The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 81
The Act Criticised
The Act Criticised.
I have now dealt with the main lines of criticism of my Wanganui speech, and I proceed to offer a few words of criticism of the Act, with a view to suggesting and justifying certain proposed amendments. First, I tried to show, in my former address, that the Act originally aimed at two purposes:
(1) | The fixing of a minimum living wage.—an anti-sweating wage. |
(2) | Strike prevention. |