THE PLAIN PATH.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 202, 9 August 1928, Page 8

THE PLAIN PATH.

Cases of Government and municipal intrusion upon private business in this country could be quoted in dozens The experiences of the electrical traders and the gas companies are only examples of unfair interference by the State with enterprises that are constantly under the observation of the public without more than a mere fraction of the public realising the difficulties with which they are contending. The sawmillers and nurserymen, thanks largely to their iteration and reiteration of protests against unfair competition from the State, appear to nave made some progress towards obtaining a measure of justice; but their relief as yet is only on the horizon, so to speak, and they will still have some distance to go before reaching the goal of their aspirations. They are fortunate, however, compared with those engaged in many other industries. The remaining list of grievances to be removed is so formidable indeed, that the Government may be excused some hesitancy in approaching its task. But the public. which is every bit as much concerned in this matter as are the individuals immediately affected bv unfair State trading, has a right to expect that the Prime Minister and the Minister of Industries and Commerce will be as prompt and courageous in dealing with the problem as the Labour Premier of Queensland was in dealing with a similar problem in his own countrv.—Yours, etc., ' N J. E. C. Wellington, 7/8/28.