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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 253, 21 July 1919, Page 5

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ford delivered a bnei homily on the indiustrial problem. 'Class hatred and industrial warfare," he said, will never brin" prosperity and lftppincss; while the war has shown us that no amount of physical force can ultimately prevai against principle, for physical force, and pTinciple are inherently antagonistic. Surely tho war .has taught us that the world should he free for all peoples and for all classes; and statesmen, worth the name, in tho future must eee that wo neither buttress old privileges nor establish new ones. Tho capitalist and Ine labourer must be considered in the future as citizens. I have no faith that the war will crcato a new world. Lot us devote our best efforts to improving the old There are impossible moa in the ranks of labour and in the tents ot capitalism. These are the present obstacles open to the mass of the people. Let us lift the barrier which has divided captains and privates of industry into hostile camps and hindered production, and realise that a man works best when his work wins hun comfort, personal recognition, reapect, honour, and reasonable leisure. If there are any men in this country whose living depends on the maintenance of industrial etnio and whose mission is one of disruption and anarchy, I do not, of course, expect I their co-operation. None of my words ! will appeal to thorn, but I behove deep 'down in.tho hearts of the majority of i Now Zcalandcrs there is a genuine love i of country and a wish for interna l peace; and, though I agree that tho old ■ commission of things must, change and ! profits in business undertakings, must be i differently apportioned, yet I think tiiore ! is room for a conference, room for discussion, room for give and take, and ! room for concessions without disrupting ! Ihe commercial foundation upon which 1 trading rests. Pront-shariuß and co-part-iieiwhip is at tho best a partial pallifllivo The casual labour problem is the hurdle' at which such a scheme- must baulk We inusl; learn to deal with labour as if it is capital—for it 13 capital That cannot be denied; and we must realise that the political doctrine to- ' day is one of collective interest. J. bei Hove the war has mndo most 01 us less ! petty, and hns naught us mutual depend--1 once self-sacrifice, lokrance, and goodI will. I agree with Dr. Brent where he I says: "The day is past for individual- ■ istic effort lo help mankind." Let us, therefore, get together.