"LOVE OF ART LOST"
DEPRESSION IN LEADLIGHT INDUSTRY That the industry was depressed because people had lost their love of art was the statement made by Mr A. H. Scales, a union assessor, in the Conciliation Council yesterday on the leadlight .and glass workers' dispute. In amplification of this it was said that there was a preference for simplicity and straight lines. Assessors on both sides of the table, in the discussion on wages, advanced reasons and solutions for the depression. Mr F. Few, for the union, urged that the spending power of the workers should be increased, Mr H. Bradley replying that this particular industry, a luxury one, could not lead in this. He added that the people of New Zealand were patriotically buying such articles as mirrors that were manufactured in the Dominion. Mr Scales: An increase in the tariffs would relieve the position. Mr Bradley: If that came I would agree to an increase in wages. From the workers' viewpoint a rise in wages at the present time would be unwise, for a rise would be followed without any doubt by a decrease in the volume of work. No agreement could be reached on the wages question.
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21581, 18 September 1935, Page 5
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