NOTES AND COMMENTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8190, 3 August 1912, Page 8

NOTES AND COMMENTS

G. R. Whiting is pounding away with splendid results in Canterbury. He is handling a thousand copies ot the Farmere’ Special, and here is what ho says about it; “I want to congratulate yen ou this paper, and to say that the lanquestion and tho way you dealt with it is absolutely the best and more startling than auvthing that I have ever seen. 1 only wish that I had a copy to distribute to every house in the three cityseats. However, I will promise you this, that this paper will fall into the hands of people interested in the work of the United Labor Party, and 1 want to reach as many farmers as I can, for it will cause them to think, that is if ever they do think, and the more ono rcaua your figures, and the article written by you, and the “Times,” the more one is convinced that land monopoly is TiiE question that tho Labor Party must deal with. As the “Times” it; ’it is a great and ghastly evil,’ ”

“THE PUBLIC’ is one of the best edited paper in America. Louis Post, its editor, is one of the soundest of nil the land reformers anywhere. The sih of July number gives several pages to the United Labor Party, quoting in full the leading features of the platform and of the scheme of organisation. The Masterton United Party are distributing over one hundred copies of the special farmers’ number of the "Times” among the small and large farmers around Masterton. The Masterton branch mean business. The "Hawke’s Bay Tribune” is afraid to give Mr Mills’ views to the public, making as an excuse that his talk on “Moses —Land Reformer” is to be delivered on the Sabbath Day. The ‘‘Tribune” says its reporters are working sixteen hours a day. IVe are surprised that a rich proprietary cannot afford to employ a sufficient staff, and that it to sweat men so. Probably the Napier “Telegraph” will publish a decent report, so that the Hastings people, who arc not able to get into the Princess Theatre, will be able to get Mr Mills* great message in print.