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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7663, 23 June 1896, Page 4

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s^w.vs; I^-; •■ --; — -•— o§^f iTHB BRITISH EMPIRE. Uplift: ;,/-;' [TO IHH BDITOa 0* THB HERALD.] pfeSiß.^Mnoh. has been said and is being aaid |p|Sßncerning.our great and glorious British llH^Einpirei tra^whioli " the sun never sets." It Pf^is'oertainly.a great and glorious thing to i*"'' is , also . consoling in the greatest firlVdegree for one to be snro that he or she can feji t»vel;qver , nearly tho whole of the globe |efc;and nearour own language, and to be able $#r-:'to: fraternise with our own oountrymen, 11; r -not pnljrsooialljr, but in games, music, aud &vsojeuce. . It is only like going from one end j:^vof"the tow.n.to the other in whioh you reside, i £/. friends everywhere to greet you. But the i-Vo- 'qfieitfon" may be pertinently asked, ia it • •''going to ba permanent ? Will generations !;V. .to cptne enjoy that dreamed-of liberty that. ■;:;— we are now seeking and fighting for ? Our -i' , ; pioneers are' still carrying our civilisation ••'■:. into the wilds of other countries, and at the r.S;. , risk of life, health, and money. I ask again :-V ::: -WiU itvlaat," or are we like unto the Romans r .& of old, only carry ing civilisation and liberty jrf,- for others- to step in and enjoy! Let us «;,-.v hope that the tie, which has lately been ; ?>' more; firmly- gripped than ever before, will S< v be ? -"gripped- tighter and more firmly still. ';.;: Wo have, onr Mother Country, who could V ■ take from her colonies all that we are able 'h\-. to produce over our own requirements, and us in return many things that as V^v'Vyeb we are not able to produce. An inter"A '-change of commodities between England her colonies would, ia my opinion, ££ be most beneficial. I favor protection for '*$■*. thi£ colonies from the outside world, but ;£.,:; Vfreetrade or 1 fairtrade within Great Britain, KrVand protection agairmt. all foreigners. We VI U have heen supporting foreigners now quite y.^i long enough. Wo have been buying German 's.-S\ goods to the '.detriment of our own people, .; while our own people have been holding 7/f meetings all over England, Ireland, aad .=-•" Scotland' considering the best means of '■.£•' : obtain employment. Our merchants have *'■'"- been importing ready made goods, and the .',' ; : -productions l of German prisons. While our ■ 1 lithograph printers have been hungry and \". 'walking the streets, our mußie publishers '■'■ i .-have' been getting their music " printed ie ;■■';-=.. Germany." Go into any band-room in New '■"'■. Zealand And you will find most of the baud '&''■: muaio marked "printed in Germany." A £' .v? friend of "mine told me that in New South Vt-'- Wales they were importing nests of coffins :("^-;trWni Japan. Now, it is a well known fact Sj%,thaV the-produotionß of other nations are !'3?*-coutinually being dumped upon our shores, 3ft*, to the" detriment of our owu workmen ; £>>V boots, saddlery, tinware, toys, clothing, ; "furniture, and heaps of Chinese and Japanese f-tiff'.rabDJah, draining out of our country our S-£y .f.SbUrd cash." I hold that such is demoralisP. \ I' ing 'to ue Britishers, as we ate expected jiV to produce manufactured articles for the jj^. same price aa those people who are continu- ? S: ally foroing both themselves and their cheap 'IS'- productions upon our shores. The British requires a good place to live in, :: ; V,-?j"good' clotheß, sports, amusements, art gal- - i-: fades, libraries, music, etc ; while those .^—aliens huddle themselves in hovels, live on i, 1 ;.- ' rice mush, and other snch food as a Britisher ! *Xi' would starve on. They also indulge in the JTI worst habits of life, gambling dens, and %ff'.- other vices which the Britisher does not. 0-}% ffihe Japs live in bamboo huts, work in a .% : ■ aemi-nude state, and live similar to the IrL," CMnkiea, while they have no bed but a mat J^ta sleep on. Still, in thevery faceof all this, ',■*■;: :we are asked to compete against such labor. :V, :,::VO or colonial living is now as cheap as it can :'->**;.' bej therefore, I maintain that our prices be equivalent to our living, and we i;.;V,BnqTJld move all the powers that be to ex-'vi'olnae'tha'-alien 1 and his productions, and if-l^vuikv, the "British Empire" in reality a if:* ; i,trne federation of our people, — Woekbr.J