REFORM AND LABOUR

Feilding Star, Volume 6, Issue 1888, 26 April 1928, Page 7

REFORM AND LABOUR

'■F UND AMEN TAL DIFFLTIEN GES’ THIRD PARTY CON DRAINED ADDRESS BY FINANCE MINISTER The iumjamentaL differences between the Reform party and the Ba-banov-Socialist party were defined by the Hon. W. Downie Stewart. Alin, ister of Finance, when he addressed a, largely attended meeting of the "Wellington Women’s Auxiliary oi 'he Few Zealand Political illelorm Loa.gue. Air Stewart affirmed that the peo. pie of Few Zealand would prefer to profit by. the experiences of 1 a hour rule in other countries than to pay an extravagant price for a demonstration of its weakness and ladings here. The Labour party bad attempted to impose a system that was entirely alien to the history, instincts and. traditions of the people, it had i adopted the policy oi Gontineutal Socialism.-' There acre recognised catchwords,, such as “wage.slavery, * Capti'’parasite- mid"-a robber, and so o,n. Such extravagant language meant nothing. At Lite Labour Cbnffirenee, - Air It. Semple, the j. resident,' liud .used the old pit rase. “Tliq winning oi New Zealand. lor the 'useful,people of New Zealand. ’ ll.ose words had no 'meaning at all. Jf Mr Seinplo desired totally himself with all tlm “useful people”- oi , New. Zt aand bo would . find himself sitting down with bankers and others, the men he denounced as financial vultures.