MR HOLMAN AND THE RED FEDS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume 1, Issue 14, 21 February 1914, Page 6 (Supplement)

MR HOLMAN AND THE RED FEDS.

To the Mitbr of THE StJN. Sir,—The visit of Mr Hobnail, I.W ; Labour Premier of New South Wales,/ to New Zealand, and the iuiervunv pub-1 lished in your papot yesterday is of; interest, to every ■warmer. . Ma?;jr of us for years have 1 alien'." a Jioea interest in improving our position, but have fell very mixed during the last twelve months. When Processor Mills and others started the United Labour P.iriy it looked a.s if.at Inst.oi:r scattered forces wore C'.-mbininy and better times v. r ere in store The Unior.. •■ however, last your left most o* vs with a'very sick ■feeling, and whether rightly or not v;e considered the American Professor had betrayed us. > * Events, have moved very rapidly since that,-and. now the Federation of Labour and Social Democratic Party openly 'state their object is to abolish, the, wage system, nnd 'turn-us into a" purely socialistic' State. ■ ;

most, of us "who are in constant employment and have managed to buy our, owv little homes, are >nOt prepared to■ ror. the risks that many of our mates who fire single and have few responsi-bilities-arc prepared to, and i;hc timely words of Mr Holman sheufd- be carefully weighed by. all the men who live by toi.. Evidently he knows t,he men personally who have come from Australia and have " rushed into the late ruinous strike, because he says they had to hunt them out of Australia, and now they arc" here leading us into trouble. No.w, .what- I want— to~kjibW is can't something be done to get the Social Democrats to renounce their socialistic ideas and their general' strike methods, and let usi meet in harmony and follow in ? the footsteps of . the Australian Labour Party. • .. If this-is not done, lam certain that many workers who* have saved a lot of money or got a section of land or a home, and a big percentage have, will vote for the Massey Government next election rather than vote for the Bed Feds. or..Social Democrats.-r-rYours, -etc:, ' ' '• WORKER.