THE AWAKENING.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1390, 25 March 1912, Page 4

THE AWAKENING.

Sir,—ls the world going mad'or peoplelosing .their reason? Take, for instance, the Suffragists. Surely some of tlio leaders aro 'mentally .'wrong andneed restraint. Then, again, when we find the leaders of. tho workers, jvho have Jed theiji..on. until, they now' stand aghast at the awful position into which'the workers'at H6in'c"bavc' beem driven'-by' -their, isulvicc— to- poverty and. to.i-crinie— as men, women > -land.. , chilr-, dren-"cannot live .without' means. , -. , At-tUe-pvesent moment, hundreds of once comfortable homes will bo denuded of their , many years' gatherings to satisfy the cravings of hunger, whilst the agitator gets, liis .screw and is self-content. And the agitators in our own happy land are evidently bunfc oii;..thfi -.same, policy.-,; ■SMrel>; l , . , inien-OH|^£»^p.rfafc6"i'tHn^-'.aii^ ; ttiiit!;se'iaously;:i step they nre likely to take. Wpiiks must stop. Trade must go eiscwliifi'e. Many employers will be driven to thoii'-; wit's end to ruako both ends meet. kinrtly feeling ca'jfliever exist ngaiu; between tho employox-iaml employed, . aiilKrnaiiy-fa'.niaJi.v.yll bo iaccJUwitli wdiJE-* iictftty to , pbtaiii:.".*ork.;;; l ;' , }Vllcn hna'ils of Governments tcrtjijitce to thi-Cslutb of nffnirs,'i;ijd uftib.li , ,' ii3rafe , Home at'-tho present , , time.vto v jefen ; thsfawful avalariclie. j>af£' lyiiaisted to bring'.aboHt, one stands and wonders what the eiid will be. We have in dtir land leaders boasting of what they are%oingto do—Webb, l'raser, Dalhousic, aiid'.C'o.—and we notice what they say. And: , as Job nnswercd his friends, so we may say, "No doubt, but ye arc the peowisdom shall die with ye." We ver-y-'ifoolishly helped to put men into power, nnd are sorry. Jlr. Dalhousic thinks they put one in. But on the Otaki roll.there arc 1>72.1 voters. How many, may .1 a|k,;of the?e are flax workers? My de►ireis to s-ee every fanner, both great nnd small, federate,.and: even,com!nni>..w'ith s || business nien.-so as to meet tltD , 'ciiming , crash, and liiiilo to help where help is ■needed, for we <'im;ljc-'.T,';pq.wt-i;,af tii't=> ; )'S," done; Lot lio double deaiiiig ho brought in;',so that we can qiiit. oursslves-as ni'eiu A .-dpublc-minded man , is : a hypocrite.-^I 'aiii'i etc., V wv. . .--■ - - ■ - Waikuiiae, March I'J. " .