THOUCHTS FOR THE TIMES.
; CAUSE AND EFFECT. ;k. L ; Probably ill lit) period of the!world'shistory has there bfefell such progress commercially, industrially, and aoientl--ficnlly as during the last twelve year's/-. Production increased, consumption" inincreased, but quicker still did the : cost of distribution, the cost of social and government services ... increase. ; Statesmen in all countries were '.wafted like autumn leaves before the storm of popular demand for more state as- . sistanee to all 'and sundry. It is in-. ' teresting to note that this 'storm -was greater in the newest democracy,:'Australia, and calmest in the oldest France the result being that the former country has felt , the slump most, and the latter least of any country-in the .world; which proves that democracy, ;like:,a fever, will run its course, and when, better will regain common sense.: —L. M» C. MacFarlane.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1930, Page 4
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137THOUCHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1930, Page 4
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