A WOMAN'S VIEW OF CONSCRIPTION
10 IHI EDITOR. Sir, —If, as some assert, we shall be bankrupt after the war, is it not time that the Government exercised its powers to at onco stop the imposition of huge rents, high' prices for food, etc. Within the last year, the wealthy havo become wealthier, the poor poorer. The greatest blot on England is the extreme poverty of thousands who might hava been reputable citizens of a vast 'Empire. Are those who are poor and struggling in 'New Zealand to also sink into- poverty and misery. Sir, if conscription must come, exploitation of women and children, by property-own-ers, food producers, etc., who are exempt, or over military age, must be prevented. Pensions for widows and children must be on a sound basi* before conscription takes place. Afterwards, there will be no redress. When the war is over, the world will be full of women and children and invalids struggling for existence Once conscription comes into force, the weak snd helpless -, will go to the wall. Also, I think, there should be more provision made for the woman left without a home than for the woman who is drawing rents from property acquired without working for it.—l am, etc..
Wellington, 9th Nov., '1915.
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 110, 5 November 1915, Page 3
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