NEW CAMPAIGN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 219, 16 September 1938, Page 18

NEW CAMPAIGN.

BUSINESS EXPANSION. PRIVATE ENTERPRISE. COMBATTING SOCIALISM. (By Telojiroph. fr->»« .\«..rlatlon.) WKI,I.IM;T()N. Thuisdtiy. N'pinly I IKI ifjiiTHcntiitivpit of private piitPipri»p dinwn from ..i y l,t provinop:ittoiii|i»d ii .onffifi,,.,. riinx-Piiml liy tinTrll Ni-w /cilmiil (ii in |.it Lm nnd licltl in Wi'llinjrtnii. Th,. nihisoiy i-niiin-il "f tin- wan appointed n* a i ■mi in i| tfo In ronfttituti' a Nntii.nnl I) ■>. plopnu-iil ( i.imcH. BroHcllv. th* i'l-j-Mt nf tlir i-onnrli will l>p to iiiriciixiilip priiHtH'rity nf N'pw Zenlnnd by tho il"\ plopmcnt nf p'i'ntp cntprprisi- us im Hltr-rmitivi- to Stnte entprprii«p.

S|M<iik<*rH c\iiri'j»nvl nliiini «t tlio miTi-si-iii-.' (liivi-viiM'Tit int I'lfi-rrliri' in l)ii-iiic-H mill tit tilt; )m"i\\ tilMltioll. wliirli wn- retimlinp clpvei'tpiin'iit. Tin , fiiriniit ii.n (if it liodv xvliich would hiiviflip idiilidciK ■■ if nil swtiotiw <.f pi iv.it ■« tnti-rpiUi- «ii~. thry loiMidiMcd. cwr-cii tint. li v,i« ciii|ihns<!i4e<l tliul private pntpvprwi! im I'lflocl nil biHtlit! , -*. from ttio -mnlli"»t <lif>p to the Imjiest i-i.ni puny, mill nil t'nrniiii<; iiiti'icst ■>. A IMojrnuiiuH , jrivinp n true lihlhih , " lir-twrMMi |iiitnmy nnrl mccoiklii iv (U'Vi'l(ipnii'iit wiii I'uiiHulprpil cwnciit'ml. "Thi'ri! is ik> room in \c\v Zciiii'iid fur a town \ erxue country outlook." one »[>"nk«"r -tilted. Request to Government. Tim <■ i>nt"i• ri*n<• f. l»olii'\ iiijf tlnil I'lilii'V of ■•μ-cmxix«• tnxiitioii itikl i-\i'i--i-i'■!• Innrowing tiiiixi iiipvitnldy liriny (INnxtiT in it* lim in, .itid tlnit tlit> HocinlisnUoii nf inilustiv tnii-t stillt l initiative mid rctnril tin- )>r<t<l u< tion of trill «i-!iltl». ret»filvpi| tn roiiicxt tin- (ioxi-rniiKMit t" revrr** , Hf |iri"<t-nt polii-y mid iitlopt in its pliu-p <i |Milirv of tax rrdiii'tioii. di-lit I'Ptllli t ion nnd privntc t-xpnn-sion ii» a xvny to pro«p<*rity for tin- \t»xv /'•iiliind worker nnd cmjiloytM' uliki-. It wns iilin doiidi-d to ii>i|iii'-<t Mr. Humilton tn -iiy wlirtlirr him pnrtv would in jri'iirriil ti'i'in* iulii|it the policy i<ii^-

It will agreed that any sucii riiange of policy f-hotild be carried out lit a pace which would not dislocate commercial [policies built up to meet the present Government policy or in a manner that would innke the working man the victim of the change. Address by Mr. Hamilton. "We want private enterprise to do t hf" job in New Zealand," said the lender of the Notional party, the Hon. A. Hii milt on. addressing the conference. "We have got to make the cnpitiili«t nystem work. Otherwise it is goin«| west, The* capitalist system won't work' if it in goiii" to lu« exploited. Tf yon can run efficient businesue*. giving service, that is whnt the people want, but if private enterprise tries to exploit society we cannot stajid for it. Private enterprise Ims ffot to prove that it in more efficient than Socialism." The Labour party. Mr. Hamilton said, minted to bring: everything into the Hutches »f the State. The National f>ll it y wanted private enterprise to ,*how it ci.uld do what was required better than the Government. "Labour saye the State In the supreme authority, and that everyone has got to xtep into tine," he .said. "We nay that • s long as private enterprise plays the •Til me we ohoiild keep oiit, but you have to deliver the good* and show that, sectional interest* are not going to dominate." In a dispute, say, between manuttirpre and importer*, why could not those concerned settle their own problem ? Mr. Hamilton asked. The more the Government' was asked to arbitrate the more it had to interfere. Xaraea Before Electors. "Tf, having solved your own problem, yon come to us and auk for legislative support, we will be glad to give it if it is not against the public interest or the interest of some other oeotion of the community," he continued. "Tf you want us to help you and consult yon. we will do it. We will show yon where our difficulty is. what we want to do. and if you can help to solve it without putting someone else offside we will he "In a day or two Parliament will close and we will go to our masters to give an account of our stewardship." Mr. Hamilton continued. "Then it i* for the people to say what they want. The issued before the electors are very grave. Probably never before have they held such possible consequences. There are «ome who think that Labour should be in office for another term. Politically, that might suit uji, but it would be a dangerous coume. Wβ nhould tie able to observe by the experience we have had where we are headittg and what the policy of the present 'Government is likely to involve the country in in the near future." •*..-. Confidence and XtmHy. "Tf private enterprise wishes to work out, it* own destiny in New Zealand with a reasonable hope of success, it must have confidence in itself," eaid the chairman of the conference, Mr. C. G. White. "It must establish confidence in others, including overseas interests. It nnwt have the confidence of the vast ibwiy of workers, whom I call moderate •nd sane labour, and. above all, it must •how « united front. " T . h " formation of * body who** constituent elements are so strong in aml *° in thought Si °/t all /-«- ti """ »' private enterPiT.nH ,0 " tßr ,O wM *» the Tell New /etilanrl Campaign h e « hitehed its wagon. TIγ .Hdm,mistratio,, of capital. 1 believe, impose* trust, on those who handle it and an essential element of that trust j« to give? the worker a. fair share of the rewards of industry." I 'IThe issue is a «i,uple one: Whether' you are jioinjr to control your businesses or whether the State is." , H id the campaign director, Mr. .1. I). McMillan. "If you are, then «oine central organisation should be established to jiive ex predion to your requirement*. There is at present no organisation concerned with the practical development of private enterprise, and the answer to the Socialist is that private enterprise can do its job."