Unproductive Expenditure
Sir—The Hon. T. Shailer Weston, in his comments concerning the necessity for economy, said: “Part, it may be small, of these money wages is spent in unproductive expenditure.” It is to be feared that the part of money wages spent unproductive!}' in some directions is alarmingly large rather than small. May I point out that the amount spent oil intoxicating liquor in 1929 is estimated as £8,116,894. According to factory statistics this represents the wages and salaries for one year of over 39,000 people. Although some of this expenditure is undoubtedly made by those not receiving money wages in the sense of Mr. Weston’s address, a very substantial portion of it is due to expenditure by the wageearning members of the community. I am, etc., jj A IT O N MURRAY, General Secretary N.Z. Alliance. Well ington, November 20.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 52, 25 November 1930, Page 11
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