OUR NATIONAL WASTE.

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

OUR NATIONAL WASTE.

If we look on our country's business as a big departmental concern we find that the fundamental principles which are essential to success are ignored. A large proportion of the population that should be employed to the advantage of the State are without work and are living at the expense of their savings or oa charity. The building of ornate bufldinjs in the cities does not add to our wealth; it just proves that certain keen business men have been and are .-till bein<r overpaid for any service they render the State. It is time to take stock and ascertain whether the services given justify the outlay. A better means to absorb the unemployed i- to prosecute such works as will reduce the cost of distribution, such as the Waiuku. Whau or Tamaki canals. The bulk of the money required for the construction would remain in circulation here and all these people would be adding io the national wealth by providing facilities that must come sooner <>r later. The dairy farmer is advised to te>t and cull hi- herd, and he is entitled to a.-k and demand that each Department in our national concern he tested and cuiled and that tho-c retained prove thai they are earning their pay. ECONOMY