A SPIRIT OF OPTIMISM.
Sir.—On reading the report of an J address rivers at Wellington by the Hon. J. G. Cob be. I wondered how much the ; master grocers felt benefited by tie advice. Surely something more tangible than a "spirit of optimism''* is needed to bring back prosperity to onr country. Patience and courage will never get the silver lining to the cloud. unless -we get down to tin tacks and help to pat 3t there. The spirit of optimism which helped to restore Napier within one year would have been useless had it not been backed by a sound constructive policy, : efficiently carried out- Everyone knouts that lie present -depression is the aftermath of the war. so why emphasise ,tbe obvious ? Before the general election last year candidates did not spare themselves in giving lectures and addresses telling what they were going to do; so cannot we demand that they meet their con- : stitnents periodicaßy and let them know what they are doing to justify the confidence placed in them. We are giving them £4OO a year to help us to combat the. aftermath; not to tell us to keep smiling. CJfJ.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21101, 8 February 1932, Page 13
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194A SPIRIT OF OPTIMISM. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21101, 8 February 1932, Page 13
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