LABOUR POLICY.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20036, 18 September 1930, Page 15

LABOUR POLICY.

TO IHB SWTOE OJf THB PBK3B Sir—ln your issues of the 2nd and 15th. inst. you publish Canterbury. Trades and Labour Conn. eil. The last paragraph of the first letter refers to labour as being "legally Sr.-Wif 1 'i n - rtrt °* h *ss£,£ -no? to covet or desire •SLi mS'l go?d«, but to- learn and ?k£, Trulv to get ray own living. Tbe labour truly to ge v Labour i« Cnur HP" . *" .Traaes and Labour tifled. with the Trade o s unce WiS V fathers if they support, the Policy o'f trades anl Labour Coun-cil.-Yours, etc., W qr K MAN. September 17th, 1930.

ARBITRATION COURT AND UNEMPLOYMENT. TO VIIE EDITOJI O? THE PRESS Sir,—l concur with "J.T.'s" very able letter in to-day's issue; thousands of thrifty people have put a portion of their savings into industrial concerns that provide employment for many hands. The -increased wages of such han.de granted by the Arbitration Court from time to time, having a first .claim, ha* left the shareholders not only without dividend*, but with, their capital absorbed from ten to eighty per cent. Whatever virions the author* had of our Arbitration law*, when placing them on the statutes, would not foresee the dangerouß principles that were involved, in placing a fictitious value on wages. The primary producer ha* no eontrol over storms, frosts, and gales, nor'over prices. But he has to pay all the advanced costs imposed by that onesided institution, the Arbitration Court. One eontribntor to your paper stated "the farmer* would like to see the Arbitration Court abolished.". If he were a fanner, I venture to say he would too; then tber* U the bogey of going Jmefc to the "old slave days"; whatever those days may be called, they were infinitely better for the whole eommnnity, than the State-eoddhng day* we are at present passing through. There are parasitical growths on the body politic that are robbing its vitality and if they are not lopped off, they will continue to hinder its growth. There is no greater parasite on the body politic than the Arbitration Court, with its wage-fixing theory on, the cost of living. Besnlts: Railways and the Civil Services generally are being converted into State nurseries. Conversely j The Party in power are calling on the primary producers to increase their output, whieh means further taxation to bolster up the extravagances; instead of retrenchment, which is by far the saner policy. —Tours, etc., _ A.B. September 16th, 1030.

TRAFFIC CONTROL. TO THB SDITOB 0» THS PRBSS

Sir,— Hardly a day passes but what we are horrified to bear of a fresh motor fatality. To my mind the penalty inflicted upon those wilfully disobeying the traffic regulations is trivial in proportion to the amount of danger they cause to the general public I have repeatedly noticed cars. and motor-cycles on Lincoln and Upper Riccarton roads, rushing along at breakneck speed quite regardless or the rules of the road. Surely a lew good men should be obtainable to patrol these roads and bring such offenders to book. _ I consider such drivers to be a definite criminal class, holding no regard for human life or the suffering they incur, and that they should be punished accordingly. A fine of a few pounds ,is trivial to the average motorist, and an insufficient deterrent to crime; but a terai of imprisonment meted out to a Jew would have a salutary effect upon other Uw-breakers. The brief account given of these accidents does not bring home to most people all the agony and sorrow involved. Surely thie. thought should spur on our >ca] authorities to take a more serious view of the irresponsible reckless type of motorist who is a daily danger to society.— Yours, etc., a ■" September 17th, 1980.