SMALL BUSINESS MAN

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 509, 12 November 1928, Page 13

SMALL BUSINESS MAN

ATTITUDE “NOT UNSYMPATHETIC” In tho course of three addresses delivered before large open-air meetings on Saturday evening, Mr. M. J. Savage, M.P., the Labour candidate for Auckland West, referred at length to tho propaganda of certain agents of other political parties who were circulating reports to the effect that Labour members were unsympathetic to the cause of the small business man “That.” said Mr. Savage, “is obviously untrue. It is not in the interest of the wage-worker that the small shopkeeper should be put out of business. because when he lost liis present position' of comparative independence ho would then become a competitor with the wage-earners for whatever positions may be offering.” Referring to a report circulated that no member of Parliament had ever visited tho Great Barrier, which was part of tho electorate, Mr. Savage stated that such was a misrepresentation of the position. Mr. Savage claimed to have visited the Barrier on several occasions and to have taken every opportunity in the House to look after the interests of the settlers, and that during tho present year he was accompanied by the Minister of Public Works, who received the settlers from all parts of the island. Votes of thanks and confidence were enthusiastically carried at each meeting.