WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

Evening Star, Issue 15478, 28 April 1914, Page 7

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

It must be obvious to Mr Massey and his colleagues that the only s&fo polity for the Dominion is to foster j>regress wherever progress is possible, and to spend public money wherever It can b© profitably utilised. This means the end of provincialism and the speedy development of Auckland. Taranaki. Hawke’s Bay, Wellington. Marlborough, and kelson, while Canterbury, Otago, aftd Westland ate assisted in a measure commensurate with their past record and present slow de-velopment.—-Auckland ‘Herald. * * * Undoubtedly there is a future for the fruit industry in this Dominion, just as there is a future for the poultry and egg industry and for the bacon industry. Indeed. it is to this second line ol progress that we must largely look for our development When gradually increasing population and gradually decreasing areas make the present methods of farming less practicable.—Southland ‘News.’ * * ♦ It is to be hoped that the Minister of Public Works, who must recognise and ba fully informed SB to the many And legitimate requirements of other district©, Will put his foot down in Cabinet and strenuously Oppose any further “sweetening ol the Auckland province at the expense of the heavily burdened taxpayers of the Dominion as a* kx- * * * The country has seen at dose hand what a Conservative Government is really like. It is the first experience o! the kind for 22 yeans, and there can be ho doubt that the experience has been a bitter one. The Masses of the People already realise that M# Masset’s party consists of the Classes. Mr Massey has one-third (ah the outside) ■of the country at his back. The other two-thirds are against him- Even now he cherishes the vain hope that his Toy Navy Scheme Will do the trick And Secure for him a majority at the polls. We shall sea. —Christchurch ‘ Spectator,’ « * * The reformers have been weighed in tha balance and found .wanting. “An investigation of the country's affairs ” has disclosed nothing derogatory to the Liberals. The confident expectations of the reactionaries have been disappointed in this respect. On the other hand, it has been demonstrated that both as legislator* and administrators the Liberals are capable of rendering the country more effective service than the combination which has succeeded by false promises and invidious methods in temporarily seising the hemsChristchurch ‘that.* * * ■* That the teaching profession has been scandalously underpaid is matter Of common knowledge. To no other cause can we attribute the disinclination of out- brainy young men to enter the profession, the dearth of teachers, arid the undue proportion of women in the service. It is gratifying to know that the present Munster of Education recognises his responsibility ih this matter, and is'determined to remove the reproach which rests upon the Legislature in its treatment of one ol the meet important branches of the pubEc service.—Wairatapa ‘Age.’ « * * The ideal Tarliauienb i& that elected oh a system of proportional representation with an elected executive, and Mr Maebey would enrol his name among those of statesmen if hd would introduce these reforms. However, tWb dbiigations rest upon the Governments the firet is to the constituencies against minority representation, a fid the second is to fulfil the very emphatic pledge in the Budget of 1912. ' tbouthland ‘femes.’