PUBLIC OPINION.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 September 1925, Page 2

PUBLIC OPINION.

TIIK WAY Of SCCCKSS. "What is the most valuable quality in a young man who wants to .succeed m business: 1 It would be fairly comprehensive. H would be compounded of Inteliigenve. Industry, Integrity, Application. Initiative. Tint. Accuracy, and Humanity. Speaking of my business life, it is that individuality is the thing which counts, and good service, so far as I .-an judge, lias its reward.” Viscouni Im-hca |>e. IXDI'STRY’S HKST IXVKSTMKNT. ■•Tt e t lent rical industry to-day is - pending a quarter oi a million a year on researcii all impre.-sive figure in this country ; hut there i> one company in the l' 11 i: v-i! Stale-, ol America that is now sp-ouiing P.lllHiJlPd dollars a year and [ms ginai trained workers in its research hiliora torn--, and is going to i u iv,i- 1 that nuinlvr to o(> HI. and tl cry* i- h i doulq that vit lory in the long run V. 0! go to the nation v. Inch can harness . mil--: idiirifntiv ami more securely sci-(Mu-e to i. im!u -1 rv." —Mr Stanley Baldwin (British Ptime Minister.) THK SPIRIT Of WOMANHOOD. " Wc arc an! now only to skim the surface instead of letting down our nets tor draught. A greater number of our women in future will have a greater share in public. It is the great aim to become a good wife and loving mother, and I do expect trout the women of the next generation far greater influence on the country's life than iu the past.” ‘The spirit of womanhood,’

he concluded, ‘must onter'inio our national thoughts. They would he more libelv to get that true union between nations if they got women into the discussions and development of it. It was to the girls of to-day and the women of the future to see that local government, national government, and international government was based on the highest pos-ible principles.’ ’'--Bishop lilt-sell Wakefield, in the "Sunday Times.” PfHPIT AND THKATRF.. ■■ | do not feel inclined to cry out excitedly for the ( elisor. He is ;t ei iin he !'-■ in 1 1 ■ sort ot person. Ihe public ako k slow- in its movements, lmt may be trusted to apply its own '<msorship in a comparatively little while. Whv do church-going people confine themselves so largely to denunciation of had play- and show so little appreciation of tho-e that are really good 7 The theatre is a part of our human life and w ill never he <- ,s----plaeed. The original Puritan attitude of sheer hostility is plainly a mistake. There is nothing nobler -than the drama at it- best. If decent people would support decent plays they could turn the scale iu their favour. The only efective protest against had plays is absence. The only effective support ~f hefter ones is patronage. In Hie theatre, as almost everywhere eke, We get what we demand. Tito economic urgumeni re-ts at long last upon character. Without going into rhapsodies

over the present state of our mural life it is possible to feel thankful that has happened.” lh; K. W. Norwood, ~f t! e ; It ,- Temple, m the " British Weekly." S<H'T!I AFRICA TO JOHN BlU.k. "The British manufacturer can well look after his own interests.. There wa- a classic instance some three year- ago wlieu British footwear factories -old their surplus outputs at ridiculous rates ns a threat io our nil-rent hoot industry. Any sense of brotherhood with Hug! ish-kirn South Afi i-an manufacturers was conspirii-■ 11 -1 a absent : nevertheless tile Bri. ! i—1 1 maimin' Hirer i- not to he blamed ; a tins; he looks to Dominion market- a- providing a legitimate outlet for hi- goods. If is a business proposition pure and simple, and there ; - no need lo try and make it appear anything dill’erent. If there can 'be - ■« no quarrel with the British Governuieut which is responsible fo its own P'-rplc fog its actions and no blame attaches lo the British manufacturer who is out for business, then it- is not clear how any fault can he found with the i-onth African (lovernment adopting legislation which is c aleulatod if once to benefit British trade, and b- lie helpful to the South African prodn er and consumer." The “South Alrican Nation,”

THE fillip OF 1X1)1 'STRAY “A glam-e at any trade journal will show us that the luxury trades alono are thriving -sill;, drink, tobacco. Tit RRd we spent aliotit 72 millions on armaments; in 192.7- we are to spend 129 millions sterling. Puhlie e-onemv i> one ol the most unpopular doctrines. Our politicians, municipal and national, are afraid of it. Their timidity. lack ol candour, and passion for saving the thing that pleases tho crowd at the inoment may prove a prolife- soitree of evil to the commonwealth. Without, losing oe.r heads, we must meditate on the truth that our industries were in grave danger, that It) per cent, ot our u orkers wero tim-inlbived, that vo were beginning lo live on our capital, in ocean danger- men did not philosophise; they -bl'd. It wa-- time the captain, bo’stin and male took tlm shin of industry in hand. There was little fear hut 1 hat the i-row uouid ohev.” Ret-. A. ('. Hill, in the Cla-gow ‘‘Herald.’ - AVANTED. A PIZARRO. ■fioino centuries ago, when a handfill of Spanish soldiers landed on the 1 ''-I'll vian coast after great hardships, tie", were t'-rl'ilieil ol the prospect of .-"lvaiieiug, and ~:iii| to ihzarro. Ho '[’cl them t , look toward-, the sea. Im l; wa- hi- an-uor -in the I.lazing ->i l iji. He had ordered them to ho cel alight ami I be/ hurtled to the "-ii i ‘-t- -s edge. His next order was ‘( oni|m-r or die.’ Wo know what happened. They i■ im j it"rod. Sir Robert Horne budgeted | „• |g{) millions more l halt tie should hare done. Mr Chttrehdl actually im-reases last mar's ohligat ions by ten millions. R he Imi! taken lb-- hull by I.lie hulls and. hm.lget ing for !ol 1 millions had let the depart meats get on with the job as best ‘■b"y eoiil l, jioinlitig out. like i ry « mid ha ve been fired to an a; tutii'bi."g --'.lent by sell a practical e>r!l e" ■-) id- determimilion to eiifmee eeom.mv at nl! res! Sill.lokll l.altll, in Hie ‘-I-Netlitlg News."