Thoughts For The Times

Hokitika Guardian, 17 August 1920, Page 2

Thoughts For The Times

Opportunities for All. “The extreme Labour members cannot point to a single man. who is. worthy to go on the land and is willing to work, yet who cannot .get on the land to-day,” said Air J. R. Hamilton' (Awarua).Alen who had come to New Zealand without money a few years ago were on farms of their.own to-day, because they had been prepared to work. Yet there were two men to do one man’s work on the wharves, and the discontented city workers were being taught by their leaders that the way to get plenty was to produce little. Labour extremists would like to make it a criminal offence to practise thrift, economy, and industry ; they stood on the soap boxes to tell people that the man who worked hard and saved money was an exploiting capitalist, whose money ought to be confiscated. There was not a man on the Reform side of the House who had not had more blisters on his hands than all the eight Labour members. The followers of extreme Labour, said Mr Hamiltoft, flocked to the picture shows in the towns, while the farmers were still at work.