* * * * . Turning to home affairs, Mr.
Baldwin reverted to his favourite subject of retail prices. He was convinced that somewhere between the cost to the producer and the cost to the consumer there was a certain amount of waste which could be eliminated. With regard to housing, the Government would assist any agency or any supplementary scheme or any new method which might be capable of producing houses more quickly and more cheaply. The Government would also do all they could to protect the worker by " improved methods of insurance." Finally, the Government would not attempt to ' control the country's industries. They were con- vinced that any change of system would cause the nation to. fall into a -pit of poverty and misery hardly visualiied by the workers and certainly never yet experienced. by them. Mr. Baldwin received an ovation at the end of his half hour's speech. It was the kind of announcement which makes hope swell into confidence. • * • - -•
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