MR. PARRY CONSIDERS PROSPERITY ARTIFICIAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 379, 13 June 1928, Page 8

MR. PARRY CONSIDERS PROSPERITY ARTIFICIAL

A LABOUR VIEWPOINT

It is the professed opinion of Mr. Tt E. Parry, Labour member for Auckland Central, that the brighter outloo* about which much has been saiar*cently is a Government-created cial prosperity, engineered for electio purposes. “Even at the risk of being coI “ by the Prime Minister for looking the gloomy side of things,” Mr. r«nT> said last evening, “I am going to veture the opinion that the atmosp of prosperity that the Government *- endeavouring to create is nothing ® . than the usual artificial prosperity - an election year, and in no way pi - any indication or guarantee of P° manency. “Does the market in the Old c try give any sign of stabllitj' a *> as our products are concerned, ap ' from political statements tt- al ' made by the same political thoug our Prime Minister? Let it be that an election is at England as well as here.’ the Credit had been claimed y Government for improved mar Mr. Parry said the market was and had the producers in a sw nervousness from one weeK n(> t other, and, as a result, they hen * able to launch out on any larg of farm development. counRain had again favoured those tries over which we benefited suit of drought, and they bringing up arrears in their pvity. f thP result This, again, yas not tn y atur e's prudent administration, hijt o generosity. , _ trade Recent reports advised u • , 0 p arrangements have been ma# with Russia, in the way of ** fir* to Russia, through aJlarge tran i on condition that Russia _ g agricultural products This would make another _ . et |r competitor on the EnSj* 8 tb* : reply to this, it would Z«a* preference will be given - the** and products. He could be no Imperial P refel £“ested as British capital was tber*> n foreign countries. and ui those couO‘ paid in goods produced 1 tries.