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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4845, 21 July 1884, Page 2

(To the Editor of the Erening Star.) Sib,—l dare say it .is exceedingly digagreeable for any public man to have his , sayings and doings sharply criticised,'bat if the individual, whoever he,may be, aspires to political honors, or advancement,; he will assuredly find the path to the "Benches" is rugged and thorny, and his opponents, especially a,t an election, will hare their say in spite^ of threats of civil actions, condign punishment, <fee. Mr Cadman's addresses to the eleotors (ai re* ported) hare the merit of conciseness,— the brevity of his explanation on important matters is remarkable—the reasons assigned for his voting, in many, cases unsatisfactory to a majority of the electors, and not always in accordance with the principles which should guide an " independent " member in the House. He ia "opposed to further borrowing," and his explanation is not that we should expect from one who had even superficially examined this important matter; So then, while in the South tbo railways and other great public works are nearly completed, we in the North are to remain satisfied with patches of railway here and, there, and the privilege of paying interest upon the 29 millions of loans, until Mr Cadman finds " the right class of people to pay for the advantages they derive from it:" Does he reduce the utility, of national works to snch a wretched status as this P All great public works add to a people's wealth and greatnes.B—all benefit from their construction, but no work ever completed under heaven, can, or will, confer equal benefits upon all men. The Government was responsible for that neat swindle—a double honorarium. l*3?hey should have passed^ bill to prevent it," »o bur candidate declares, but judging from .the way his party voted, so good a mea- ;'■ sure would not have reached its second reading. He voted consistently—no doubt about it, and so they all did—but if Sir George Grey and his followers had considered the exigencies rcf \ tho colony as paramount to thoir personal aid jealous antipathy to .the ministry and their indecrit haste to oust them by a catchvote; they would never have precipitated an' appeal to\thefc6unT try at the cost of a double honorarium. Every member whose name appears against the Government upon that block division list, deserves the reprobation of every true man in the colony. I congratulate Mr C. upon his modest expen* ' diture, he is unquestionably—perhaps he doesn't travel much in the County—the cheapest County Chairman in Her Majesty's dominions, and were it not for the liberal honorarium, he would most probably be just as cheap as a representative. He is rough upon the Hon. the Minister of Mines, but it is quite possible, this gentleman never saw a pickror a" would never enable him to compass the intricate mysteries of mining, but if our candidate, when travelling in his company shovel • in his life, and his bucolic talents, had persuaded him to take up' hit residence on the Thames ia search of knowledge, I dare bet considerable odds oar mine managers and brokers Would have considerably enlightened his be« nighted mind. I present this as a useful hint to our member. Then comes thi> wonderful^and mysterious "unearned increment/ and a land tax according to Mr C. would "get at it." Now thii confounded U.I. must be as slippery aa an eel, difficult to catch, and worse to hold. In proof, I ask how it could be " got a.t," if a man buys land cheaply, spends capital upon it (the value of the estate being increased by public works' expenditure and adjacent settlement) realises on sale to its full Value, and leaves the country! What becomes of the unearned increment in this case, and who should.be taxed for it? :; Here^tha unearned increment, whether accruing from' public works or private expenditure by others is'capitalised, and is included in .the price paid for; the estate. I hire already exceeded the limit of a newspaper .letter, but I ask the eleotors to consider if a candidate holding Bueh views is th* man we require.^l'a^^fce;,r X.