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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10965, 7 May 1907, Page 3

I in regard to oir oosepn wnTOTtirpome, the Wellington Post, which cannot bo accused of partiality to the Premier, is very thorough in its chariipipnship. The article is worth quoting :— "When. Sir Joseph I Ward stated, at the luncheon given to the , visitiotr Premiers.by the, linpenal Industry CMb; * that New Zealand was^ 'anxious to secure an interchange of trade ' but that she 'required no concessions,' he put the matter fairly and reasonably/ The colony would be glad to get a preference in the British, market, -bun is in no mood either to cadge or to chide, and claiming'absolute liberty to regulate its own tariff, desires* to show, an equally jealous regard for the rights of others.. Wnen.on the other hand. Mr Deakin made 'the speech of the everiirig,' at the Royal Colonial Institute dinner, he did not exercise the sariie, oare. /'".".*".'• *Everything,' says Eoictetus, 'has two lrandles— the one by wliich it may be carried, and the other by tyhioh. it may' not.' In the present case Sir Joseph Ward has seized tlie fiscal question by the handle which is fit for. use, and may be content to allow Mr Deakin a monopoly of the other," • .