TO ABOLISH CAPITAL
“DRONES OF SOCIETY”
MR. BURTON’S ADDRESS
The complete abolition 0 f capitalism and the establishment of a socialistic state is the objective of Mr. O. E. Burton Christian Socialist candidate in the Eden electorate, who spoke at the corner of Dominion Road and Valley Road last evening. His candidature for Parliament, he says, is the commencement of a movement toward this end. Unemployment always would exist while the competitive system of pro . duction operated. It had been existent in New Zealand since 1841, and always would be present while the industrial system was worked upon a surplus of labour—a necessary contingency while capitalism controlled the economic forces. Mr. Burton was interrupted by an enthusiastic middle-aged conservative member of the audience, who said 25 per cent, of the people would not work. Mr. Burton handled him deftly. “There are more slackers and more drones among the wealthy classes and in the circle of society than there ever has been among the men who are out of work.” (Applause.) As a gesture toward international peace the war had been a complete failure, Mr. Burton alleged, for there was more hatred and more suspicion and more fear to-day than there had been before the world-wide conflict began. He favoured the extensive and efficient use of the machinery of the League of Nations to bring about the establishment of a peaceful and harmonious community. When asked upon his attitude in the House, Mr. Burton said he would not commit himself upon his association with the Labour Party in Parliament, but he pledged himself to vote against United and Reform on a no-confidence motion. Mr. Burton was asked if he could apply Socialism in New Zealand if the rest of the world did not adopt it. He replied that it could operate in part only in such a case, but he was confident that the time was coming when it would be universally recognised as the only ultimately practicable scheme for the progress of a community.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 508, 10 November 1928, Page 10
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334TO ABOLISH CAPITAL Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 508, 10 November 1928, Page 10
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