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GROSS PROFITEERING.
Fix this textSACRED PLEDGES DISHONORED.
Fix this text1. WE SHALL PROTECT THE CONSUMER AGAINST EXPLOITATION.
Fix this text(Hughes’s Pledge, March 27, 1917, Bendigo Policy Speech.)
Fix this textTHAT PROMISE REMAINS UNREDEEMED.
Fix this text2. GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S CONFERENCE, APRIL, 1918.
Fix this textMr. Hughes asked Labor what was hindering recruiting. Labor replied with a
Fix this textnumber of proposals to create a better feeling of public unity. The following is taken
Fix this textfrom the Official Report of the Conference, pages 156, 157, and 158:
Fix this textLABOR PROPOSAL, No. 5.
Fix this text“ That immediate and effective steps be taken to protect soldiers’ dependents and
Fix this textthe public generally against profiteering.”
Fix this textTO WHICH THE GOVERNMENT REPLY IS:
Fix this text“Agreed.
Fix this textThe Government has given, and will continue to give, every attention to this
Fix this textmatter, the vital importance of which is fully recognised. The Government will
Fix this textwelcome any practical suggestion from Conference to this end.”
Fix this textMr. HUGHES: “I want to say that I am quite sure that profiteering exists, but it is
Fix this textnot so easy to deal with as may be supposed by the man in the street.”
Fix this textMr. HUGHES: “We are forming a Board of Trade, which will consist of three
Fix this textMinisters and two first-class business men, who will give their attention to these matters.”
Fix this textMr. HUGHES: “I think I may be permitted to say, on behalf of the Chambers of
Fix this textCommerce and the Employers’ Federation, that they have no sympathy with such men,
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Fix this textTHE TRIBUNAL PROMISED WAS NEVER CREATED.
Fix this textTHE GOVERNMENT PLEDGE REMAINS UNFULFILLED.
Fix this text3. THE NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT HAS HUSHED UP GROSS PROFITEERING.
Fix this textBeing continuously flagellated by Labor for dishonoring its promises, Mr. Hughes
Fix this textset the Interstate Commission to work investigating profiteering. Gross profiteering has
Fix this textbeen reported to the Government. The Commission’s reports dealt with Meat, Bread,
Fix this textGroceries, Fruit and Vegetables, Rent, and other commodities.
Fix this textTHE TWELVE REPORTS OF THE INTERSTATE COMMISSION HAVE
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Fix this text4. AFTER ALL THESE BROKEN PROMISES
Fix this textMr. Hughes and the Nationalists now promise
Fix this textA ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO PROFITEERING.
Fix this text5. According to Sir Joseph Cook
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Fix this text“ THE COMMISSION WILL ENABLE REPUTABLE BUSINESS FIRMS TO
Fix this textPROVE THEY ARE NOT PROFITEERS.”
Fix this text6. The Government has full power to deal with profiteering.
Fix this textBUT ON MAY 3, 1919, IT PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED ITS REFUSAL TO
Fix this textCONTROL PRICES.
Fix this text7. Last August the Government submitted an “Urgent” Bill to Parliament to “protect the
Fix this textCustoms against fraud.” Mr. Charlton, M.H.R. (Labor), moved a clause to provide for
Fix this textthe publication of import prices as a check upon profiteering.
Fix this textTHE GOVERNMENT DROPPED THE BILL RATHER THAN EXPOSE THE
Fix this textPROFITEERS.
Fix this text8. The Federal Government has full power to deal with profiteering, but on May 3, 1919,
Fix this textpublicly announced that they would not control prices.
Fix this textTHE PROFITEERS FIND NATIONALIST CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
Fix this textTHE NATIONALISTS CANNOT DEAL WITH PROFITEERING.
Fix this textTHERE IS ONLY ONE WAY—VOTE LABOR.
Fix this textJ.H.C./5/11/19. w - CAREY, Gen. Sec., A.L.P., 321 Pitt-street, Sydney.
Fix this textRead Labor’s Case in the “LABOR NEWS.” All Newsagents
Fix this textThe Worker Print, St. Andrew’s Place, Sydney.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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