ENGLAND URGED TO ACT

Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1930, Page 9

ENGLAND URGED TO ACT

ORGANISATION OF/ TRADER). PRINCE OF WALES’ APPEAL ■ NEEDS'- OF SALESMANSHIP ■ ■! «.- • \ ’• ■ ■' 1 ■ COMPETITION TO BE MET, ■S3 Reel 8.30, p.m. - - -DojMonj.xiec. IL jj“Here in the Crmldhall: - where my;? father, 'a; generation ago-bbsought- Eng« land to wake-up' I appeal to the:leaders of British ’wake. up andi thor- , otighlyconsider/ arid' act,” eriid ■ ilia . Prince- of Wales., decisively at*-.the int > corpora ted sales managers’.bamjiiet/ Ha called attention to ; the fact that Bri*; tain for several years had been? losing},. ground at home. The people must real-t ise tlie- risks attending the.:niaintehancei/ of methpds which were satisfactory last . century but inadequate in - the. present conditions. Salesmanship,/ like /sports'; manship, needed love of-,, adventure# courage, endurance, energy, , iflitiative^; judgment, unselfishness and philosophy;’ to meet set-backs and be unrattled. The great game 'of commerce required. *H these qualities, besides expert eduea-t ’ .tion. • . •.. ■ ./ The Prince urged that the public schools ■ and. universities should -': nice these needs' and provide training! . designed to produce recruits for-,trade, j suitably equipped to battle against the ■ organisation of other countries. Employers should recognise • the.-need fob appropriately > educated: and well paid staffs if British trade was to live and:. .grow. - ;■