Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-08-21
CRIME IN new ZEALAND
"We Aim to Bury Murderers in
About Two Weeks" Says Editor.
Suffrage No observation-disclosures Have
Never Intcrfcrcd, He Says. with
Governmental Qucstions--UeIp
Solve Liquor Question.

r G. Russell. cditor-in-chiof of the
Mercantile Gazette of New Zealand, a
harristcr and one of the best authori-
! ties on local matters in that common
wealth, has arrived at New York in
the course of a tour, in which ne will
20 round the globe in anything but a
direct line. Mr.. Russell is studying
the operation of government in British
crown colonies. and comparing it with
that in autonomous dependencies of the
British empire.
His route led him first to Java, because,
as he said, the socialists of New Zealand
were clamoring that If they could only
get rid of the capitalist and landowner
there would be no problems for the coun-
try to face AS there are no capitalists
in Java, MIR Russell went there to see
how things moved, and as a result Of a
trip through the island, he was of the
| same opinion as when he loft home.
Next he took in the straits settlements,
Ceylon. India, HonEkonE. and Shanghai,
and then after visit to Japan, crossed
to Nladvostock, and journoyed to ST.
| Petersburg by the trans-Sberan rail-
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It or the blame for so many new things
in the way of legislation and social re-
form, that a Times reporter took advan-
Itagc Of the opportunity to ask for first
/ hand information from such an authority
as Mr. Russell Labor womans suffrage
and the punishment of crime are the
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NEW ZEALAND NO EXPERIMENT.
When these w.ro ,nontiorod IN Nv
Russeu bo enid no uor+od 10 ,o1,o ov
Icention to cha bo,ios ,,.t,iob ~, toa co,,,,l
prevalent wherever he had Travelled, that
| New Zealand is the home OF lcgislatiyo
experiment and the exclusive property
iof the socialist and the working man.
This is not true" said Mr. Russell
ours is not a government by socialists,
or even by workingmen. our farmers are
prosperous, our manufacturers supply us
with a great deal of what we need for
our own CONSUMPTION, and we are send
ing out every blessed thing we can tc
sell to the old country.
TT is quite true that the labor element
is in strong evidence and that our gov
eminent was largely occupied for some
years in getting a grasp on labor prob
lens. However. by forming our arhitra-
ton court. presided over bv a iudpn of
the supreme court and two assessors. one
representing the EMPLOYERS. tho other the
trades unions, we made a beginning of
the solution As soon as the court was
formed everybody who was doing manual
work of any kind FASTENED to form
unions and register them What happen
ed later may he of interest in view of
,he ld'' as UNDERSTAND IT, that you
hitration of disputes between labor and
capital
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court and tho iudpes NAM. u,iors CON.
celed their roglstrat,ons ca that rho,
Icould strike ,vitbo,t bein, uabla IN NO,
Ialties under the act becauea tho latta,
AFFECTED only those people who wore reg.
lstcred under it,
AS result, labor in New Zealand IS
split into two classes. the one, composed
mainly of the older men, believing ir
registration under the arbitration act
ana being willing to obey the law and
the other the militant folk who seeded
from the act, ana who believe in the
HHe-hohored method of striking.
GOOD FACTORY CONDITrO%S
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best that ca, he provided and ,h,auo,
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meals I'm a factory building
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