A MODERN NINEVEH.
CONDITIONS IN UNITED STATES. “ THINGS MONSTROUSLY BAD.” New Zealand has much to be thankful for. The truth of this statement is brought home vividly In the following extract from a letter from a • friend in the United States received Iby Dr. J. G. Beaglehole, of Hamil- ' ton:— “Things are monstrously bad in this country—3ooo bank failures, riots in ! the coalfields, nearly 10,000.0dd unemployed. bread lines in Chicago i quarter of a mile long, the greatest Increise in \ire. i 59 murders in Nexx 1 York City in a yea:-. farmers refusing i to grow corn and grain .no profit in it . increase in lynchings, big rubber company losing monc). huge lyre coin 1 pany bankrupt, birth rate falling. It's ■ a great country this police corrupt everywhere. bootlegging on the in crease, police completely unable to • ■ gangsh i'li. What more ■dn you want. and what price Ihe I moral leadership of the United States?”
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Waikato Times, Volume 110, Issue 18408, 15 August 1931, Page 8
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