MORE HARD WORK
WAY TO PROSPERITY
"There is a great future for primary and secondary industry in New Zealand, if both realise that their interests are complementary. But the towns must beware of building up standards of living which the country cannot sustain. That way lies destruction for everybody," said Mr. R. Seivers in his presidential address at the annual conference yesterday of the Makara-Hutt Valley branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union.
"New. Zealand," he said, "must get down to hard work, both mental and ihysical, and learn to produce both primary produce and manufactured articles cheaper and better than anyone else. By the adoption of such a policy prosperity for everyone will result. Never shall we gain it by encouraging our people to take things easy either on the farm, on public works, or in the factory.
"More leisure is a great idea, and so is higher wages, but what most people want is more things to eat, more things to wear, more things to use, and better places to live in. These we shall not get by easing up in our daily efforts, or merely by handing out bigger pay envelopes. We must first of all earn them. Why not let us try this for a change?/' /
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 117, 20 May 1939, Page 11
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210MORE HARD WORK Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 117, 20 May 1939, Page 11
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