WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

Evening Star, Issue 15066, 24 December 1912, Page 1

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

The British industrialist sees that his ' chief rivals in the world's markets aro - assisted by the very fiscal methods which lie is told will be ruinous to'" adopt. German goods aro driving .. : British goods even from the British' piarket, while the British manufacturer is carefully excluded by high tariff from the German trade. It is hardly pos- - sible that the idea of a 10 per cent, duty upon all imported manufactured Roods will not appeal to millions of British work-men who sec their industries encroached upon by unfair foreign competition; while it" can be verv speedily shown that a small dutv oil foodstuffs does not fall on the' con- ' sinner, but only directs preference in trade—Auckland 'Herald.' * * * Tire people of the young: Dominions are drawn to America bv common ideals and by common dangers. However long it may be before the great Powers of JMirope can agree definitely to assert' the principle of arbitration iustcad of. resort to arms, it is practically certain that Britain and America w'ill never again stand arrayed in conflict. The' coming peace centenary, wo may. assuredly hope, will mark the establishment of lasting peace and amity between all the English-speaking peoples of the world. And the Anglo-Saxon ■ .peace he a powerful factor making for the peace of the world—Southland. J imes. * * * Those who recall the agitation of the. a? ? # c M or the construction of the . kUidland Railway are not likely to allow i * he matter to go by default.' ■ If the lino was considered of such importance. I then its completion now, in view of | the development of the West Coast, ■ lis ol equal if not more importance. As a matter of fact, the necessity for tho Jinking up of the east and west coasts oi the South Island is so obvious that * i S , eo , m - s >" cn ; dib,e thafc a«.v Minister ot J. none Hoiks could for one moment seriously suggest that the work should bo unnecessarily delayed—Christchurch {spectator. * * * The purpose behind the appointment ot stipendiary stewards is-the detection of improper practices. Although the two things naturally go hand in hand, the duties of the stewards will, wo assume, include an unobtrusive supervision over the manner in which jockevs conduct themselves away from race meetings as well as at raco meetings—their associates, mode of living,, etc. Uiey should be able to advise clubs as to the issuing of licenses to riders and trainers and thus gradually weed out the undesirable element, who cling to the fringe of the sport under tho pretext that they make their living hv riding or training, whereas the- record indicates that they are a harmful and corrupting influence. There arc indeed many things the stipendiary stewards can do. in the way of purifying the sport besides watching races with a view to detecting any suspicious or improper practices.—' Dominion.' « * * The lack of courage or the lack of ability in administrators to-sanely distinguish between the sexes during' their education has aroused much comment and much condemnation in New Zealand, but there is no great effort at reform Cooking was forgotten by the tounders of the new liational defence system thong], that process is neces- ' sarily of prune importance. During the recent prize giving the .principals of "' sever p? s?cr-idnr. v schools for, girls com- . plained about the strain■•of f lie "sexlesS— * (and senseless) system during a ciHh'ml time of life. Those warnings have been given again and again, but the authorities appear to have scant power of perception and less imagination. The Education Commission, who had to make their inquiries hurriedly, overlooked ni \\. ;,. bt,t thev <lid n °t miss that evil. Wellington 'Post.' ..?}}* Board of Aiuilratbn at Washington (U.b ), to avert a national railway strike, awarded to the locomotive engineers wage ■ increases aggregating £50.000. The arbi- ; tratore claim that the threatened strike:, would have injured the public more than the railways or the engineers, and estimate that the eastern cities would exhaust their article-; of food supply, within a week'. * * * The miners of New South Wales are. very much annoyed at the Legislative Council of that State i ejecting the Ei'Tht Hours in Klines Billy'and there is so'ine talk of a suspension of labor as a protest against the action of the nominee Chamber.