THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20977, 4 October 1933, Page 15

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

to rue emm* or the peess. Sir,—lt is' unfortunate that the wwh>elected president of the Chamber of Commerce was not a little more positive and up to date in his references; to the economic position. Anyone who observes to-day realises that »*renegative inveighing.against state socialism, government interference in business, and so on, is quite Victoria a. hi better or worse we live in an age <* planning. There is simply no question about it that there will be a lot of social planning. The issue seems to tie then: Is it to be controlled economy, mere planned economy, or communism? «e last admittedly functions only for ■n„V"S° letariat " (whoever they may toritw seeo »d functions just for the toffi£r M V° b s ing profit torapitahsm by a (so-called) rationali§mw ln l ust F and of capitalism. bMhL* for the controlling of production and consumption in such a n,eet , the needs of the coun--112 J?- Wor £ for the benefit of the 2Kta?r- rankly ' this seems the »KA b,bl ? m New Zealand. Will tin it P^J? 51 of Commerce recogSSSif frS? *°Z its v <igue illusions SfgJgJ and come Jomic°BL the e ?r eside nt of the ecoSffirfe? Ithe1 the Australasian AssoSe Mr\ r'n Advancement of t«ent%rfd, D y ason > concludes a fi'ife by affi ™ng that "it notwithstanding the •cUtor,- K l fficien 5 y of whi ch state *s& it w fnT^' but not et con«n3&» Thi 1 b ,? lnc feased by demotes! l e alte "iative seems to be WMentSf- commun ism (or their ™raients)-or,anarchy.-Yours, e tc, %tember.3o, 1933. J ' JOHNSONf.wSt e ® this letter Mr A. C&f P r esi,ient of the Canterbury l»e£ed?w me ? ce ' said: "" cann °t "mfiOHM few Presidential reK*ldentiainnot£ ot e Y en di § nif y ifc as a phase of in - B«ceaarilv hj» v••J ose re marks must ■***& t0 Particular as- ** * to emphasise 3 a PP eare d to be of pareoNew Zeaiand ■* 8*» Wl ttte- J suggest Mr John%e report of ?i d,c^ aent embodied in Woa,»f uri 0I the Economic Commis-