PRIME MINISTER ELECT.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 75, 25 March 1912, Page 8

PRIME MINISTER ELECT.

A GLrMPRGoMaiS,IDEALS. interview-.With the hon t mackenzie. . ' '

I Hesitated very mucli before listening to -the suggestion that I should take up : the position of a can- . drdato for the leadership," said the frune- Minister ; elect during the course of an inteiryiew on Friday with ' H rt uw representative. .* I hesitated, .ftnit, because- ,1 was a . SumorMmistsr, and there were others in.jtho Cabinet who had 'undoubtedly imor rights, and those rights I respected. Another tiling was tho ■ responsibility, under existing conditions, that must fall on the ■shoulders of the man who takes up the, political load at the present moment. The. whole thing was very fully threshed out, and the decision of the- party was undoubtedly hearty. TOWK AND-COUNTRY. '* jNpw thafc the "honor and resptnsi««?*y have.; fatten, to nic I shall not ---Spare myself in endeavoring to build UP the' interest;} of this country on @c*od lines. I hope to unite the in- ■■-. t^-esfe of thos& yv lib work in tlie cities Av-itli. those who are engaged in securing tho fruits of the earth. They are ttio supplement \and .complement of oadi other, jljid tiie prosperous condition ol' the laiid must react beneficially on. tlitose in the towns. Of fotzrss, although trained primarily to J business, I hare had to do largely MipJi those; Following landed pursuits. JTn order to ©ns»«j the prosperity of . both town and coxyitry a vigorous policy ft.f land settlement and , agri•ealtural .jnstriicfcion must be pursued. Next we require to give the producer such ,instruction as . will enable him *o ; get the very beat results from the son, and to. so widen the scop© of pro--ducCiqn. jus to utilise our naturaj agencies in the most extensive manner. Wo Bhoiild study the requireof tho. niarkefc,- the Resources •<st. competing nations, and we should :«*sisi our praduoera by n sort .of guide aa to possibilities. TsABORS niIIECV , INTERESTS. ••1-,sik suro tht» new Cabinet will .poaxfaxn. men who. are deeply interestcd.uCthe social.and material iroprov&- ---; mm£ d( ouv city dwellers and work- ;' >cri& t and having special knowledge of .;.:.■■; pfiffir. .conditions. I don't profess per-■'V-;-ißWß®Jffy.....t(>..fiaye.-..fchat close acquaint- /^ .aad^^itii tfaiii as{K*ct of affairs be■;;:^^^:«a[ti^'in*li,esa;sjtrdnuous tiro.es. w& c>ui .;|-r.'.kafe^^«:!^,'i!ggrei'ta'ke' a oertain-am-:'-ii.-^U^^^msM^i-'a3iAi t havo specialised .v'-^i.^n^'iS^l^B&i^Bsts flsffociatod with:'.our :bs^^p^io^o^^b^^,M'aii Laviirg in early' Hie vicissitudes of am familiar with what

time, when, hours were long, sanitary conditions absolutely unknown, and when many were employed who received no' remuneration for their labor."