THE LABOUR LAWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12254, 13 May 1903, Page 7

THE LABOUR LA WS.

To. the Editor. Sir, — Above the signature of "Radical 'Reformer^ Vcfu 'Had, 'to *my mind., a few 'warcls' of SvfsdtfmV -""M* 1 Seddon 'has' 'be'eix trying- v f6i r% in£tny years to adjust the burde^rs^of the; poor " jnan by labour laXirs/ bttVif we "fix : the price to be paid for labour,and don't ix the price of the product' of labour, we are jusfe wher4 ; \vef^statted,"'a*id^«ll must ■know ■ that'-t&-fix the latter- is • impossible. 'NoV we ! '<San- never -g-e-t justice from' labdur' laws, 5 -with 'prosperity to the people.' What then ?- Tax that which owes most to the State, i.e.,' land. 1 fsiiey'- I' hear 'someone* say, yes tax all sotirces ' oi- wealth, that grand "'mansion^^'^omeone has built near town. I say no, money has paid for labour .and. material, it owes nothing. .;to the ;. : State, . bu,t go . for a -land- tJax,- on tb^ unimj.pyoved.Maiue^'.anjl^oii. wi,H have mil,Uoaa of acres- of, .land in. the market, ail] .ready, ypaded, .instead of people going back, bajckj .back, and crying roads, roads," roads, with the country left" to pay for the roads, years before they • are' wanted.-' -" * All- rise in land values, tha^ &' man does not create himself either^' by improvements, or by money -speiit by ham on roads, etc.,: he should Mve'no legal right to; as he has no moral right- I. "am a farmer in every sensed of < the word, yet I will be glad .to \ : see the day come, when-nien won't buy ;land with the hopes L.of; seeing rat a large profit, but by industry.,. will 1 be able to make a profit without t selling. A Sydney man sold two cases of y peaches to a fruit vendor at 4/f> per case j ' before he left /the shop, "a^thircl'. party came in ami' bought the^^ase^ for "10/ yet the fruiterer.,, ouly. made a living. Mr jGroond Ren^ !had profit. If people will study tKe^ question' in light they, , will ;see' where" the leakage is. — I .am, &c., „ . , ". - J : ' '. ■J. 'C. BELL: * Urenui/'ftay^ 12th," 1903.