the •preers?:, The pressure to whichrhe 'referred great-deal -to discourage enter:pnse, ,and;vhad. forced the 'people- to'-'import :■ 7 a ?y;a i M&Xfe c l«Mß?ei4, , t« i .nsea ...to: mah'u--■lactnhe. -(HeaivTiear.) . Was it .nbf-'ii -fact that he ,ndreas ? . ;l n industrial :developmont,r.,vhich Sir blo,: . could not be Assisted: by .furthljr wducfions' in hours of lobbur-'and in,alter,,those laws .which -did not encourage eiertiqni.'HenUsh ssay.that he believed in.:the Tt'Hf t ?" b i '^' th Arbitration.iCbur^ li^SeS^^fc towk^'i^ B•™t-.hdyocatlh(t8•™t-.hdyocatlh(t a system' of <M &S^? ut exertion' :W hich :wouUT

'NAVAL DEFENCE : ' : < WKsm Wfflffl ■to'pay.lioo'onn "J' 6170 yw?.. it'would-require Mm VwhoK „ u ?. athe r'!(l. from: the! people as nmm -to y it SC Und;^ e S H S s o^

: '\ t:'-^A-FARMER'S POINT OF; VIEW '■>■■ ; : :;,vhare;m^nt ( that the Dominion .would-in 'that 1 : ; ■•• : -ffif "f ft,*--- lde ? tit -v, nor did ;ho .share'the ; ••■■■■,,r f ' ° f / .who; thought.thnt. the, subsidy :: r.fiom .New Zealand,should go towards the cost ■ ■■- D O -rti'' ? " a( w°' Ugl,t -* tQ Pf"nbulate::around .-the : on to 'say.,that:a standard. niut'.onvwasvbadlj- needed. ; '' C . ??n r I ' Sp, i ,to:b ? tff S en the ""filing mill- -- «i$■i a i n - d K ??H S in SoHth " Canterbury next ,V: • He'dcclared- "that' both ■•■-.•■;. P?f«e.'; whopwcre really on > tho. • ono ■ side . lagninstithßjnnnersniet together.-to'settle tho , V.A'iP l, ; O ;, T i" s ; vas': really:».. prostitution of "the /•-•; principle :.of ,-conbiliation;' and. the Act would .■ . v -,nnvo'to;be amended. O'.The '-only mattqr which: . ■..: CHliio: up ;for;';(hscuSsroh at;thevconference'be- . : the: paries/was the of the divi- .; ■.•.eioii.of- the; spoils.:- If;.the men 'working nt .-.. r'-ttß'tncir.tUcy.s.wbUUl' have;settled 'tbe'difficultv :-■;' / in .five minutes.V oil'tho -"'subject'' was .■••■••;■ , ,'ver.v : vhigh- in ; ;South/Canterbury,':aiiil' if! M .: -election werectoiako-.pla'oe there oust'now, :the ■;,-•-. elecfdMwnn!(i;si)eak;in'no •.uncertain "manner-:- ;. ; ,Ho' pvoceetled: to .say: that:- the: agricultural sta-' . •■■■.-(Mstjcs '-were' pra(jticAJ!y:;iralueles3 : 'tortheifar'.' , ;:' n^! Sycar,t:-.o'\«ng':to\rthe" delay'^which

.occurred iu publication. Tho million and a Halt acres; of "pastoral-.runs in - Canterbury, '™wa ,vqn . ld L fa " in n«t-year, could be'so ;S tcle ,?', ns *° boinado much more productive. He, did uot seo any sense in the-freehold versus, leasehold cry, because fit did not "matter what, was- the form of tenure so long as ■i« ™' ns i"- s S" re ' ] f tilo freehold were in such flemnnd. there would havo been a rOefe" to conK ?,' "u° we T d "J "leActs before ndwj Hβ thought the Land Settlement Finance" Bill would prove an extremely useful measure, but mmLr m dlffi °«lty in getting a-large mtmUor of settlers to combino to acquire a «inm ? V 5 h ' s °P illio,l that th e Government should be congratulated on its courage in undertaking the retrenchment scheme, amV h»T De P art ™°nts iind been over-manned i r r Un T7 *Ith1 th themselves. In conclusion, Mr. Anstey declared that there was every appearance that the position of the DomoX be brighter still within a few: to-da t '" S * tn§e '. tlle d « bllt e;was adjourned until