THE UNREST.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2156, 29 July 1920, Page 2

THE UNREST.

LABOUR CONDITIONS

The country is passing through a pei’iod, of unrest such as always follows a great war (states the Budget). The cost of living is high, almost all the necessaries of life being far belond the price at which they stood in 1014. Industrial disputes are of frequent occurrence, and it is greatly to he regretted that in many cases, as between employers and workmen, there is not. that confidence which is necessary to success. Both classes have yet to learn that without mutual confidence and co-operation there can bo neither satisfaction nor prosperity. The employer cannot prosper without the co-operation of his workmen, nor-can the workmen prosper without the goodwill and co-opera-tion of the employer. These are lessons which should be learned and remembered, if we are to hold our own Avith other countries of the world, either in primary or secondary production. The best corrective for high prices is increased production; and employers and workers should recognise this. The productive capacity of the Dominion otters amide scope for individual and collective energy and enterprise; and all classes must assist in increasing production to the greatest possible extent, if every section of the community is to receive its fairshare of the community’s earnings in proportion to the value of its services.