UNEMPLOYMENT.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 28, 2 February 1928, Page 6

UNEMPLOYMENT.

ARE WE "ROUND THE COMES-;

(To the Editor.)

• T? at . the spectre of unemployment i= a v m the Dominion to-dav • "'"•d the chairman of the Relief V w« t «hc„ the b„ ard record number of applications for reL^ 05 * mora serious still, almost a remrji - number of first relief case® When n!- 111 tte during the most prolific months o/hLT* 1 that is, summer, what of the -^ ear > not so far off? The Premier had h nity -with his strong backing °W*rtnthrough a policy of cheap nionev f pllt primary producer, incorporated with ° T land settlement policy that wouldhawT* 4 ished the spectre of unemployment' iJ u } h u ™° r; hut vou how ft® handled the matter. After spending or pounds on commissioners' penses abroad they produced the Rural rvJ?" j tlle ella «-tment in the face of need. They also brought into a enabling the Bank of New Zealand to J? long-term loans on lirst mortgage j like to see a return of this branch of the Wactivities, showing the number of loans eS number ot applications for loans value of the securities, and whether on lands or city securities. This return J?? prove the value of the measure and woffi least be illuminating If we believe that a provision oi easier finance and successful C! settlement, with its consequent increased wealth, is beyond the intelligence and orS sation oi the Coates Government, the sonnet we put them out of office the bettertime is ripe lor experiment, and the romW election provides the opportuniiv for regeneration of all our industries "on a hari' ot brains. A sound practical policv of W term finance for producers, together with ~ progressive land development scheme, is an.n ob h'\ b "'n it J " ee<l *; 8 which will drive torward to its attainment in spite of the opposition it is bound to encounter. The coming opportunity is shortly to be in our hands to put in a Government of virile, brainy Liberals, who will pledge themselves to such a policy of progress. We being told bv Ministers that "we are ronnfl the comer,' but do the reports of the chart table aid boards of the Dominion indicate a hopetul future and promise of occupation for the unemployed during the coming winter' No, nothing but cheap money and a progressive land development policy can do this; we also want emigration of industries from the Mother Country. The remedy will be in the hands of the electors shortly; will they fulfil the duty they owe to the State and themselves? JOHN DESMOND.