CAPITALIST SYSTEM

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24421, 5 October 1940, Page 13

CAPITALIST SYSTEM

GOVERNMENT'S HOSTILITY MR S. G. HOLLAND'S CRITICISM CONSTANT STATE OF UNCERTAINTY i From Our Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON. Oct. 4. " If the Government would say that it was not out to destroy private enterwise and the capitalist system, it would do an immense amount of good." said Mr S. G. Holland (Opposition, Christ'church North) when he criticised the conditions of the war loan in the House to-day Nobody could say that persons on fixed incomes were being fairly treated when they had to carrv the burden because other sections were given increased wages to meet increased costs. Mr Holland sain that the voluntary system of obtaining men for the forces had been given a eood trial but had broken down. Government members: No. "And the voluntary system in raising -i loan should be given a trial," cor.Hnued Mr Holland "We have had nve vears of violent hostility to the capitalist system from which we now hone to raise finance There nevei has been a time when the Deople knew what the Government was going to d(< next, and it is this constant uncertaintv "hich is beine felt to-day " A clear inference from the soeech ' if the Minister of Finance was that it was unpatriotic to claim interest Mr Holland added It was iust as illogical '-is accusin? the workers who produced war material of h«in« nnpat'iotic when thev received wases. Interest was bread and butter to thriftv oeoole iusl is waees were to the worker A great "ileal of war work was unnecessarily, expensive because the Government refused Dermission to many workers to work overtime and extra hours at ordinary rates.