RUBBER AND PAPER

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 178, 30 July 1942, Page 4

RUBBER AND PAPER

THE Minister of Supply on Sunday urgently asked the people to hand In their used paper and rubber, and not to wait for an ideal collection organisation. Knowing the great need, he was right to make the short o?1he S )ffpn| Ue «h rt l r i i tl vf t W t y ' bu / some organisation, even if far snoit ot the ideal, should have been functioning by now. Apparently SSn^? lo f ose f arrangement that the retail motor trade in the citieJ f the dairy factories in the country, should provide the delivery-points but organisation beyond that point is needed There is If an n some question in the public mind concerning payment vaTnn hl previously regarded as worthless waste suddenly acquires k!w oat! r? of the circumstances of war, the person who expects to i and withholds it for payment, will surely qualify for the description of profiteer. Like any other profiteer, he will be trving to mpnf P ersonal Profit out of his country's need. Provided the Govern2anriarri\ r , ng i 1 rubber, charges the manufacturing company a i price, as is done in Australia? no other question of payment K riS , e - ? u V£ e collection problem, for both rubber and should be faced without further delay. When the salvage need is sri £ r ®at no organising effort required should be allowed to prevent the campaign attaining the maximum possible success.