CORRESPONDENCE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6917, 22 July 1884, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE.

dbea not hold himself responsible for expressed by correspondents.

HARBOR BOARD BILL. HBS^l^Beferririg to . Mr Sheehan's stateHHs^nlWith reference to tlie Harbor Board j^HgEtillan:biß address to the constituents on ercning, I think it only right to that the bill was drafted by me to verbal instructions received f^^^M^-Mx : Grmond as chairman of the Board. On the evening of the which the draft of the bill was R|||ggitipleted, I went to Mr Ormond's house |^pSn'd;tv:ent through it with him and ho was individual to peruse the draft. u w?rito this in justice to Mr Ormond, not appear to be credited by all Hpi^iJh^tW very great interest which he took -patter, and also in my own l^pjWtilficatipn, as I should have been E|ll|^nting in my duty had I not in the first HBp&la'iie.Vy laid the draft bill before Mr £||||QT^ond for his approval. — I am, &c. ,' i|pr?||o:;7^ . .""" Jb\ Logan. 'August 21, 1884. UON SIDER. Harker rails against Mr Livesey j^^^on"account of his youth and says in effect B^ip&tv'ajm 'older than thou therefore I know." gpf^^elUdone Mr Harker ! " : '''Enowledge • comes but wisdom ? -' bo eiugs Tennyson, and Mr |||||Sarker'B couple of letters have well Spi^xeinpHfied - the poet's words. Wealth ||p?!]M i odueerß we very much need, friends of ilp^prking, men we also need, but as Mr |p|;^ajkeT is not a wealth producer, but only .ujpon tbe wealth produced by otherß, easy to understand the kind of economy he studied before Mr " wore garments that required unI Btudied economy as early conceited Wm, Harker, of Napier, ;atn , yet studying it, and if Mr l|p|J&yrker can show me that he and the llp^friends whom • he vauntingly calls the man's friends are producers of pl^weialtb, I will gladly become one of hie ifetlisciples. True friends of working men ||§|re'- only to be found among those who p|,utilise tha forces of nature for the proIp^uciipn of other wealth, hence it is that and not Mr Sheeban, Mr ||||£ipVert Holt and not Mr Harker are the . producers and the friends of |lpt|prking men and of this country, .working men only knew what injury country i 3 suffering from the wild and statements of a few blatant Bjde.magogues of the kidney of the gentlellJljnan who' recoguiaes Sir George Grey ||lp^n^nij his friends ! I say if the working knew how the sayings of these were keeping capital out vi fp|||t|i'e .^country and consequently limiting |^^ptn\~ihdußtry of tbe country, and there|^pfo>e*^ijjching the < families of working Ill^men, they would rise up and drive such f rpm ihe commonwealth. space allow, I would quote pages llpf^teSl of Henry George's "Social Proand apply the test to many who IpillciU, themselves the working man's friend. S^^utlthis I will say that if the men oi KS|Napier will only read " Social Problems," especially the pages referred to here, ore they record their votes to-morrow p^|;(Tuesday) they must see that Mr Ormond pll^iis '^their true friend, inasmuch a 9 he only Ip^pfr'tne candidates produces that whicli K^aii' be taxed -that which constitutes IpsiSfceaith and gives capital— that which, ll|jf#hilst it diminishes taxation, increases of life, and gives work||||gjingjmen.a chance to improve and become ||I^Bpmethin# better than "animals driven ■f^jtD'ltho slaughter!" Let but our country Bplghave, fair play, commercially, socially, ■ffeapd politically, and she will thrive, and j^p|Ker working men will prosper, but sc as capital is driven out, and the ■tifi|jpealth of the country depreciated by nohH^Agnomists and foolish speeches and HHM^HK»,^J^ i -2 cr >'&£>\ and his non-pro-long will bac HHPPBpbad, trade, and bad prospects con' and the chancal-of_ industrious, and hard working men will from worse to worse. _ b||^|'t^orking men, exercise your-frauchlse intelligently, and count the cost tc your families, and your &OTfn .Wealth will produce wealth, and wil ||fe?giv t e i comforts and prospeots in life, anc Ormond has shown you that hii are your interests, hia succesi $ljos9P* success, so use your vote that h< : yet work for your cause and you; — I am, &0., : '.. '•'■"• A Haud-workman. Wjoi§~ Napier, July 21, 1884.