BY J. B. HENDERSON, F.I.C. Xxi. 



cost than they had previously been paying for the filthy 

 death-dealing article. 



What is the moral condition of a community whic-h, 

 with such absolutely convincing evidence 'before it as 'to 

 the possibility of protecting these innocent lives, alloAvs 

 them to be slain by the hundred year after year ? Herod 

 had some excuse, if no reason, for his " Massacre of the 

 Innocents," who could not have numbered so very many 

 in the small village of Bethlehem; he thought his "throne 

 and life were in danger. We certainly ha Ve neither excuse 

 nor reason for killing a far greater number every ^i^ear iii 

 Brisbane. 



And now having rather hastily run over a few of the 

 more obvious sources of national wast'e, let me say that 

 the way out in nearly every instance lies in bringing men 

 who have been properly educated, to deal with the problems 

 to be attacked. For attacking each separate- problem,, 

 education, along specialised lines, is essential for the best, 

 results. For some of the problems, the material solution 

 has already been shown in other lands; the only difficulty 

 is in educating our community to take the necessary action. 

 In the cases of other problems, more knowledge is required, 

 and I trust that not one of the least,- honourable tasks 

 undertaken by the young graduates of our, new University, 

 will be the solution of problems such as these. 



I have said nothing of the present wasteful . methods 

 of the system of party politics by which w^e are governed. 

 It has been many times pointed out that no sane buvsiness 

 man would ever attempt to conduct his private business, 

 along the lines now used for doing. the national business.' 

 The methods of election, the franchise used, the choosing 

 of the ministry, the giving of the ministry legislative con- 

 trol, the methods in use while legislating— in fact the whole 

 '' party " system, requires to be put back into the crucible 

 and remelted. The greater proportion will be found waste 

 material, and a committee of capable business experts, 

 not men who give too much weight to precedent, should 

 ^ take the resultant pure metal in hand, and from it con- 

 struct a system by which the business of the country could 

 be conducted in a more ^ane manner than it is at present. 

 Every politician who has wTitten on the matter, has 

 deplored the waste of time and energy which the present 



