LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 148, 25 June 1945, Page 4

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

HONEST TOIL

Sir—Mr. Semple, in his address at Southlbridge, Canterbury, has explained with candour, clear and strong explicit language the true economic national and international philosophy of how the proposed "new world order," post-war, can be realised in fact. . He is to be congratulated upon his courage and statesmanlike action j in publicly drawing the attention of the nation to the urgent need of honest toil and the utmost reasonable individual and collective application of muscle and brain energy to production of consumable ■ goods. Money in any form or amount, issued or received, if divorced from the corresponding volume of goods produced in a given period, either by indifference or deliberate goslow, is not only false economy but sabotage of national productive resources. The only real wealth is the useful goods honest toil can produce, and money without goods is useless. Let every in every avenue of industry take heed and apply Mr. Semple's philosophy of honest toil to produce wealth, not money, and security from the effects of greed.—l am, etc., JOHN TUCKER. Sir,—The Minister is quite correct— what is wanted is a little more honest toil. Too many today look to the Government and not to their own exertions for support. Originally public pensions were granted only to military servants retired because of in- j jury or disabled. Today doles, pensions, and relief are handed out wholesale. Abolition of the above is not called for, but what is wanted is more efficient administration. The deserving should be separated from the thriftless, intemperate, and the wastrel. The pioneers who laid the foundation of the finest country in the world did not look for doles, relief, and pensions. They relied on the fruits of their hands and brain. A return to the pioneering spirit is a pressing need. Selfreliance is a vital element in national prosperity, and a discount should not be placed upon it. The Minister can rest assured that the general public of New Zealand are behind him solidly when he applies the promised corrective measures. —I am, etc., ANTI-SCROUNGER.