"One of the grave clangers of democracy is that we seem to think that the State is like a benevolent cow; that in some magical way we can come along with our pails and get as much milk as we desire," remarked Mr J. S. Barton in an address at Napier. "There are, I understand, 250 ladies here this afternoon. Now, if each contributed £l, and we put all the £l's in a box, no talk, nothing you could do, no resolutions you could pass, no hoorays, no cheering, would help you to get more than £250 out of the box. But when the box is a big one and the contributors run into millions—people can persuade themselves to the contrary. That is one of the greatest evils which has forced us into the position we occupy to-day. The nations are suffering from it and the towns are suffering."
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20828, 11 April 1933, Page 7
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