A NEW WORLD.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 4402, 9 October 1934, Page 2

A NEW WORLD.

People of middle or advanced age will readlv admit that during the past, few years, particularly the last 25 years, the world has had so many marvellous discoveries and inventions thrust upon it that everything is so vastly changed as to constitute what is in fact a new world. Children readily adapt themselves to all new marvels and accept them quite as a matter of course, but we older people are astonished and bewildered as we compare the past with the present. The scientist and the engineer tell us that wonderful as the discoveries of the past have been they are as nothing to the marvels which we shall see if we live only a few years longer. Leaving aside all other wonderful changes that have come, let us consider briefly that which very specially affects us in New Zealand: —“The Production of Necessary Commodities.” Twentylive years ago certain of the world great scientists and statisticians, were stating that the world would not be able to support its rapidly increasing population. During those twenty-five years the world population has increased enormously, despite the fact that many million-: have been prematurely cut off by war. Instead of greater shortage of necessities year by year, production of same increases by greater proportion than the population and there is now no possibility of any shortage of any needed thing either necessary or luxury. No one need even go hungry or ill-clad. It is possible and even easy to produce everything we need, withoiP stint. In fact the goods are here now. We can see them. The store * are full and c-an be replenished as fast as the goods can he distributed. We have the railways, whip and road transport all ready to distribute this great abundance. T;i spite of this, millions of people cannot get enough even to eat and are very inadequately supplied with clothing and shelter. Only one thing is lacking, namely money, anrli Social Credit claims that it has a genuine workable plan which makes it quite certain that so long as the people produce enough to satisfy the people’s needs the power to buy what is produced will equate with it. Money has no value if there is not anything to buy and production is useless if it cannot be sold. Any measure which gives promise of ending poverty amidst ' plenty deserves serious consideration, so- come along and hear Colonel Closer in the Town Hall on Friday evening next.