SOCIAL PROBLEMS.
Mr W. It. Hearst, the proprietor of the "New York American," interviewed recently, said:— "The same question exists in the United States as/ exists here," he remarked, "but I think in the United States we are a little more ready to meet the in-, creased cost of living with increased wages, and the consequence is that the oppression of the increased oost of living is <not felt so keenly. To my mind, the most important matter; next to tlie aggregaton of wealth is the proper distribution of wealth, ®o that all classes' may Obtain a fail 1 share of the wealth which' they all in combination create. Good wages, constantly increasing are a necessity in this fair distribution, as Wealth is constantly increased in any progressive nation. I think the standard of living should constantly be increased. One of the. main advantages of our higher "civilisation ought to be a superior standard of living, and with all the wealth that is ibting created by modern intelligence and ingenuity and perfected machinery, the men who do the manual labour ough to receive a fair share. Then you would ooviateT strikes and the distress of an insufficient inqome.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10465, 1 November 1911, Page 4
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198SOCIAL PROBLEMS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10465, 1 November 1911, Page 4
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