GOOD ADVICE.
From a Home paper:—* "It is apparent that an intelligent citizenship, quick to appreciate its responsibilites, willing to make sacrifices for the common good and capable of a high degree of organisation, makes for the power and security of the nation. The mechanic in a thipyard who comprehends the relation of his work at this time to the nation's task, and gives full time and ungrudging effort, is a more valuable citizen than one who takes a day off each week because his wages are good enough to permit it, or who limits his work on tfye theory that he is doing enough for his employer. And so the farmer who produces good crops is a mort useful citizen than the farmer who produces poor crops and the person who avoids waste and extravagance is a better citizen than one who tpends freely in personal indulgence, possibly in the belief that he is liberal and benevolent in doing so. The principle is the same in time of peace aa in time of war, and if people will respond to the common interest in time of war by working faithfully and zealously at whatever they have to do, why should they not do to after the war, when they understand that the level of living conditions for the entire community may be raised thereby? A new interest is given to every individual's work when it is seen to be related to the common welfare, and a new interest attaches to thrift and economy, capital accumulations and the growth of great industry when the general results axe understood. The war, by its unusual demand, has laid bare these relationships, and the result should be on the one hand a keener interest on the part of the community in developing the capacity and usefulness of every individual, and on tho other hand a reciprocal interest on the part of each individual in doing his part in the-great organised scheme of industry."
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 June 1919, Page 10
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330GOOD ADVICE. Taranaki Daily News, 14 June 1919, Page 10
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