ECONOMIC FACTORS.
PROFESSOR QUESTIONED STANDARD WAGE HEARING (Special to Times) AUCKLAND, Friday In the Arbitration Court vesterday vidence was concluded in the hearig concerning standard wages, which u* court is being asked lo determine, >r skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled ibour. In answer to questions bv Mr J. 1 o'beris. representing the ‘workers,; rofessor A. 11. ToeUer said wages »ust he closely associated with the | ould not say what llms'e wages should j Mr Roberts: Supposing Toolcy ! I reef merchants did not buy anything '"m New Zealand for six months; do; i"',i think we would go without io\-j ling and slarfe? Is it not a fact that your theories | i'o in support of I wo sections of Hie nej ed 1 mdholder and io farmer land gamblers'’—That is
not the fact. My theories are not in support of anyone. Advice to Mr Forbes But didn’t you advise the previous Government upon New Zealand trade, and go to London to advise Mr Forbes? —I gave him some advice, yes. And look where he landed.—l was not interested in any political party, but I was interested in I lie restoration of recovery in New Zealand. You may associate rue with the recovery, if you like. Mr Roberts: Recovery was due to the fertility of the land and the industry of the people. We have nothing lo thank the professors for. Have you any opinion to express as to whether wages should be increased or reduced?—On Hie evidence as I know il. l can sec no evidence that would justify either an increase or a decrease. Mr Justice O’Regan: 1 suppose you will agree that wages in all occupations tmisl hear a proportion to each other. You could not visualise a state of society where wages would rise in one and not in all occupations mg. Ihe tendency Is, largely, to rise and fall in all occupations. Wages in all occupations in a given eoinmimiiy nr country hear a proportion to each other?—) es, and that proporl ion generallx corresponds with Hie degree of skill required. The court adjourned.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20283, 27 August 1937, Page 10
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345ECONOMIC FACTORS. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20283, 27 August 1937, Page 10
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