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Southland Times, Issue 8079, 6 August 1885, Page 4

*ke i»jslit Sorifc of Physic. (To the Editor of The North Otago Times.) "What drop or nostrum can this plagne f remove." — Popb _ ' a Slß,—Now that it is evident to the veriest c unbelievers that the Financial Idol is an iui- c posture, and that no legerdemain at accounts, s or plausibility of explanation can make two and two five, or drive away, as by magic, a 1 depression arising from many unavoidable t causesysuch as the low price of produce, but ( intensified tenfold one may say by the reckless, guilty doings of persons to whom the , New Zealand people in their innocence gave , full confidence in former years, it behoves the people themselves, the euffarerß, to look , around, and thrusting away with contempt . the nostrums of tbe quacks who have been , dosing and bleeding them to see whether j they cannot devise methods by which this naturally great colony can be brought to 1 prosperity, or at all events to content. i The grain business is a failure, and { although there may be a reduction in the j immenee growths of other counlires, and prices come back to a paying basis', all is un- t certain, added to which, is the knowledge, ] that the seasons have played havoc with the t reputation of our grain besides entailing ( immense losses. mr n another way the wool business, although not subjet to those special t rißks, has not been tbe Golden Fleece it was ( in former years. 'Again, the frozen meat ex- c port earned on, all must admit, wilu mar- f vellous enterprise, feeing and endeavouring . to overcome all the difficulties of anew departure in science, and the hard battle of making a market, may not yet be termed a thorough success, if what we read is true, as I to the returns upon some shipments. Let ns be thankful for Bmall mercies, and ask tbe question— What in the name of fate would have been the sheep outlook had the new trade not opened 1 The butter, cheese, ham, bacon, and some North Island exports have probably been the oaly really satisfactory Bhipmen's. That is the portion, and in tbe j face of it, a long twelvemonths to scheme the plan of the remedy which wbs to drive r away all our griefs, results in what ? The • most elaborate system of taxation that even a French or Spanish government could devise, and more borrowing. And to think that such a man as Bobert Stout has allowed himself to be bracketrd with the designer of ( tbis scheme, and that he, the apostle of pro- j grpss, will be banded down to posterity in connection with tbis ignominious failure. " Think how posterity will treat thy name." The Vogellian physic will not net. That is indisputable, and no one who quietly thought expected any other result. But like other quacks he is ready with the alternative, j •' We must chance the medicine " Kill or cure, the disease is making steady inroads, ( desperation sc'z-e the prescriber, he will venture all, and, if allowed will give the , poor bediiddea patient a dose that will do one or the other. If the one, the post mortem tnust be smothered, if the other, why a new reign of prestige and power. But the position is such that the lisk must be faced, That is a pretty fix for thp, by the goodness of Piovidence, rich land of New Zealand to be placed in. Suppose the people, easting aside all this i dsceit and chicanery ( go back as it were to nature. Suppose they make a stern resolve to economise. Imagiae them binding them* B Ives Lr a year or two to work out their o^n. salvation. First of all, we will siy. insbt on making a < reduction of 26 per cent, in the Goveraor's j salary, etc., following that up by the same £ reduction ia all the high office-holders, not because it is desirable tut necessary. Bring f down the honorarium of ruembere one hair', \ and also Legislative Counciilor?i So to gay, codify offices, and make oftbials who in £ many cases are not half employed do other departmental work. Do the same with Municipal Councils, Road Boards and other Such departments, thus making fe.Yeruftv-nah an I the work just as well done, by combining suburb? and oiher neighbouring beards, or whatever they may be termed. These are radical doctrines. Beyond all tte j e, carried out in detail throusih^ut every office in the Colony, the public would have to go. And however unpleasant it may seem, the thing will have to be done, for the country ■will go to ruin if economy is not affected iv time. Having disposed of officialism, let us tackle ouraelvep. Have we not been too i extravagant 1 " We will bave lo go back to homespun, A great deal ia Bairi and written ebjut prot«cti.nto homo iudustrie?, and their encouragement. How many of tbese prominent and noisy agitators carry out their r doctrines? Do they v c horns grown t material) if for a trifle leas they can get g o.her? Do they invariably use home made t rnateiial for clothing, t weeds, blanket*, t fhnnele, eerges t to=fW Do iheir fanrlies c wcfsr horse rai'Je boo's nnd thoes and clippers ? Dj not numbers of ;heru who caa afford it, specially S' tid to Europe for riothes, F dre-8 r 8, bojtsaad many other neccs-aries and \ 1 xu:i s ? t .-vndiovr for honespiuii Suppose that bfiopip deeded upon using for a time noihbg but locally grown aud raanufaciiir^i Roolirns a an-J clothing 1 Imagine them weaiiag 0 nothing but c Socially aa^e bocia and sbo-.s / 1 Fancy them invariably Ciiling for Coionisi wins* end beeiß; ihtok of them leaving J ineir palates wuhoul piqu.nt imported ' sauces, brautifully i&bclle 1 tin?, of fruit and t &\b, and other dtlic.cies, au'i doing good to all fcroucd ih:ra by conUUtirg lhsrn?elv&g c io: a sca3on with bcaiiy grow a a-ticics ; and t fmther, carry this out to lbs ecd, in every £ line, and imagine ihe great statesman and I pauiot, out ot affection for the land bs loved c 20 weilj setting the tiitnpk-, and at bis mst l gorg ou; bnnquet, loading hN tabl* with c colonial r&bbit, WaaganuL wine, dtliciou* pot c i barracouta or grower, Mar<aau ana J3oj:elamVd or Mauici Joel's D: me brewed, j luscious prescind beetroot, and all the other { inexhaustible productions of (ho c-antry r which come so Riibly at times 10 his innzue. c Ye*. " Let's humbly live on r a bb t3 and on fcO'S." Aye inrgine it I But y v will rot sre l it. And yet in this apparently ril;culous | and cxTsr^erated sketch, n the gjrra of tbe only safely f r New Zealaud. f'fti ialisu * wou'd oppose it importers would scout the a idea, Bofigoo'Jsmen be iv arm?. Cut before necessity, "neceniry whi. h knows vo law," tbny would ba~e '0 stand asid-j. Tlcre ;-re 1 orficles in cons'aat u=e that cannot bo pro- 3 duced bc7c, t < s anvev^e, and others that will I not be for yearp, nU 1-avirg n Inrjic margin 8 to ibe irnporte", b;t tbe m'cr/9~nr;»-5 of life, r speaking brofdly, caa Jarj-eiy ba locally j grown and mini'/a 'lured. Thus, vri h;nt 'be innumerable argument a Of }'r»lccii-jn ami K.-eelraiU:, without bribery, c bocu c-, tshiVv'i'n quackeries, and vague oiifi roiten schema • f n» re railways that j Cfi&Dor pny, r.ud s^itdi Sea Island visions of do:i>>!?u r.a'i-firMn. -md loana oaly for " re- * untica ire \v,h ie work"," the public them- , • eelre*, casiifiL- a-st;!" Vjgel and quackery, have it in their own handa greatly to alleviate the depression, and be the means of establishing industries of every sort, which would give j local employment on every side, open a career ( for the yoncg people, keep money in circula- I tion, and, I truly believe, be the saving of the C country. Now, where a r e tho patriotic men who will commence the crusade against salaries iv high places, unnecessary officialism, and patronise horoe.°pun, aod war to the kaife against x political schemers ? One word more, although probably jou will gay this is quite long £ enough, anent the cheap money question. Is there m middle courae batween the present I fcyitem of extortion through middlem n and I lawyers and Vogel's unappreciated nostrum ? It seems to me, but bardhß:ded practical * jnen may solve trie problem, that there is a T means of bringing tbe borrowing landholders ; In the colony in direct commurication with j the lender in Britain. Sarely title deeds to j land properly certified by the Bepristration ( Department and attestations of value, with covenants as to parmpnt of interest, if neces- ( earr, in Britain, shouli be a thing of gome ( Bubstance to the private investor, when we C - find them so ready to launch out on every fii<i c £ anl ia every enterprise. The books tell ns *■> how many of the mortgages are really tbe t property of small capitalists, clergymen, and -^ others there, but all pas in? through tbe hands j of the middleman. Bring them into con- s tact— " Between excess and famine lies a I mean." Quarter Century, I

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