WHAT IS WRONG WITH LABOUR

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10289, 26 May 1919, Page 6

WHAT IS WRONG WITH LABOUR

(To the Editor "N.Z. Times.")

Sir, —So England to herself be true, no power on earth shall ever make her rue,. But n0,.,-..nation can be .true to its own interests that up with .schism. One Labour disputant reported . in your columns fast' 'w'e'e'k clearly indicated the widespread disorganisation intended to be fomented by the alleged , disagreements of the waterside industry and the pretended attempt at remedies, cunningly timed to be traded off so as to secure..a.,Bolshevik victory at the hustings.«.,What,is wrong with Labour? Labour is like a lamb before its shearers —dumb. Too dumb; and who are tho shearers? Not bonafida capitalists whoso one incentive is to make clear, the way through the wilderness oi want to the goal of healthy occupation. When Mr Snowden proposed to publicly resume the ownership of the coal mines Lis first move was to raise a Joan. The reason the scheme collapsed to that another t Labour leader proved that Mr Snowden's plan spelt bankruptcy. The puzzle was, why did he want capital 'r* Why couldn't he carry on capital? Then does the wharf belong to tho watersiders, and all the j goods upon it? Does the butter and cheese, as soon as it gets within tlie j'zone of the waterside operation —smells l ozone, so to speak—belong to the watersiders? Whero were these Labour leaders when the war commenced? I What'"is making them so busy just now? is the use of jubilating over s6-called <> rjeace, when the war after the war Jis going to be greater than the war itself? The war ol emancipation of trade and industry from fatal thraldom.; The present abnormal cost of living is very largely encouraged by the,"unrest of Labour, and its. .incompetence.--in the adjustment of petty grievances, and anyone who fosters this unrest is no friend to Labour.

HENRY BODLEY.