DISASTER AHEAD
BUSINESS MAN’S WARNING
HIGH WAGES, LESS PRODUCTION
BURDEN BECOMING TOO HEAVY. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received Aug. 29, 11.55 a.m. BRISBANE, Aug. 29. Air. James Allen, retiring president of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce, in an address said that the present general -tendency wa® to throttle industry and lessen production by .shorter hour®, and increased cost® of work was looked upon a:S at necessary ev-il. Higher wages were demanded for less output', to -be spent on amusement or unproductive idleness. One of -the greatest safeguard® against disaster would be the holding of bondsi.n isunall sums by people generally and the discouragement of the acquisition of large amounts by a privileged few. Ail the things slaiid about basic wage and child endowment tvere beautiful ideas, but they could not be materialised except by hard labour or increased production, brought about by close cooperation between unskilled labour under competent leadership and capital. It seemed clear that fresh burdens could not be carried without disaster to wage-eiatmers -and ruin to many industries. Tlhe community could not go on living on loans to enable it to pay high wages for lessened production.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 29 August 1925, Page 5
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189DISASTER AHEAD Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 29 August 1925, Page 5
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