RAY OF HOPE

Waipa Post, Volume 44, Issue 3183, 28 May 1932, Page 7

RAY OF HOPE

* Perhaps the most important thing is this, that a last there are no more arguments about whether a tariff is a good thing or We are at last going to put these economic theories to the test of experience, and we shall know, instead of arguing about, the results by the time four years hence or more this Government renders up its mandate to the people. * I admit that we shall be judged when the time comes by what we have been able to do for the employment of our people. That is far and away the gravest and most serious we have to face. I think, even there, we may just find that little bit of encouragement that justifies our hopes for the future. “ Unemployment statistics are very misleading, unless they are read with comprehension. To regard only the bare statistics, to be rejoiced or downcast once a month, is liable to render you a hypochondriac who feels his pulse night and morning. “ You want to look at the number of people who are employed. There is no getting away from that, and the ‘ last figures published show that, for the first time for two years, the figures of those in employment show a substantial increase as between the end of September and the end of February.”—Mr Stanley Baldwin.