UNIONISM AND CAUSE OF THE PRESENT TROUBLE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 30, 5 February 1912, Page 2

UNIONISM AND CAUSE OF THE PRESENT TROUBLE.

.1» ■ . IO fHB BBITOa. Sir,—l trust _ that my Unionist friend* will not be discouraged at the ladk of ehthwiiaein. shown at yesterday's , rrtaes meeting. Much of th 6 talk intended to be receirod with cheers undoubtedly fell flat, not because tho majority did not favour tiniohiefnj but because thb citufee of Jhe present troubje is not considered- a jufet ohe. Were it a ca&o'of Waged of hours, every right-thinking unionist rtottld 6ht6f the fight gladly, but there is ah Unwillingness amonget them to try and hound a man, because lie may hate ho tact, out of the plate, and deprive hiui'Of the rig-tit to lire. . I think that before other unions obejr the oall of the ieadors to strike, a secret ballot should be tukon by each one to a«6ef<fnin whether tho rtieriibers consider that ih striking they are supporting a flghfc for justice aiid fair pluy. Man? of us who were present yesterday were dHgusted at sonio of tl» coarse and vulgar refflaf ks made .by at least two >of the jSpeakeffi, and if they are a etimple of tlie men who are td fl'ahlß OUf laws ih tlie future, the standard of our morals, will certainly go downwards. — I am, olc'.,' a WELL-wisHMtt of Unionism. Wellington, oth February