The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-19

family that dates it's line back to Ply
 mouth Rock. Ii has never been known
 to do anything It will stand for days
 without moving at all, and one may
 find upon investigation a place in the
 top of the creatures head where third
 eye used to be, and which has disap-
 peared, because, like many people, the
 bird probably found that there was
 nothing for it to look up for. The is-
 lands also have a species of caterpillar
 which grows, blossoms and goes to seed.
 New Zealand is an efflorescent democ-
 rarcy. The native inhabitants, known
 as the Maori, are social part of the
 country, the strongest and best-gifted of
 all aborigines. When the Maori first
 came to the island they were without
 food, except their predecessors, as there
 was no vegetation or game to speak of They have great strength of mind, as IS
 shown in @ saying familiar among the
 people as having originated among the aborigines regarding the missionaries.
 They say the missionaries taught us to
 pray to God, and while our eyes were
 lifted in worship they stile the land
 from under our feet. If war party
 comes upon an enemy and finds them in
 want, reduced and weak from lack of
 food, good supply of rich nourshing l food will be doled out to the sufferers This is done inMt the first place because
 they like a good fight, and they want an enemy that can put up good resist ance and in the second place they want
 the victims to rest we'll on the conquer orS stomac1s. The white man has
 made terms with the natives of New
 Zealand, very different than he has
 made with the less hardy races with
 whom he has come in contract. The
 white man. under his leaders such as
 Sir Francis Drake, Cecil Rhodes and
 William McWilliam the Conqueror, has
 taken many unfair advantages The same human nature that will impose on
 weaker brother has in New Zealand made the native a voter and his squaW also voter There the Maori hold land, are sent to parliament, four now having
 seats in that body. and one has just
 been made a minister and sits beside the premier.
 The English population Is of the pur- est Anglo-Saxon blend in the world. It
 is predominatingly English, with some Scotch, and there are almost no foreign
 strains. New Zealand is in fact, new est England. New Zealand was not set tied by patriots in exile, nor by reli gious enthusiasts, nor adVenturers, but by sound middle-class countrymen, seeking to better their condition. This people of merely the ordinary stock has produced a civilization which is far from merely material, and is of the best that can be found. It was no Utopia, and 1t developed all the evils of civiiza- tion early. Land monopoly developed in New Zealand to worse stage than in any other place The land was bought up in vast areas. and soon came to be held almost entirely by absentee corporations, the managers of which were far removed from the people and from the interests of their tenants The money monopoly was also a glaring evil. The financial affairs of the coun- trry soon passed into the hands of mort gage companies, who were in entire control This was followed by the polt- teal monopoly which was formed by the men in control in the other monopolies, in order to protect their own interests. The results of these tendencies were grievous, and the centers of population soon became filled with the unemployed, Distress was general bankruptcy was common, and the population actually began to decrease. as emigration was constantly woing on
 The great strike of 1890 was the begin ming of the change. This was a strike among the men employed about the wharves in the seaports, and was bitter ly fought. It resulted in the defeat of the strikers. This defeat, however, and the panic which followed resulted in q revival of democracy and a great wave of reform. A new party was organized which at once entered upon a series of reforms which are characterized as the greatest in the period. This movement has been characterized as substitute for the French revolution. The deter mination to break up old things and put the best of the democratic machinery into action made great changes for the best The people of New Zealand did not follow the old adage of taking one step at a time, but took great many steps at the same time.
 Taxation was the first weapon they took in their hands to fight their oppo- IltHlS.A IHcy illlGDuuCeu lue system DL land and income taxation, which took the taxes off from commodities and put | it upon the land. The progressive scale was adopted, the recipient of a small in come being exempted. That is the key note of their policy. All public works | that could be so managed were taken from the contractors and put into the | hands of government officials. This in | cluded the building of railroads, post offices and all public buildings Laws | were passed to make the government | the sole landholder In New Zealand. [ The people remembered that the condi- tions of land monopoly had brought on | the trouble and while the policy of free holding the lands is encouraged, the | ownership by the government was made q first step to changing the past condi- tOn of things. They began by buying large tracts of land where it was possi- ble, and where this could not be done the land was condemned. This was the [ first step toward putting the people back on their foundation. The matter of public works and the settlement of the people in different parts of the country have also been successfully managed by the government. The railroads were hen in the hands of a non- political com but the people took this matter hny ,f ,Ie,r.;.