THE WAGE CUTTERS

Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 303, 20 December 1922, Page 1

THE WAGE CUTTERS

I i ■ r~- - . f~ The squatters 5 "Dominion" sn.a leaderette last Thursday said: ''Those who "have denounced an alleged 'attack on. wages' have'in fact done a good deal to prevent the country taking the readiest road to economic recovery." A sheer platitude! It is a sufficient reply to tliis to say that since the wage-cut-ting 'ramp commenced certain classes of journalists have had their wages increased, lias the "Dominion" editor approached his bosses and demanded a reduction in his salary? If not, we conclude he is not .worrying. nrueh about "economic recovery." / To argue that reduced wages will bring about prosperity is like saying that the less tlie workers get the better off they are. . The most palpable rubbish] ; f . ; ;rHow is tra.de affected by reduced wages which involve decreased spending power? It immediately feels the pinch. .Consider this proof /from an '.mexpected quarter. r , As a result of-the seamen's .stoppage a Press Association message, says that trade in Lyttelton is in a bad way. Because the seamen are earning nothing they are spending nothing. The only hope for trade, so:-it is reported, lies in a distribution of strike pay. . ' ~ Do you see the point? Ah increase in the seamen's income will benefit the tradesmen. Therefore, an increase in the workers' income will benefit them HkewiseT But the "Dominion" says the jpnly hope lies in hacking wages to the bone. v " v What fifuidanee! "What narrow-minded and stupid leadership!