The Guardian And Evening Star, with which is incorporated the West Coast Times WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER. 30, 1932. APPEAL FOR UNITY
The movement now in progress in the larger centres for a back to prosperity campaign has received the hearty support and co-operation of the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. R. Masters, who said that the organisers deserved to b e congratulated upon their initiative and public spirit•edness in so freely giving of their time and service to the cause of the campaign. Industry in New Zealand today, as indeed throughout the world, is hampered and 'restricted by the lack of confidence of investors, industrialists) and of other sections of the community. Capital is frozen to-dlay mainly because people have not sufficient confidence in the future outlook, to induce them to invest in industrial and 'commercial! enterprises. Unemployment is so much in evidence today because of this factor, It is (the aim of the ‘Back to Prosperity’ campaign to restore optimism and confidence, to quicken the pulses of commerce, and to increase industry and trlade. The movement aims, furthermore, at reducing the number of unemployed, particularly of youths and boys. It aims, in fact, especially at assisting the youth of New Zealand by endeavouring to find the unemployment. Wl”at the Dominion needs at the present time is more enterprise, more confidence, and freer spending to enable our industry and trade to be expanded in various directions. With such expansion there, must necessarily arise an increased demand for labour of all kinds, the .provision of work for many of those now unemployed, and tile opening up of' avenues of employment for, the boys and girls who are leaving our schools and colleges each year. The Minister proceeded to appeal for support to the campaign as, earnestly and whole heartedly as possible. Free spending, providing it is also, right spending, will do much to assist this movement. Consumption, demand, and supply are all inter-re-fated, and employment is directly dependent upon all three factors. The greater' the demand for the various commodities which are dealt in day by day, particularly the products of our own lodal industries, and the greater the amount of labour required to produce them. His 'appeal, therefore, is specially directed at encouraging the purchase of New Zea-land-made goods, for this is an essential feature for the success of the whole scheme. He also appealed to businessmen to professional men, to employers generally, and to the public to create openings if it is at all possible for the employment of all boys now out of work. If each employer would do his best to absorb at least one of these boys in liis office, Olfactory, or in some other direction, then there would be no difficulty in placing all the boys. The success of the ‘Back-to-Prosperity’ campaign depends upon the co-operation of all, and he made an earnest request for that desired assistance
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 November 1932, Page 4
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484The Guardian And Evening Star, with which is incorporated the West Coast Times WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER. 30, 1932. APPEAL FOR UNITY Hokitika Guardian, 30 November 1932, Page 4
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