THE COST OF LIVING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 502, 3 November 1928, Page 8

THE COST OF LIVING

Sir.— We are living in an extraordinary age when the United Party is able to claim that it will bring prosperity to New Zealand. Thoughts of the seventy million pounds must be the attraction. I think lam right in stating that when Mr. Ballanee went into office he said that borrowing must cease at once or New Zealand would be ruined. As soon as Mr. Seddon and Sir Joseph Ward got into power, borrowing began again on a gigantic scale arid has continued, ever since, more of less. Seventy million pounds is a tempting bait to many, and no doubt we shall have the same old crowd, plate in hand, doing the Oliver Twist act as they did during the reign of the great Liberal Party. Mr. Massey was the truest Liberal we have had in New Zealand politics. He legislated for the benefit of the whole community and not for one section. It is interesting to hear the different cures for unemployment advanced by the various candidates for Parliamentary honours. Not one of these so-called cures will even touch the fringe of the sore. Do away with the Arbitration Court and preference to unionists, make wages come down to a price that would make more men employable, and the cost of living would tumble down at the same time. It would be a blessing to the community., Everyone would benefit by it. OLD LIBERAL.