Rangifikei Advocate. TWO EDITIONS DAILY TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1912. EDITORIAL NOTES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10402, 16 July 1912, Page 4

Rangifikei Advocate. TWO EDITIONS DAILY TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1912. EDITORIAL NOTES.

IT seems likely that cheap and effective power will soon be available for the nse of farmers, and that their Industry will obtain some of She advantages at present confined to the factories. The Diesel engine which works with any kind of oil Is proving a great success, and it Is stated that an American, named Seoor, has solved the problem of making power out of liquid fuel directly without first converting it into a psrmacent gas, or vaporising it as a steam engine vaporises watea and makes it do work or. the piston. His engine will automatically mis fnel, water, and air in proper proinstantly with the changing c£ the load, or the slightest difference in atmospheric conditions. He has applied the principle to portable as well as stationary engines, and has utilised it for agricultural purposes, thus opening up a very wide field Indeed for economy in production. It is estimated

that one-fifth of the products of tbe land goes to feed the horses which are employed In onltivating It and carrying tbe produce to market. John A. Seoor and a coadjutor named Edward A. Rumely have between them evolved a tractor oil-pnll engine which outs in“ half the oust of doing farm work, and wheat can with its assistance be produceu at a saving of ten cents a bushel. It drags the ploughs, tbe harrows, and tbe seed drill all together and it is likely to drive horses off the farm aa motor traction has driven them off the road, As a contemporary points ont, every horse tbat is dispensed with means an addition of five acres to the area of land available for growing food tor tbe people, and so the cost of living wlli~bir~ 'educed. Further than that it means adding to tbe attractiveness of rural life, or at any rate removing some of its disabilities, since it will liberate tbe women on the farm. Oil will do the work of men and horses, and there will be less toil for the women, who will be able to get away from home more frequently.

ONE of the chief benefits that will accrue from tbe rule of tbe new Ministry will be a restoration of public confidence! Tbe results of this will be infinitely better than the borrowing of many millions, because it will indnoe those who have capital to invest it in industrial and commercial enterprises. For years past, owing to a feeling of Insecurity and a fear of what might be coming next, these have been content to let their money lie In he Banks on fixed deposit It is recognised that this Ministry will not pander to any section or class, and tbat all its members are strong men imbued with aa earnest desire to promote the welfare of all the people and develop tbe natural resources and oapabllifies of New Zealand. Instead of the people being exploited by politicians for their own personal benefit, every man will have a fair chance.