Our Moral Standard

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 49, 21 November 1932, Page 11

Our Moral Standard

Sir.—We New Zealanders are exceedingly fortunate to have flourishing iu our midst an organisation the aim of which appears to be to raise the national moral standard, and in this connection the Welfare League is to be commended for its endeavours to keep New Zealand scatheless from the hideous taint of atheism. I view with joy the enthusiasm display- 1 ed by the League iu this direction, but l am puzzled to know why this organisation ' confines its activities to the prevention of the growth of atheism. Does the League not recognise, that a great deal more might be achieved if it concentrated its fefforts on the abolition of the liquor traffic? In addition, the need for economy and wise spending as advocated by the League would be well served, so I trust that the. League will lose no time in administering a literary spanking to the brewing interests. The League might also use its undoubted powers to the abolition of gambling in all its forms, recognising that the predatory activities of gamblers play an infinitely greater part in the lowering of the moral standard than does atheism. I hope the League will recognise the wisdom of these remarks, and hoping, shall eagerly peruse “The Dominion” each day to see if the League will commence a policy aiming at the abolition of brewing and of . gambling, with the enthusiasm it shows in the condemnation of atheism.— I am, etc., Ohakune, Nor. 12.