WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

Evening Star, Issue 14628, 26 July 1911, Page 7

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

I Thi* < onservation of forests does not I mean that the timbor industry is to be abolished in Now Zealand, but it does mean lhat forests that arc serving an important economic purpose shall not be destroyed, and that the cutting of the timber shall bo controlled so that the Last damage may be done to the rest of the country.—Christ church "Star.' * * * Much more attention will be paid everywhere, to town-planning in tho future than in the pa.st, and if we start right now with a closer supervision upon building there will be to undo later on.—Taranaki ' Herald.' * * * The. cost of living in New Zealand at the present tiro*, is so high that men with families have tho utmost difficulty in making both ends meet. Are there combines in existence which act as a retraint upon trade? These should be restricted by law. Aio tho trade uruons making excessive demands'.' These should be suppressed. Is the credit system responsible? This should be modified, if not abolished. There is something wrong somewhere.—Wairarapa ' Age.' » * * One of tho Opposition suggestions is that women should receive the old age pension at the ago of 60, instead of 65. But there would have been no old ago pension system to help aged women if Mr Alassey and his party had succeeded in their attempt to trill the measure which bestows it.—Oamaru 'Mail.' * * « Tho foreign birds that have invaded our land, and who periodically make such extensive inroads on the farmers' crops, will nover replace the native songsters of New Zealand, and the least we can do for this fast-disappearing race is to preserve inviolate for them their island refuges.— Gisborne- ' Herald. * * * The appointment of qualified men aspaid stewards of racing would reassure th© public mind ; it would reduce protests to a minimum, it would afford a guarantee to some extent at any rat© that the bad practices of the past would be held in check if not entirely suppressed. The opponents of the scheme have at any rate offered us no alternative proposal; and the idea is temporarily shelved, but we feel sure it will be revived and ultimately carried into effect.—Dannevirke 'Advocate. * * * Public life is a difficult one at the best of times, but there is no good reason for making it less desirable than it is; and for politicians to bandy charges and counter-charges without submitting absolute and convincing proofs can only lower them in th© eyes of their constituents and the public at large.—Gore 'Ensign. * * * It is no use mincing matters; the land policy of the Ward Government is not popular. There is a tendency to curry favor with a certain section of the farmers at the- sacrifice of the main principle of democracy. The idea was that the land should belong to the people, not be administered under a system which made it possible for the clever business man to appropriate thousands of acres to increase his income or to gratify liis personal ambitions.— ' News.'