THE UNEMPLOYMENT "DOLE."
. Sir,—Replying to Mr. H. E. Scardifield, I may say that the unemployment benefit is universally known as the "dole" by'* those who get it and everyone else. If receiving money -without giving anything whatever in return is not charity, what is? The fact is that the payments are made to maintain an entirely fictitious rate of wages, but if the law of supply and demand were obeyed in wages, as it must be in everything else, there would be plenty of work for all and a return to prosperity, as England would be enabled to meet foreign competition. We know about the rules and regulations governing payment, but considering a million and a-half people are "on the dole,", as they call it, it is impossible to enforce them. In England . nobody hesitates to discuss these matters as suggested by your correspondent, because thought and speech are just as free at Home as they are here, i H. E. Vaile.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18584, 17 December 1923, Page 11
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