CORRESPONDENCE. WON’T BE TOLD

West Coast Times, 7 September 1915, Page 4

CORRESPONDENCE.

WON’T BE TOLD

, (To Editor, West Coast Times.) Sir, —It is truly astounding what a large number of people there are that will not be told of wrong they are doing, to their own injury. Doubtless such has been the case for aii time. The present age may not he worse than in tin* past. I admit that ail men do wrong now and again ; it is not the little ills that are referred to hut rather the wilful deliberate deeds of injury to our .fellows, that are committed by men of first class ability, who secretly scorn the idea of uprightness, yet openly pretend to be public benefactors. Directly this class of person pereceeives that one of their fellow men discovers their infamy and gives them due warning or even evinces a disinclination to be above comparison, they take a set against him, merely because they fear he may let the cat out of the tag, yet he may not. Doubtless there are some thtit would be apt to say, name. To such I say, if the cap lits you may wear it. 1 have no desire to insinuate who are the guilty; my object is to get those that follow the course indicated to put their efforts in a right direction, and if they like, he selfish, hut do not injure their fellow citizens. ■ The men I refer to are certainly the most energetic and frequently efficient and capable in all they took in hand, but sad to say, they go on the wrong course, waste their energies to injure others.

occasionally meet with success, hut after a course of time they i-omo to grief and meet with a sad fate. I have had fifty years of labour in my lifetime, and have no hesitation in stating that, given health and strength and sufficient ennnnnnsense, any mail ■or wiir an can make a good, success el life by 'always living honestly and uprightly among their fellows. 1 have known the time 1 only received 30s per month, have seen the shady side of life in most countries and certainly feel post five that if a man desires to get on in the world he need not injure others.

Had I boon one to make all I could I might have been a hundredfold better oft' than I am to-day. but I have always been satisfied to do the right and avoid letting my expenditure exceed my income no matter how small my wages might be. Never in all my life did I knowingly injuri a. fellowbeing unless in self-defence. There is scope for all to be just. I am, etc.,—

C. HEATON PARK. Hokitika, 7th. September, 1915