National Party

Hutt News, Volume 20, Issue 43, 23 April 1947, Page 6

National Party

AOfiHKSS BY MR. S. HAUDY "i iif chid' ailments from whlcl New Zealand Is suffering." paid Mr Stewart Hardy when addressing th> National Parly in Lower Hutt, ' ar the cM'i'Ss ol paper money and r dhortage of consumer poods." He. said thai for a number o. years New '/calami had pursued £ policy which was contrary to nl vononuc laws, and thai we had been living on our reserves. Eventuall} such a policy always leads to disas ter. and we have reached the stag* now of an extreme excess of papemoney which had made the workinf man'; nay envelope (jtiite incapabb of meeting his requirements In tin ordinary every-day necessities of life Prior to me advent of Socialism in New Zealand one ol our difficulties was thai we had occasional periods when there were sufficient poods available, bin the distribution system was not able to handle these in sue' a wav that those who wanted goods coub! purchase-them. Never at airy—time had-a-fMrthsy-of- mrtrtetinn on production been pursued, and only lite false teaching of quack econo misi.i had led people to believe that wealth is money, not goods. The National Party's remedies for New Zealand's troubles are hones and straightforward," and could be sunitaed.upjn the phrase ,"An : hones, dr.y's pay for an honest day's work. If everyone worked a little hardei during the 40 hours in factories ami offices every week, the shortage ol consumer goods would be overcome and the pound would buy more than is the rase at present. Housewives are the greatest sufferers, because their hours of work have increased enormously through fttttnding in queues, lack of electric power to provide hot water and or.het beating in the home, and so on. •'The womenfolk of New Zealand could do a tremendous public service by encouraging their men to work a little harder so as 10 improve the lot of everybody." concluded Mr. Hardy.