CAN HE BE ABOLISHED?
By the facts humanity is compelled to face problems of government as affecting social needs. W ere it not that history proves all political short cuts to be mostly in the direction of morasses and precipices, it might bo said that under Socialism, which professes to base its views upon the contention that all production should be for use and not for profit-making, a way to wipe out the speculator in the food of man might be found. Possibly Socialism might bring in its train worse evils than those it proposes to abolish. But, that being as it may be, it is plain that the universal welfare of mankind is attacked by the existing system, and that the one great aim of society should be to trample out of existence that form of middleman who becomes the cunning organiser of rings nnd corners to raise the price of food by artificial means. This class has learned not only that the aLleged capacity of the law of supply and demand to regulate prices is a myth, but also how to utilise the workings, of the law in such a manner as to emablo it to impose taxes upon food.—“ Daily Telegraph.” ' ' f
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2477, 16 April 1909, Page 2
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205CAN HE BE ABOLISHED? Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2477, 16 April 1909, Page 2
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