Article October 22, 1927 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from J. P. Janett, Archibald Alexander, Gordon Palmer

[From the Star, Auckland, New Zealand]

In his official address as chairman of the Hawke's Bay-Manawatui Methodist Synod, held at Feilding, the Rev. M. A. Rugby Pratt said no organization of industry can be satisfactory unless it gives fullest recognition to the fact that the loftiest aim is service, not only of the worker and the employer, but the community as a whole. The worker must give the best service he can render and scorn scamped work and restricted output, whilst the employer must abjure the practices of sweating the worker and exploiting the consumer. The worker must receive a wage that shall afford reasonable economic security, suffice to insure the health and vigor of family life, afford opportunity for the enjoyment of the reasonable and disciplined needs of life, and give some satisfactory security for old age. Industry must offer good working conditions, reasonable hours of labor, adequate holiday periods, and such a status for the worker as will insure opportunity ... for a reasonable use of the good gifts of God.

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