THE MONETARY ISSUE.
It is doubtful if the electorate "realise? j what issue is at stake. It is being asked to give to a political party a monopoly of crwui.. We have had political railways, roads, tunn».and buildings, but these fade into ntfHSj cancc if monev itself, or the giving,of ciea thereof, becomes a bait and a reward. «-» nonsense to say the nation should have i«» rights to credit: A political party is not nation: it is a collection of men whose nu lihood is politics, or, at best, a representation of a section onlv of the people. The audac»»» appeal for votes on the programme ot com plote control of money cannot suCfeeett , people grasp its implications. As an acadenw ; subject'it is amusing to debate, but as pracu cal politics, if wo think at all it shouM be as popular as in the United Kingdom, wire ° it was represented bv one candidate only, m # did not. poll enough 'votes to save his dep»«- • ' c e. L. REED.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 275, 20 November 1935, Page 6
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THE MONETARY ISSUE.
Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 275, 20 November 1935, Page 6
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