SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE IS SAUCE FOR THE GANDER

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22908, 3 January 1940, Page 13

SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE IS SAUCE FOR THE GANDER

tO-THB EDITOR Of THS PB.BSS. Sir—-Your anonymous correspondent.’‘‘Be In,” apparently has n°_ case to offer as to why unionists fl re ®“ y engaged in a profession of some description should be allowed to compete against genuine marketgardenersHe avoids ■ this issue altogether. - Their time has-come, and there is not the least doubt the Government will not allow employees already engaged to undermine . the position of the_ employee oi the genuine market - gardener. The .Bureau of Industries and commerce has already protected the genuine, full-time fisherman: the competxtionof part-time fishermen has been eliminated, and so it should be. It xs the,: policy of the Government, and is what all the large cities in New Zea-land:-voted for, and they expect the Government to carry out their policy. "Be In,” in common with many of his ilk, tells only that part of the story which suits him. He says small wages were paid for rotary hoe contract work.'. I do not know of - any contractors of garden rotary ■ hoe work. Some work: was done to oblige a neigh-

hour. The machine was too light to make it worth while; it is limited m the amount of work it will stand, but is very handy for many garden jobs. Growers are taking advantage of heavy rotary hoe contractors at approximately 15s an hour to do the heavy work, to such an extent that the local teamster has ceased td operate. “Be In” seems to think I have a very bitter grievance against the Gov--ernment’s labour legislation. Ido hot know much about politics. I ant a working man myself, getting my wages out of the land, and rose to that position from the ranks of labour. I cannot understand 'why the Government bases its prosperity on its taxation dividends of the racecourse and the number of imported motor-cars in the country, finding labour and paying dividends for countries overseas, while our labour secretaries’ ambition does not soar above adding more and more to the unemployed, with not the slightest prospect of their being re-engaged. Apparently the servants- of the labour unions have become bosses. ’Hie New Zealand high' standard of living bluff is finding its level.—Yours, etc.,. A. BLOXHAM. Heathcote, January 2, 1040.