PROBLEMS OF TO-DAY.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8076, 11 December 1906, Page 2

PROBLEMS OF TO-DAY.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—The ex-M.H.R., Mr T. E. Taylor, has treated your readers to a long rigmarole on the evils of land monopoly, and especially how it aifeots the South Island. He appears to evince a deep interest for every landless school child and every otaild who is too young yet to have commenced school, and states that his view may seem like socialism to some excited farmer. If Mr I'aylor ruled the couatry, he would allow the " excited" farmer andjhis Bons to settle only on leasehold land from the Crown, and would tell the average farmer it is no use going into hysterics over the question. This is the usual trash we excitad farmers get served up to us by the oity orank and reformer politician. I wonder does Mr I'aylor really mean what he sayi to ui Northerners in respect to land jobbery and the Sta'e, especially when it ia popularly understood in Christohurch that he mopped up a large piaoe of the Port Hills at a song, and then clapped on the price, and doled it out in small pieces at a high figure, thereby making thousands at the expense of other men's sweat. lam not going into hysterics at Mr Taylor's ability to make the other fellow swell his exchequer; it is what most money brained men are after, but what does excite me is ; How much sincerity is there in Mr Tommy Taylor's socialistic viows on the land question t— l am, etc., TAMAHEEE.