TIME WILL TELL

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 110, 5 November 1937, Page 10

TIME WILL TELL

POLITICAL POLICIES

The people of any country, said Mr. X J Holy oake, National member for Motueka, at Khandallah last night, could be divided into two schools of thought, half on each side of the political fence. There was a bad habit among many people of sitting on that fence, almost sometimes hiding its position. His object was to ask everyone to get ofTthat fence. On one side of it would be found the Conservatives, and on the other the Radicals, called by various different names, but it was the policy which lay behind the names that mai> tered The Conservative was usually subjected to a cheap sneer, but he believed that in concern for fellow-men the Conservative was no whit behind other people and believed in traditions, and upholding/them, anxious.for steady progress with caution. "Radicals say that traditions block nrogress," said Mr. Holyoake, "and bfv lieve ' that traditions must be thrown aside, and a new order.setup in their place The RadiCalis revolutionary. <I do not mean towards bloodshed, but. to ideals), while the Conservative would adopt evolutionary methods. You must decide w,hich policy would be for the ultimate and lasting benefit of the people. Both are aiming at the greatest good for the greatest number. The Capitalists believe that their system will give to the lowest-paid workTr ahigher standard of livin^fpr Hong^ period of time than the other system? V believe that the Capitalist system, with higher rewards in some, will certainly give the lowest paid in the community a higher standardof -life for the longer period of years." ■ ; • '■ • ■-.