UNEMPLOYMENT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20701, 26 April 1929, Page 11

UNEMPLOYMENT.

. PRIVATE CAPITAL’S RESPONSE . , BIUTY. PERNICIOUS GO-SLOW POLICY. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, April 24. Speaking at the Eden Chamber of Commerce, the Minister of Health (Mr A. J. Stallworthy) said that unemployment was a matter- in which all should co-operate. , _ There was' relatively £9,000,000 lying idle in the banka, which made clear that, many citizens were not pulling their weight in an effort to get back to general prosperity. A goslow or strike policy on the part of capital could be just asi pernicious as other policies. The Government did not want to interfere with legitimate private enterprise, but there was a responsibility on private capital to. get the Doof its present difficulties. Although recovery was slow, the Government was doing its utmost to improve the position. Immigration had been stopped for the time being. Over £2,000,000 had been liberated to give the country new confidence, and an active public works policy was being pursued. It was fair to assume that had there not been a radical change of poliev by the- new Government 'the unemployed position would have been very much worse than it was to-day. There was returning a spirit of optimism based on a progressive liberal policy, SIR JOSEPH WARD’S PROMISE. (Per United Press Association ) CHRISTCHURCH, April 24. . A deputation of unemployed waited on the Pnme Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) on Monday. The press was not admitted, out yesterday, at an unemployed mcetrepresentatives at the deputation told the meeting something of what Sir w P i l^ W s r , d had P romi sed. It was stated tha,t he told the deputation that ue, hoped to provide work for about 609 men before construction work on the South Island Main Trunk Railway started, and that these railway works would give employment to from 3000 to 5000 men. It:was also stated that Sir Joseph Ward told the deputation to keen MayT r,ng St the loCai bodics until