Straws in the Wind

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 220, 13 June 1933, Page 11

Straws in the Wind

Sir, —Travelling through the North Island I was amazed at the interest taken by all classes of people in monetary reform. Particularly was this noticeable in the Waikato, where the policy of "The New Zealand Security League” as put forth by Mr. A. N. Field (author of “The 'Truth About the Slump”) is favourably commented upon, and seems to be preferred to the New Zealand Legion on account of having a definite platform. The Douglas credit movement is also spreading through the country at an astonishing rate, and branches are starting everywhere; in Wanganui alone their “advocates” are said to number thousands, and I understand that the Auckland provincial branch of the Farmers’ Union has , adopted the “Douglas proposals” a| their platform. With such widespread symptoms of the public unrest and dissatisfaction with, the present state of things would it not be a wise move on the part of the Government (as they apparently have no ideas of their own on the subject) to set up a commission to consider and go into the merits or otherwise of the various schemes, for the purpose of giving the public a reliable lead. 'The members of the commission would need to be drawn from all shades of opinion and not merely from financial experts, for a committee composed of the latter alone would bo open to the same objection, as one composed of brewers to deal with the prohibition question.— l am, etc., RANGITIKEI. Bulls, June 7.