TOO MANY BOARDS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 304, 21 November 1935, Page 8

TOO MANY BOARDS.

(To the Editor.) Sir,-—The Democrat candidate has a lot to say in condemnation of Boards. He speaks as if the present Government had forced these Boards on the people, whereas in many cases it was the exact reverse. The Meat, Dairy, Fruit and other produce Boards were established at the request of the producers concerned. They are elected by those whose interests they serve. The producers showed sufficient keenness in having these Boards set up to pay for them. The country does not pay for their services out of- taxation. Does this candidate say that the Democrat Party will do away with such Boards in spite of the desire of these interests served by them ? He actually argues that members of Parliament should be able to look after those interests 1 In other words he advocates taking away from (say) the meat industry the right of meat producers to control their own business, and place that control in the hands of members of Parliament 1 Th© Railway Board has placed our railway business on commercial lines and taken away political control. The good results are plain for anyone to see. The Reserve Bank Board is another objected to. Is it argued that those who invest money for shares in a business are to let it be run by members of Parliament rather than by directors elected by themselves? It is a ridiculous thing to object to a Board of Directors. This matter of too many Boards may be sound to some extent, but it reduces it to an absurdity when Democrat candidates include Produce Boards established at the request of producers, Railway Board and Boards of Directors. However anything seems good enough to catch votes.—l am etC '’ PRODUCER.