Bridlington and Quay Gazette. — 1885-04-04 (Bridlington, Humberside, England)

WHAT WE WANT.  We want the Game Laws doing away with, se as we may have no more " Driffield murders." The game to belong to the farmers who feed them, and all game preserving Landlords and Parsons removing from the Bench. A Liberal Candidate will to this. As the farmers say they eannot find work for us on the land above two or three days a week, at reductsl wages, we want an allotment of two acres of land, at farmer's rents (not El for an acre more) so as to obtain a living for ourselves and families, and to keep us above starvation and workhouse point; and the farmers dividing into leas compass, or work to be found for neon the land to the equal benefit of landlord, farmer, and consumer, as the land cannot thrive without labour and mutt deteriorate and go to ruin in consequence. Lord Carrington has made allotments of a tenth of an acre each out of 80 acres at the same rate the farmers pay, acd the result was last year that the profit on onstenth of an acre was £4, after rent and rates, or at the rate of £lO an acre. The farmer's profit on the whole acres of adjoining land was £7 an acre. On the whole 80 acres the profit on Allotment was £3200 On the farmer's 80 acres it was £560  Leaving a surplus on Allotment of Profit £2,640. So this points in favour of the smaller quantities of I Land, as Coo Farmer has not the Capital now to half-week the large lots of land they bold. And it shows if £2610 can be got out of 80 acres on this system, we shall want to buy less foreign food, and the question of the foreign, is settled, because IVO grow it ourselves and the money remains here. The Liberal Candidate will vote for this. No we must not vote Tory or Blue to tax our food and make no pay higher for it to enable Farmers to psy high rents. Rents must be reduced, for it is not likely Ifarmers can iiay the IMMO rents when corn is only 1303. or 355. a quarter as they could when it was 808. land 00e. a quarter. Lees rent must be paid for the ' raw material which produces it—that is the land— not clapping more on to the price of corn with one band and reducing wages on the ether—this is plc. ing us between hammer and anvil—and they are doing that now solar as shortening work and reducing wages is concerned, and impoverishing the land. But Lord Boaeonefield the great Tory Leader they are always so fond of naming—snuffed out the Doke of Richmond and Gordon in the House of Lords when he brought forward a motion for a duty on 00111—or "Fair Trade" as he called it. He told him sharply protection was dead and buried— so he shut up. And he also said another thing—The land had to bear 3 profits, viz., the Landlords, the Tenant, and the Labourer. Now look at this, the Landlords rents have gone up and the value of his land 360 millions since free trade—so he bas got a good slim. The Tenant Farmer through the effete of the Liberals have got the " Bares and Rabbits Bill," the " Agricultural Holdings Act," more compulsory if they sign it away it is not binding—but more foolish they to do it, as some have done ; and now they have gels reduction of rent. Well, what then? Well, we want to know now what the Labourer or " Working farmer" is to get whilst the other drinks about or is in bed? For we are starved from employment on the land except 2 or 3 days a week. We ask this question and demand Mt answer from him who wants oar vote at the election. Shoulder to shoulder we stand and demand au answer—and will have one at the poll—stand steady men, do your duty and vote for the Liberal Candidate. They mean business—they have got you the vote and want your help to not justice done you. To cam up, I must say to you I don't know how a Tory or Blue Candidate can fashion to ask you for the vote they have denied yea lhaving. Or how they CAP fore you with the question I if ter spending a whole Parliament to oppiise it tooth and nail—even with the 15 Parsons the St. Quintet's : and the DrilfieldVamekeepers to lielp them. I SDI, yours truly. A