EMPIRE’S PROSPERITY

Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1931, Page 2

EMPIRE’S PROSPERITY

FOUNDATIONS CRITICISED. ■ HAMILTON. May L —-"Mijawaß*. m . ’ vmr « Observations on unemployment and other problems were made .by the Bishop of Waikato when addressing Hamilton Rotarians to-day. Lordskip. said that after visiting till* the rcountries of England, except 'and all the principal cities, . he Jiad-v.come away with the conviction tfoatfe: the conditions there were appalling-?. They-had not touched the fringe (ffiAfnemployment in this country by dS&parison. •He believed that if the dept had-not -been introduced thousands in. England must have s’arved to death ; ’ It seemed useless looking for hr cure for unemployment until .. .they had found the cause. Not only over three million people were workless Home .but a generation was growmj? up which had never known the meaning of work and looked forward only to reaching the age when they would qualify for the dole.

“I believe the prosperity of the British Empire has Been built up on wrong foundations,” added Bishop Sherrington. : .,“A great part of the,

wea’th of .Liverpool and'Brisk]; is due to the activities of salve traders. TheEmpire’s prosperity has been lniili .upon tlie sweat and toil of men, wdhii'b;iiJ and. children, who lmd to work long hours, day by day for a mere : pittance.” ;