MODERN TRENDS
QOMMEKOIAL MORALITY CREDITMEN'S LECTURE "Speed has even entered into politics, and we find rampant the unconstitutional method of legislation .by retrospective legislation)'- said Mr. C. 0. Mahony in an address on "The Trend of Modern Times," which he "gave to the Auckland Creditmeti-B Club,- "Wo find also hasty legislation,' which often produces bad law and teaches people to ignore good law," he said. Iri the main, said Mr. - Mahony, it mast bo conceded that the trend ol modern times was more for evil tb/m for good.; Iu his opinion, the main trends of the times were selfishness, with it being allied suspicion and fear, materialism, a departure from democracy, and the abuse of .education. . Failing a change, the end was alarming. "Selfishness is the greatest driving force in the world to-day," said Mr. Mahony. "Can it not be said that we are reaching a stage of defined barbarism? \y"<! find that commercial morality to-day is lowei* than it used to be. Men go to extraordinary lengths in giving credit, so that it seems that their sole aim is 'to get the other fellow's money and the other fellow's poods. Not enough regard is given fbr the purchaser's financial position. Man must learn the lesson that he does not live by bread alone." .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19135, 2 October 1936, Page 2
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214MODERN TRENDS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19135, 2 October 1936, Page 2
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