THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SLUMP

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21601, 23 March 1932, Page 13

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SLUMP

, TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —It is helpful and encouraging to read the views of “ Critic ” on Mr I 1 ield, Dr Salmond, Mr MacArthur, Major Douglas, and myself. Every man is entitled to his opinion. But in tearing a few quotations from the context of Mr Field’s book, he does precisely what Mr Field said the forces of reaction would do. He follows the lower critics of the Scriptures, in holding up to ridicule isolated texts not clear to them. He tries to throw dust in our eyes. Had he even the small courage of those he disparages, would he not tell us who he is, which hand feeds him, and what his motives are? A man who, sheltered by a false name, offers abuse in place of facts and argument gives his cause away. As Mr MacArthur pointed, out, the question is not one of personal shortcomings. To a certain type of mind these are amusing. Men who matter want to know whether Mr MacArthur is right, whether Mr Field and Dr Salmond are right If it is true —and the mass of evidence precludes reasonable doubt — that the world’s financial system is being deliberately manipulated by a GermanAmerican group, then the sooner we realise it the better. The knocks of such as “ Critic ” are an effectual, if rude, awakening.—l am, etc., March 22. Mac G. Walmslet.