Land Owners.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2093, 18 July 1887, Page 2

Land Owners.

To the Editor oj the Standard. Sib,— Why is Mr Bunny no aver** to lay land owners f Does he not remember tna time when he was in the same ship re» what is the reason be eeaeed to be to•"* position f Is it because be thought pounce would pay him better than land f Or was » though bad generalship that he let it rttp through hie fingers f Or did he sell » na* cause he thought it wrong to bold eo muon r There is no doubt the former has P»J? well. Mr Bunny is s very clever poh“ c '*“ and an able speaker - there is not the slightest doubt about that, and he baa got up awy interesting policy ; one no donbt expected to win a large number of vote* of the working class. But Mr Bunny mutt look further ahead in hie land scheme. It i* useless w aay the country can prosper with all smelt hiding. We must have capitalists in me country as well as working men, and capitalists won’t come into the country to eettle on ■mall blocks »f land. Take Maurieeville example; what can a number of pe'jpl® 01 that class do together. The one can’t 0»e the other employment; the consequence in they are all dependent on the Government local bodies for employment to enable them to improve their plaees, and when that in done they can’t make a living off them without depending on something also outside. No, Mr Bonny, the large landowner, in • benefit to the small holders in more than one way. In the first piece they give employment to the email bolder and they are a MtW for the email holders' surplus stock m toe shape of store cattle and sheep, majority of small farmer* have net room, nor ate they in a position to their own stock. Therefore I eontend ton large holder* are a benefit to the country n properly distributed. What the Government should be osretul to do, is to lay off goo« agricultural land in small section* and rough pastoral land in larger holding*. One pee* drawback to the country is the Urge bloeki of land held under Maori lease *t a very email isutal, and in most oases making very little improvements and employing very lutu labor. Mr Bonny makes some herd knocks at Mr Buchanan, lor being a Urge land owner; hie argument U ench that people era made rich at the expense ol the country. I say Mr Bunny had the same chans* end better. If Mr Buchanan or any other gentleman cornea Into the country with a very limited amonnt of eapiUl and secures a goad property and works hsrd himself and employs a lot of labor in improving it, >t become* valuable and that gentleman gets in an inde* pendent position. I say it is to hi* credit and he U a deserving man. I aay return the man to Parliament who has proved himself to be a good manager in preference to on# who has not. Mr Buchanan lor years has forwarded the interests ol the district has always been at the head of all local mat* ten and has proved himself to be a faithful servant in Parliament. Apologising Mi Editor for trespassing so much on your valuable space and thanking you at the aame time for the priviledge. I am, do., Shill Holms.