STATE SOCIALISM IN NEW ZEALAND.
REV. JOSEPH COOK'S OPINION.
[Per Press Association.]
Sydney, This day.
The Rev. Joseph Cook, on being interviewed on his return from New Zealand, said he was much struck with the extent to which State socialism had gone in that colony. The working man was using his po'itical power to the utmost and not doing it a'together wisely. There appeared to bo 100 strong a disposition to rely on the Government for help which ought to be rendered by the individual, wbiih was having the effect of making capital scarce and driving it from the colony. It would require all the wise guidance of the best men of the colony if the resources of New Zealand are to bo properly developed, as there could be no doubt that capital was now injuriously cautious about launching into enterprise?. What the colony wants is population. It could stand twenty millions, yet the working man won't have any more if he can help if, He wants to put a poll tax on people urrivine instead of encouraging them to sottle on the land and develop its great resources.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THA18950813.2.16
Bibliographic details
Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVII, Issue 8200, 13 August 1895, Page 2
Word Count
189STATE SOCIALISM IN NEW ZEALAND. Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVII, Issue 8200, 13 August 1895, Page 2
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.