LABOR MINISTER’S REMEDY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16870, 27 October 1925, Page 4

LABOR MINISTER’S REMEDY.

PEACE AT HOME AND ABROAD. THE VALUE OF THE PACT. LONDON, Sept. 10. —Sir Arthur Steel Maitland, Minister of Labor, addressing a Unionist fete at Tullichc„wan Castle, on the banks of Loch Lomond, said there was no quick way of curing unemployment. The, only .remedy was peace abroad and peaco -.with' economy at home. He -warned

them against that handful of agitators out, to dislocate industry in order, that they might, j fish in troubled 'waters. Peace at Home and Abroad was the policy, which the Government wero steadily trying jo pursue. lay stress din peace abroad,” said Sir Arthur, “for this reason: of all Countries in the world, whether we have prosperous trade or not depends more than the ease with any other country on what, is happening in the fgst, qt the .wprld. Foreign trade means more to us than it does to any other country. It does not matter so much Jio the United States, or to any other country, whether things are going well in China or in South America or on the >Continent, but it means everything to us. The whole of the extra unemployment in this country is accounted for, ail’d more than tic*

fount oil for, I*3* the drop in Foreign trade .due to the fact .that countries arc all unsettled abroad and cannot fake our goods. For that reason we fire, or ought to be, more interested in Foreign affairs than other countries need be, and that is why we should watch with interest what is happening aFG'eri'eyo. [’ , 'V; i '‘lf We can .get real peace on . the Continent, we shall have secured the fij'st condition towards seeing a veal revival in trade. , But just remember this —-that wars are coused because people arc afraid of war. “To-day, on the Continent, we see Jhancc apprehensive of Germany and Germany apprehensive of France, and

his stato of affairs has prevented

tilings from settling down. That is what lies at tile bottom of wliat; is Called the Security Pact. f If bv this Pact we can dispel the fears of both sides, we shall bring about the first great■ step towards making Europe and the world really peaceful and wellbrdei'hd places" oli'ce moi’e.C ' “The other great condition-that is at least ■ equally vital is to get. peace, and u'illi pence economy at. homo. To talk about economy in Scotland at. the present moment is rather a ticklish subject when I think of Posytli. ' It is not a pleasant' thiiig t.d have to make an economy of that kind, but by doing an unpopular thing just because they, bebeyod it .to be necessary is a thing which surely 'uught to secure for the Government public support.’’,

Sir Arthur said',iliaf he welcomed tlie suggestion recently in ado by Mr. Bovin that a deputation of masters njid ill ’ll should go abroad to • investigate industrial-conditions. He ridiculed the idea that there Was any intention to reduce wages and lower the standard of living. Such a policy would only add to unemployment, while by bringing prices down people would be able to buy more and thus increase employment. If Air. Baldwiti’s appeal for goodwill did not meet with n proper response, thou they had got to go forward with the treasures that might be necessary for the country, momc wliat might. '(Cheers.),.