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; /*\ D 0 0 'ft. <9 m SERIES OF ARTICLES THE POLITICRL VIEWS AND ARGUMENTS OF A TYPICAL NEW ZEALAND FAMILY. 11. “Dad, you said the other night that the Labour Party are going to socialise the land.” “It must, son. All the production in New Zealand is off the land, so how can the State own the means of production without owning the land?” “But, surely, Dad, a farmer wants to own his own land; look at the hours he works.” “He can work just as long for the State. All he wants the land for is to gamble in it. Take Mr Langstone—he comes from a country district and knows his onions.” Dad opened the scrap-book and his honest old forefinger, knotted with years of work, ran down the page. “Here we are: Timaru Herald,’ 3/5/38. Hon. F. Lang- > Stone said: “ ‘Every man who worked on the land wanted a title to a piece of it. What does he want it for? Past history has shown that he wants it to gamble with—to get away with plunder. While I am Minister there is going to be no opportunity given for anyone to do that.’ ” “Well, then. Dad, our Partes against the farmer selling his land at a profit, even when he has improved it?” “Certainly, How can he Eouch a profit on what won’t e his to sell? How often have I got to say that private ownership of land is wrong?” “But, Dad, when we’ve got the farmer where we want him we’ve still got to run his farm. How will you do it? On a crowd of civil servants?” “They’ve done it in Russia.” “How, Dad?” “They’ve got State farms. The State owns the land and piys the worker.” “Just like being on the P.W.D., Dad?” “Jusso.” “Does the Labour Party stand for the Russian system?” —Published t “Sure. What did Wally Nash (and he’s been to Russia) say about it in the ‘Standard’?— that’s our paper.” Dad turned back a few pages. “Here we are, last year, 19th September:— “ ‘The Soviet system of economic planning was better than any other form of government that he knew of!’ ” “Well, Dad, how will the farmer get on for manure and stock?” “Son, you just don’t understand. The farm will be State owned and also the stock and the manure. The farmer will be just a wage earner, a labourer, . and .. he’ll vote ‘Labour.’ There’s no room for the farmer in the Socialist State, for he’s in competition with the State farms . . , just like the transport firms that were in competition with the State railways. They’d be shoved under.” “Well, Dad, I guess it’d mean. a whole army of inspectors and bosses to run the dump. Who’d do that?” “Trade union secretaries and chappies with the gift of the gab. They usually talk themselves into the good jobs. P’rhaps some of the farmers would get some of the pie, but most of them would be just employees on the farms and the small peas would just be pushed off altogether. They’re what we call an uneconomic unit. When, Labour gets its way the farmer’ll have to jump to it. They know how to treat him in Russia, and it’s work for the State or starve there.” . “0.K., Dad, that’s the dope to give the boys at the works. I’ll tell them that when Labour comes back the farmers will be socialised and working for us. Best news since the forty-hour week.” arrangement. Watch for the next interesting episode of this feature In this paper on Monday next.

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