WAR PROFITS
Speaking on war profits, Rev. J. K. Archer, of Wellington, president of the Baptist Union, said:—"Tliey arc outrageous. Not a farthing of thorn is justifiable. Jn England they are estimated to Utal anything up to £750,000,000 a year. In New Zealand they seem to be proportionately as groat. Some New Zealand farmers are anticipating still bigger profits after the war. They are gloating over the thought of 4s a pound for wool and 2s 6d for butter. No wonder the Minister for Agriculture, himself a farmer, speaks of our ' sordid commercialism.' In its presence we have little right to throw stones of criticism at Germany's self-seeking. Fundamentally, competitive commercialism is the same the world over. It knows no nationality, no patriotism, no brotherhood, no pity, no sacrifice. It is the most un-Christian thing on the face of the earth. Before the war it was discredited. Now it is irrevocably disgraced."
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13891, 17 October 1918, Page 6
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