THE COST OF LIVING
RESOLUTION OF WATEUSIDEKS. By, Telegraph—Press Association. Napier, December 10. The conference oi waiM'siile workers at present sitting in Napier has passed the following resolution: "That this conference expresses its sympathy with tho vege workers who .suffer from the enormously increased cust of living during the period of the war and since, but whilo doing so wo realise that as long as commodities are owned and controlled by the exploiters there is 110 real remedy, ami until Hie necessities of life are produced lor use instead of for prolit, the present system of economic extortion and profiteering must go on. Tho commercial riiius and trusts who own and control the food and clothing supply of tho world rtrc enabled by their efficient organisation and economic power to a commodity 'prico tax' on the public without consideration for social or national welfare, the conference' therefore recommends to all workers that they deina'ird a price for their only commodity, labour power, in keeping with the high jiTfces now demanded for the neecssarijs of life, this being the only method which the wage workers can employ to maintain their standard of living."
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 66, 11 December 1919, Page 10
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192THE COST OF LIVING Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 66, 11 December 1919, Page 10
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