NATIONALISATION ISSUE.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 January 1920, Page 6

NATIONALISATION ISSUE.

OPPOSITION' IN BRITAIN. Ihe question of the nationalisation of industries was discussed at the quarterly, meeting in London of the Association ot British Chambers of Commerce. 110 ?"' ce °, u the agenda dealt witii the question of nationalisation. It wap drawn up by the executive council, w.io placed 011 record their opposition to any scheme of nationalisation, in 4he belief that it would injure the prosperity of all classes of the community and imperil the stability of the State. The president, in proposing the motion, said they believed nationalisation was a menace to the industry and commerce of the country, and that nationalisation m respect of any one industry was only the thin end of the wedge for the nationalisation of all the tiou Vf'Tn 1- m' 6 Tile destruction of individual enterprise meant the downfall of the country and ultimately the enslavement of the people Air. A J. Hobson (Sheffield) supported the motion, and said the argument tha lrtstr uldiea<i IB eadl / / aIl f. clOUS - There was a steady deterioration of the organisation of the Cow 1 "" 68 ' f Ue t0 til ° '"W hand ot the Government, and to the state of *emi-nationalisation under which they \v<?ic beinq- worked Tf tt. M 9 hhtCTS Hueinment must revert to the old'sv/ trv'ovei to l'" 3 ' th<> bllsi,less of the cnun>ij ove to business men, and seein" tint economic forces had free p!av " sentie n r tlon ean ' ieil With one dis "