NO LABOUR TROUBLES

Hawera Star, Volume L, 4 March 1931, Page 5

NO LABOUR TROUBLES

TRADE IN UNITED 1 STATES. FIGHT AGAINST DEPRESSION. “Although depression exists in the United States, no sign of it is visible to the tourist,” said Mr. E. E. Abigail, a Sydney solicitor, who last week passed through Auckland on the Niagara after a holiday visit to America. Mr. Abigail had spent some months in the principal cities of the United States and Canada and was greatly impressed with the business-like manner in which the people were setting about to overcome the trade depression. . ‘‘Very little is said about unemployment and the daily papers, oontain no references to it,” Mr. Abigail continued in an interview. ‘lnstead of parading their misfortunes, the people of America are launching huge constructive works in order to absorb as much as possible of the unemployed labour. A noticeable thing, particularly so to the visitor from Australia, is their attitude of refusing to let the outside world know their troubles. , “Labour troubles and disputes are non-existent. What trade unions there are seem to bo powerless. . Anyway, the work goes on at a furious pace, free from agitations and interruptions. I visited several factories during my stay in the United States, and in each of them I was impressed by the manner in which the men vied one with another both in the enemy of their . work and in their output. There simply is not room for slackers.” Commenting on the attitude of American business men toward Australia, Mr. Abigail said that at 'present they would not have anything to do with Australian trade.. The opinion there was that Australia had far too many labour troubles and American enterprise was very chary about opening up business or investing money in the Commonwealth. American people seemed to have much more faith, in New Zealand than they had in Australia.