DOUGLAS [?]

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 688, 14 November 1933, Page 4

DOUGLAS [?]

ADDRESS IN ROT( MR HARRY ATMORE Ra AN ATTENTIVE HEARING 9- i COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC P(j An attentive hearing was •ed Mr. Harry Atmore, M,I large attendance at the Peer! • last evening when he address ! present on economic reform problems of the present 4 speaker, was introduced by T. Johnson, who apologisei non-attendance of the Mayoj, Jackson. Saying that th)e present was part of a Dominion ea Mr. Atmore declared that tt ers throughout the Domini; i heginning to reialise that the he snggested was necessary recovery of world conditions, vanced legislation New Zea! many years had led the wbo! 1 world but to-day we were f ffar hlehind advianced legisli other countries and had ff our early leadership. The aia present campaign was to this leadership. Tracing the j i of the world during the past ies, and the increase in prc Mr. Atmore quoted statistic creased production on the! his address to the Rotary C! ier in the day. Major Douglas' Social Ora posals were designed to al condition of laffairs and althoc were greatly criticised, this 1 to the fact that they were n« stood as they should he. New produced the largest propo; consumahle goods in the wi yet the Rev. Jasper Calder, t •land, h'ad stated that 80 per those admitted to his homes ? fering from mal-omtrition, 1 had been suggested that part excess production of butteri used as grease for machinerj "The policy of taldng aw chasing power is the same as ! 'tion of a doctor df he bled atii patient instead of giving himi fusion of blood," said Mr. At Ottawa a "Prodiguous Fa Claiming that the Ottawa I ence had never been intende a suecess, Mr. Atmore said£ conferenc© had not discas things ' which mattered. Ti had controlled the conferencei spite the promises of the C candidates during the lastela New Zealand, that if theywe ed in power men would be m retain their work, the partyb sacked 9000 men and reda old age pensions hy Is 9d 1 This had been done, said the: because Sir Otto Neimeyerli the Government that it was- 5 too much on social services, £ dictated the financial policy Government. He quoted the relation beta price levels of Sweden (wMe! duced an era of prosperity! eountry by the separate ei tion of its currency), andt! other countries to show that h tem of entirely national t each city could produce its oi perity. The object of thel Credit scheme was not to ti currency until the goods wti represented were produced. Prime Minister's Attitui The Prime Minister, Mr, had said that we should face ture with "cairn determinatici out suggesting any action, Rooseveit had suggested k action. New Zealand wastt thiest eountry in the wholewc ed on per capita production: the city was full of unempi while the Prime Minister w talking of reduction in pn power and placing more mei land. There was nothing toi productive capacity of New: being placed behind the crel eountry, except the initiatiw Government. At times even ti had realised the necessity oft vision of the Douglas Credit by app ealing to the Governc assistance by the seeurity cf the people of the eountry. \ the object of the national c proposed by Major Douglas! the eountry from the positioni it found itself. Could nottfe sary paper currency be crM asked, in order that the p® power of the people could t equal with the production eountry. Resolution Moved Mr. John Mitchell moved lowing resolution : — (1) Having heard the splej instructive address deliverea Hon. H. Atmore, M.P., this I» presentative and influential® of the opinion that monetaif is of outstanding importancf (2) The immediate arrest oi gressive deflation now ProCfi a condition which must prec£ turn to national prosperity other measures which may '; can prove effective substitn^ Speaking to the motion - chell mentioned that Mr. A® Minister of Education, had1 splendid service in administ Education Department andf3 the well-being of the childr® Zealand. The address wbicj' just heard was calculated to and enlighten the groAvn-nP for such we might claim to ters affecting money. , At the conclusion a vote for an eloquent and inspii™ was moved hy Mr. N. Keane( that it was the finest addr heard in twenty years. " , was carried unanimously applause.