WORK THE PANACEA.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15270, 19 July 1920, Page 6

WORK THE PANACEA.

HERLINV April 2a.-"Qermany's production must equal her consumption. n is ,the only means to restore German finance and free the German people from the servitude of the peace terms. This js to be the war-cry of the Democrat party at the new elections," said a great financial authority, Herr Dernnur«In reply to the question, -Are the Gorman people working hard?" he "continued: "Yes, but not ham enough, vho working day of JM per ceni. ,of the Gei«man neople before the war was nine and a-half flours. The revolution brought m an eight-hour day, and the consequent loss of working time makes a difference of £1,350.000,000 Jn our yearly production it ia true that there are other great di>fncuitles. Our workers aro still halfstarved coal supplies are short owing tojho demands of the treaty, and transport is insufficient, while there is little raw material. The German factories remain, and Germany must increase this means of improving our credit exchange We must fully employ our overcrowded workshops, and leave Jess time for politics, thus enabling the workers to earn more and improve their physique for more work, a party like ours does not gain much from either extreme, but it l-c.alns^gi-ea^ Influence."