"NO MORE SLUMPS"
Minister of Lands Confident About the Future MAN-MADE ECONOMICS Tbat tbere would never be another slump iu New Zealand was tbe opinion expressed by tbe Minister of Lands, tbe Hon. F. Langstone, wben speaking to a number of .settlers in tbe Waikaretu Valley in tbe Waikato district. ne said tbe people could face tbe future witb a far greater degree of confidence * than previously. Slumps were man-nnade and economic laws were the relation between man and values, and tbus could be controlled by man. Mr. Langstone said as yet no fixed price bad been set for wool, but wben the price for tbat commodity was reduced to 3d . or 6d per pound, as it miglit, .tbe sheepfarmers would be asliing to be shielded by tbe Government as it bad shielded tbe dairyinan. Tbe Government, said tbe Minister, was earnest and sincere in doing its level best for the people of New Zealand, wbicb was a wonderful country. He asked those wbo disagreed witb the Labour policy to face up to tbe future, conquer difflculties and leave our personal matters. Witb tbe development of tbe land, said Mr. Langstone, a tbousand benefits would be provided tbe community of New Zealand. It would give those wbo had been struggling along- confidence in the future.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 212, 23 September 1937, Page 6
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