People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-06-28
Denver Daily News, June Is, 1904.

Denver Daily News, June Is, 1894.
Mr.. ]. Jay, a leading railroad build
er Of New Zealand and citizen OF
that far off country for twenty years
past, is a guest at the Palace. The
visitor is accompanied by his wife
and is on his way home after a trip
among the scenes Of his childhood in
England.
Mr.. Jay is a gentleman Of marked
intelligence and culture and is thor
oughly informed upon the remark
able governmental experiments which
have been in progress in New Zeal
and for more than a generation.
Although man Of means and a large
employer of men, he is in hearty SYM
pathy with many Of the reforms that
have been brought about in New
Zealand.
"While New Zealand may not have
a model government" said he to a
News reporter, yesterday, ut is per-
haps true that the government ap-
prOaches nearer perfection than any
other on the globe. speak of it as
viewed from the standpoint OF the
great body of the people. The gov
ernment practically owns all the
land, owns the railroads, telegraph
and telephones lines and is working
right along in the direction aimed at
by the POpulist party in the United
States. We have universal suffrage,
the women having secured the privi'
lege of franchise last August. ThOy
participated in the elections last No
vember. We have a magnificent free
public school system, modelled some
what after that of the United States
but so arranged that pupils showing
aptitude in their studies may take the
entire course of the colleges without
cost to their parents"
"HOw do the government railways
please the peOple?:"
"The government ownership o.
railways is an established principl,
which will stand in New Zealand for
ever. Government railways, as man
aged and operated by the laws of New
Zealand, are vast blessing and Civ
| benefits in many directions that cOult
! not be secured otherwise. The SyS
TEN is under the charge OF board 0
three commissioners, who have pOwe
to establish fair rates for ditferen
districts and thus give the farmer tn
: advantage of low rates to the coast
1t is true that private lines are built
but they are absorbed by the govern
! ment at such time as its finance
will admit. l am now engaged /
' constructing a private line acrOS
Middle Island, connecting the cOS
4 fields with a market more than 10
4 miles away. The money for the rOa
d was raised with the understandin
that the government would take TIL
e road at fair valuation in the earl
future
q Speaking at length upon the pr
jected railway, Nj. Jay said the col
struction would require fOrty-tiN
= tunnels and a seven per cent graC
across the mountains in the interiC
! of the island. The heavy grade is
u u be overcome by a rack system, en-
= ploying a third rail. The road wi
} cost 100000.
4 LABOR is WELL PAID.
:. "DO you have tramps in New Zea
a and?n was asked.
"Yes, we have worthless men wi
are known as trampS, but there is
excuse for their existence in such
:. country.
Is "ThoSe fellows make the tour
E. the islands about once a year, as
h requires a year to complete the G
,r cult. The wOrkingman is better {
:. in New Zealand than anywhere ell
3 in the world. | notice you pay ra
rad construction men $3.50 per day
the west. l am in the habit of pa
D. ing $3.50 and never less than 81. Al
n man who does an honest days wo
,e can be sure of 81 80. As the cost
- living is much cheaper than
le America, it can be readily seen til
al New Zealand is sort OF wOrkir
le mans paradise. OF course labor
quiriDg skill draws a higher rate
pay than that involving only the l
=. Of the pick and shovel. | should
u innate that labor is paid fifty 7
la rent J. cher in New Zeaaa1 THAI