Under-distribution

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 182, 29 April 1933, Page 16

Under-distribution

"That production per man-power lias been so materially increased is to my mind not the prime cause for alarm. The real menace is in the fact that so little progress has been made in balancing the earning power of ail producers, so that they in turn could buy continuously the products of others. “Glider-distribution, not over-produc-tion. is our real problem. Virtually everybody wants more of the products of our machines than he now has—this was true even in the days of prosperity. The wants of man are never satisfied. “Who would advocate retracing our steps and throwing away all our labour-saving machines, in order that we might have more jobs? Surely no one who gives the question serious thought. What is needed is a modified plan of operation that will give due consideration to our new order of things, and permit us to enjoy this millennium of freedom from drudgery and leisure for thought and pleasure—(he end toward which we have all striven so long and the real purpose for which the machine was devised. “Such a plan to be successful must still hold out rewards for the ones who do the best in still further improving conditions. Human nature has not changed and the incentive to do better must still be preserved.” —Mr. S. M, Kintner, in the “Review of Reviews of America.”