MUSHROOM GROWERS

Grey River Argus, 11 February 1938, Page 3

MUSHROOM GROWERS

There is nothing remarkable about the appearance of a new organisation in Wellington, knowns atfthe Constitutional League (says the “Standard”). That sort of thing happens every election year, and these quasipolitical bodies grow like mushrooms in the night—and die just as quickly. They are simply a manifestation of political feeling by individuals who attempt to conceal their real purpose in the hope of attracting support for a particular party. They are not important, and the long-winded pronouncements they issue during election year have little or no effect on public opinion, although the sponsors may think they do. The Auckland Provincial Freedom Association, .formed with such a great flourish of trumpets last November, is already dead so far as the people of Auckland are concerned. It may emerge in the newspaeprs from time to time with ponderous statements that may seem impressive, but its influence will be precisely nil. And so it is with the Constitutional League in Wellington. Obviously it is just ano’ther link in the chain, and when a little more time has passed we can expect to see. announced the formation of a further league in Christchurch. Then it will extend to Dunedin, and the chain will be completed. But the public remains unmoved at these manifestations. The people are now sufficiently intelligent to save themselves from being hoodwinked by this sort of political campaigning. If one had time to compile a list of all the political and quasi-political organisations that have been formed In New Zealand in the last twenty years it would afford a striking commentary on the gullibility of a considerable section of the people. One party, and one party only, has remainded unchanged in name and in principles in those twenty years. It is the Labour Party—now the Government of New Zealand, and it will continue as the Government of New Zealand, in spite of all the-'freedom . associations and constitutional leagues that may be formed by persons whose object is not to give freedom to tne people, but to restore freedom to that section which wishes to exploit the I P It is too late in the day to att ® m ' to bring about the defeat of Labour .in this way. The people have bee -I deceived too often to be caught again i, by-such subtlety. When it comes i general election day they will vote according to whether they support o oppose the policy and administration of the Labour Government. The electors can no longer be scar ed by wild talk of what Labour may ’ do. They now know what Labo ! has done and they know that Labour ■ can be trusted not to do I that will be detrimental to - racy. —