day night. Without th.it iwertiou, pei soiuilly made, we wight Inuequeatioped the accuracy of the statement. We feel a deli cacy in even hinting at tlic qualifications that are necessary to secure the admittance of a person into the brotherhood of liberal ism ; but one thing we always thought re quisite before anyone could lay claim to being able to pronounce the shibboleth that allowed him to cross the dividing plank, and that was that he must earn his living by other means than money-lending. What h the money-lender but a capitalist ? Is not Mr Rodgers a money-lender, or if he is not a money-lender has hi not the means of living outside the necessity of working for it ? If such is the case then on the moH hberaWle linition of the word Mr Rodgers ia a capital ist. We would not have referred to this bubject, only that at the meeting Mr Rodgers said the North Otago Times was the supporter of the squatter and capitalise. Mr Rodgers is not a squatter, at least we do not suspect him of following what in his eyes is a criminal occupation, but we be lieve we have proved that Mr Rodgers is a capitalist, and we emphatically object to even having it hinted at that we have sup ported Mr Rodgers in anything. If we are triends of the squatter, then we can only say that the squatter has ill requited us for ourdevotion to his interests. This, Mr Rod gers might s\y, is a failing of the class, and if he says so we will not dispute his asser tion. We however, object to the assertion that we hive Fuppoited the squatter or the capitalist— the latter the c!a-8 to which Mr Rodgers undoubtedly belongs — against the interests of others. Mr Rodgers, we hope, will recognise the distinction we have drawn for him between the Liberal and the capitalist, and if he wishes to be exact in the definition of the party to which he belongs he had better call himself a Liberal capitalist— verging on socialism— with an overpowering desire to reduce the rates of interest on loans first, and thereafter divide hid wealth with the poor. After he lms cairied out these penitential obligations lie can then count on a modicum of sympathy and sup port from the North Otago Times. 