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of the various political parties in the House of Commons — 

 those necessary measures of reform in many parts of our iiscal 

 system which they really must have befoi'e they can be said to 

 ])ossess the same reasonable chance of making the most of their 

 agricultural and manufacturing industries as is enjoyed by the 

 peoples of all the other great civilised States. 



They, moreover, realise at last tliat unless such fiscal and 

 other reforms as may l)e necessary in their interests are intro- 

 duced, and introduced at once, the chance of being able to 

 compete with their foreign rivals with any probability of success 

 becomes manifestly hopeless. 



The question for the electorate, then, is liow tliis suicidal 

 party system of internecine strife is to be curbed and kept 

 in check. 



The Principle admitted, but its Abuses deplored 



The essential principle of party politics is admitted, and it 

 is questionable if a saner system could be devised. 



Tlie abuses which surround the system are as apparent as 

 the stars on a clear night. 



These abuses can best be overcome by precisely the same 

 process which removes most foul things in this world, 

 namely, by the simple yet perfectly remedial process of rccog- 

 •iiUloii ami realisation. Recognise the evil in the first place 

 and then bring yourself into a complete realisation of what 

 it means to you and yours, and the evil, whatever it may be, 

 will soon disappear. A foul, festering mass of rubbish iu your 

 back yard, so long as it remains unrecognised as an evil, is 

 ignored ; but if it be complained of as a nuisance by your 

 neighbours and you find it is causing sickness to the members 

 of your own family, you at once enter into a recognition and 

 realisation of wliat it means to you and yours, and — the rest 

 follows as a matter of course. 



Let the body politic, and particularly the body electorate, 

 enter into a complete recognition and realisation of wliat this 

 insane party strife means to them and theirs, and something 

 will soon result. 



This pernicious system of party strife has dipped deep down 

 into the pockets of tlie people and placed in deadly peril their 

 best interests, and it is time they took overt action to protect 

 that which remains to them and to restore that which has 

 been lost. 



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