Women's Franchise and the Dinkr Question.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume I, Issue 71, 3 November 1893, Page 4

Women's Franchise and the Dinkr Question.

By L.A.E.

»l ' on tin tied.» i* one of the manv erils "huh in the wake of poverty constantly dance at’cndauce. All the ••vils of society it is *aid are tine to drink. I would »ay they are ad, * Soktcnou *ays tin* destruction of the poor is tht ir poverty. Other at totchin* such as Ituddha might b •plot* •! with tin* same effect : and tht n is not the slightest dtMiht that « xcessive |«o\erty dnv» many of ih« nou-coura-g.sms of ilie working claw sto drink. There is an excuse for the lutciup* rance of the poor, but none for the waste and int< mperance of the rich dust now it is the faahion to hit at those down to blame the working * «c«juent ti|ion in is management and misgovern men t. If a strike against a g working class, if millions of pounds are lock'd up m the hanks and the land and capital of tht country ar»* idle, it is the working class. If foreign mark* Is fail, overproduction sets in, and thousands an uueinpiovtd. i; U working ria-s. If 1 tanks burst, booms collap^, and land swindles cave in, and foreign credit goes cmnk. it is the working clasps. The working „i, Mr Coffee in the WMlingtot IN,st n-\v>p..,.. r f art being worshipped ; they »njoy too much leisure and altogether are 100 profusely rich, luxurious, and extra vacant. Too much attention is paid to the nourishment «>f their bodies; tin y live in two. three, and eve u fourrnoniel houses and >p» mi mom v upon h*t r and tolacco, and when no work or food i> to be found in tin country among the creeks, rock.-, and pin. trees, they have actually the daring

eflrontn and impudence to cun,. anil h»>k for it among the settlem. tits and centres of population. It is time ail this cant about the working classes rand. If anyone is to blame let it lie the right ones. Corruption giiu rallv Is-gins at the top of th»* tr. . a loom; thus., placs.) lit the most power lul. lucrative, and high positions, and It extends from thence right through the various branch, s and insiitutions of society until it finally reaches the Isutom or most inferior position,. In the matter of luxury the work •nv classes hut strive to imuat. and excel their iuini.diate •• sup. rtor. ’ When a roach is overturned von do

tuvl blame the occupants but the driver, who are the iinw> of society. Thu lilies of ilirection I would have worn. 11 concentrate their • nvrgies upon. a;.u uo* they have an additions, means of making their mlhn ncu or power lelt. in against lasi ness or •atwardue. mismanagement. wisgovernnieiit ,m<l poverty. There is no manner of reasou or evens, whatever why auv of this, great aii-p. reading evils should exist ; and it is no us. saying these pmb.a las cannot be solved. \\ here there is a will tin re is a wav ; »ml courage ts to be tound now. not as of old in lighting, slaying, capturing, and in games ol sport such as foo. ball, cricket, etc., hut in work aud quiet endurance, lu the useful arisaud in the occupations aud pursuits ol peace. Kvcryone in the community who is not physically incapacitated should do a fair share of the heavy, laborious or imchamcal labor : if no to relieve their overbuidened fellow al least to preserve their own muscle, end health, lu another paper o , aprrs I shall endeavor to show ih ongiu of poverty and the obstacles t social happiness. In the uieantim the prol>iem of uneinp.oy.sl labor u: be fores 1 upon tb< attention of leg. ialors. for upon its sulation depeim not only the fate of ihis country ie. •d other conn rn s and empires of in world also.