“CHIEF PESSIMIST”
THE MINISTER OF LANDS “The Hon. A. D. McLeod, Minister of Lands, has been described as New Zealand’s chief pessimist,” Mr. 11. R. Jenkins, standing for the United Party in Parnell, told an audience in the Meadowbank School, Remuera, last evening. Mr. Jenkins added that it had been said that, ever since the commencement of Mr. McLeod’s career, he had resisted any attempt to expedite land settlement. “Yet he holds the most responsible position in the Cabinet, except that of the Minister of Finance,” added the candidate, who went on to «ay that Reform had been weighed in the balance for its land policy, and had been found wanting. The present system of customs taxation was dealt with. Mr. Jenkins said England had built up her industries on the basis of free trade, and still had the lowest customs tariff in the world. Yet she exported goods to the value of £l3 a head of the population, compared with £2 for the United States. Mr. Jenkins advocated free trade within the Empire. He would treat foreign countries as they treated New Zealand.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 508, 10 November 1928, Page 10
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