WORLD DISORDER.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20448, 19 January 1932, Page 9

WORLD DISORDER.

TO THE EDITOR OS THE PRESS Sir,—ln your issue of the 16th inst. I read Professor C. F. Salmond's explanation of the disorder of the world. But he should have gone further. Absolute greed is the cause of all the trouble in the world to-day. After about two thousand years of civilisation we find it is simply the survival of the fittest, and the spirit of greed has become more

and more scientific. Man generally if given the opportunity has and will prove himself a greedy animal, and seeing that the trouble is world-wide, and there is no immediate prospect of converting the world, the only remedy is to remove the incentive to greed. That brings me to ground where I must step very cautiously, knowing that he that steps one yard in advance of the crowd risks being maltreated. But a change is coming, and when the time comes all the forces on earth cannot stop it. I refer to the end of private ownership. That is the only remedy. There are a few fundamental factors controlling the whole structure of our well-being, such as education, the advancement in medical skill, and the advancement in the world's scientific productivity, each j>roducing well-defined results ,and bringing us to a phase of our evolution which might be much nearer than we think. I read in my daily paper a few weeks ago where the British Government placed a tariff on certain imported goods which were also being produced at Home, and the very moment the tariff was put on those people producing those goods put the price up fifty per cent., whereupon the Government removed the tariff. The Government had absolutely no right to remove the tariff, but should have landed those people in gaol.—Yours, A. DENISON. January 18th, 1932.