REVIVAL IN U.S.A.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18193, 14 September 1933, Page 11

REVIVAL IN U.S.A.

VISITOR’S IMPRESSIONS POPULARITY OE THE N.T.R.A. Comments on conditions in the l. nitod States under the Roosevelt regime were made in an interview by Mr. G. Green, of Auckland, who lias returned after a, visit of some mouths. “I encountered very little hardship there,” said Mr. Green, “and it appears that the National, industrial Recovery Act will do a lot to help the country hack on its feet. It has had the effect of raising wages, hut the prices ot eommodities have also risen proportionately, and in some eases are, higher limn they should be. Drastic Acts are being (Kissed to deal with business people who are exploiting the N.1.R.A., and commissions are sitting in many large towns to investigate cases of alleged profiteering. Everybody is enthusiastic about the ,\. 1.R.A., and when anything connected with the Act is shown on the screen at a theatre the audience will rise np and cheer.”

The marketing of tho 3 per cent beer, lie said, had not closed the “speakeasies,” as those institutions still had the sale of spirits, although it seemed to be the general opinion that within 12 months spirits would also be sold openly. Meals at hotels and restaurants were expensive, compared with New Zealand’s rates. The food was abundant, but for the most part it was of the “savoury” type, with a preponderance of condiments. The cheapest meal, tor which one would pay Is or Is 6d m Auckland, cost a dollar to If dollars.

“A remarkable example of the reviving confidence in business and of the freedom with which money is being spent,” continued Mr. Green, “was seen at a fur sale in Seattle. It was expected that the sale would net 100,000 dollars, but the final figure was '250.000 dollars. The most popular fur in the United States is a fox of any kind. These have been in great demand for some time, and are selling there at far higher prices than they do in New Zealand.’’