CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 292, 7 December 1920, Page 9

CONDENSED CORRESPONDENCE.

C. K. Shepherd, in the course of a letter in -which lie stresses the unfortunate position of the married man as compared with the single worker under the present higli cost r,f living says: —"There seems to be really no one to protect the public, particularly those of small means. Even the heads of Labour nn'ona, acting, no doubt, with the licet intentions, have always taken the line of least resietauce, by demanding, in cases of hardship, a higiher rate of wage*, which, in sound economy, is no Telief a± all, for the burden must come back upon the poor man. The cost of living is the kernel of the whole, position, a point fully realised by the British workman of former times, when he strongly opposed every suggestion of protection which would add to the cost erf living. Modern developments huve modified some of these views, but in our case it may truthfully be said, that national success, whether on the farm or in the factory, can only be attained iby ample and cheap production by us all. and thie, in its turn is dependent upon obtaining good livirg at a comparatively low cost."