FIGHTING MONOPOLIES
THE FEDEEAL BILL
NATIONAL PARLIAMENT MUST GOVERN COMMERCE.
'<y Telejrrapli— Z?rees Association—Oopylljjht. MELBOURNE, October 10.
In tho House of Kcpreseniatives, Air Hughes, Acting-Prime Aumster, moved the second reading of tho Constitution Alteration Hill, dealing with trade combiner and monopolies. Air Hughes said the proposed alteration would not lead to unification. Tho Federal compact required two x>owers— and State; the Federal Parliament wanted all the powers that were really national. It was essential that it should govern commerce. It had been thought that Parliament had the power to govern monopolies, but it hud been found that it had not. Australia was not going to sit idle regarding this greatest danger of modern days. It was not reasonable to raise the standard of living and leave the people in the hands of thoso powers that could fix prices. Twenty-nine monopolies had come under the notice of the Government. They would have to teach the people that profits as well as wages must ho susceptible to legislation.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7263, 20 October 1910, Page 5
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