The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-01-03
LABOR IS KING
Rlle Of The Wuriillnan II The
Biz Colonies.
EVERYTHING As Ne WANTS n
How the Great Power In His Hands
is Used-Takes-ssnse OF
Responsibility.
tMontreal witness).

hours, plays eight hours, sleeps eight
hours In the diurnal course. 1t has Its
own house and garden. 1t wears good
clothes. IL has always money in its
pockets. Ii makes its impress upon
the legislation Of great country.
Power is rarely exerted with wis
dom; even in Australia, despite condi-
tons which appear to the outsider TO
be idyllic, there is a fly in the amber.
Labor is tyrannical. 1t refuses ini-
tiative to the individual. II will not
allow a man to work when he wants
to. 1t makes 1t unlawful to do any
thing after the stroke of the clock. 1t
reduces life to a mechanical routine.
And 1t delights to harass capital.
This is according to the testimony
of Mr.. J. N. S. Austen, an Australian
of leisure, who. with Mrs. Austen, Is
at present making a tour around the
world. Mr.. Austen had been TO Japan,
China and India and came across the
continent to Montreal.
Triumphant labor has changed the
face Of things in Australia" MIR. Aus
ten remarked. 1T is dominant In all
our legislatures, and the laws II makes
annoy and injure capital. 1t taxes in
dustries to such an extent as to make
them Improbable. IL claps a heavy
income tax upon the man who Is max
,na a . Tor I'm az.
year; 1t allows the man who makes
one hundred and fifty pounds to go
free. 1t singles out corporations which
have invested their money in the coun-
try, and SO harnesses them that 1t has
come to this that many Of the great
industries are leaving the country.
Men of means are selling out and re-
investing their capital in England.
lis there not sense enough to per-
ceive that this Is killing the goose
that lays the golden egg?
1.-The more prominent in the labor
party are beginning to see this. but the
mass, conscious Of power, desire to
make that power felt, even IL 1t result
in their own ultimate injury. We had
the era in Australia, when We returned
men to parliament for the honor of the
thing. Now we have the system Of
payment Of members, OF which the lab
or party takes advantage. Men are
elected who are pledged to measures,
which, while they consolidate the in
terest and the power of the labor vote,
are inimical to the general welfare Of
the country"
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leave of work in afternoons, and fines
him who would dare to live his life
as he pleases. 1t says to the store
keeper that he must close his shop at
certain time. 1t does not matter that
the public are disappointed in their
wants. Labor Is king. and rules with
the consciousness Of plenary power.
Mr.. Austen says that the great fede-
ration scheme has been largely blocked
by the attitude OF the labor party. A
feature Of that scheme Is the reduc-
ton Of the several legislatures and
ministries, and the labor party, dread
ing the loss Of power and emolument,
has opposed the work. 1t wants to
send its usual number OF men to the
halls Of egislation,-men who are TAX
en- from the ranks OF labor, and who
arc pdiu az the Idlt three
pounds per annum. Each OF the Ave
. legislatures would, under the fedora
ton scheme, he reduced to the level of
finance committees, practically-an
idea which the Thoughtful people favor,
making for great economy, which
the labor party does not desire.
Mr. Austen thinks, however that
despite the attitude of the labor party
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which have blocked the scheme, the
federation idea will be realized, and
that in the near future. New South
Wales, through the vacillation OF the
premier, the Hon. Mr. Reid, whom the
papers have satirized as the 'Yes-No
man. gave an indeterminate vote
which will be reversed before long.
Another thing about New South Wales,
according to Mr.. Austen, 1t is free
trade, and therefore prosperous "rhere
was the feeling that in joining fedora
ton, New South Wales was in the
position OF a rich man who puts his
capital into poor concern. She felt
that she was giving more than she was
likely to get"
Mr.. Austen described the character
or the Chinese walls which the vari-
Gus colonies have erected against one
another 1t Is laughable. 1t Is child
Ism IL Is, as the work of sane men,
inexpressibly absurd
You would suppose that the five colo
mes were inhabited by diverse popula-
tons, or different speech and ideal
each colony determined to keep to it.
SELL ana refusing to so much as glance
over It's high wall to see whether its
nelghbor is suffering or enjoying.
Notifications have been proposed as
a basis or federation, as you know"
Mr., Austen remarked. This would
result In a general reduction of the
protectionist tariffs. Canada has been
looked to as a model.
Another stupid thing, according to
Mr.. Austen, Is the tax OF one hundred
pounds upon every Oriental entering
the country. "The interior of Austra,
liza is trOpical and cannot no 6ovoI...