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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20092, 22 November 1930, Page 24

AUCTION'S. H. MATSON AND CO MATSON H a n <1 CO. CLEAR THE PATH FOR TH E I1)£A! * HneVOU3 Wa9Ulff6 ° f b»«lt 13 tho idea that counts of a business it an idea. Its „r„,„ Olipa tiji> triumph of ideas. Ideas ai 6 ?h r}' of it. ° One would think, then, that would be treasured like (.-old, that rot cuid be allowed to waste, that tho nuntal experience of the organisation wou'q be washed and sifted uo that no idea woum escapo ecutiny. Xet every day, perhana every hour, some idea that, would heln to strengthen the busmcßs is lost beyond recovery. Some of these ideas are lost through sheer negligence. A man will have an idea for iu.proving tho arrangement of his department, for packing merchandise more attractively, for phuißing an advertisement more effectively—he turns it over in his mind for a rninuto or two, omits to make a noto of it, then forgets all about it. Such »< man might almost do lesa harm if he look the livm'a money and threw it into the raver or barrenly waßted tho firm's time. For a good idea is more than time ami more than money, and the man \ who i» keenly loyal to hia firm will give • it hio ideas aa scrupulously as he gives | it his ' labour and his time. ; Often the wastage comes through obtueeress in the administration. There are I business men, many of them m adminis- j tif-tive position*, who dislike or despiao ! n-ew ideas as seeming to be a criticism upon i their management. They asoociato them with change end revolution and disturbance, with young men eager to get on, with critics who say the business has got into a rut Such men discourage ideas. They chill those who approach to offer them. They frown upon tho new idea as something that may turn and bite them. Most of the ideas that come to life m their organisation are stillborn. But we have noted recently that a great obstacle to thr idea is not negligence, nor administrative obtuHeneas—but just laziness. A man will get an idea for the better working of his office. At the first sight of it he smiles with pleasure —for tho first impulse of the natural m\n is always to welcome the new idea. Then gradually ho discovers tha* there will bo difficulties in putting the idea into operation. It will mean trouble. Then he asks himself: "Is it worth the trouble?" It might mean working late' Tt might mean usin<? his Saturday afternoon in writing out a memorandum! He decides it's not worth the trouble. No or.e, he thinks, will "be any the wiser, or any the poorer, if lie says nothing about his new idea. lie abandons This we can say of our own ftrrn, no idea was ever abandoned because it was a tioubln to put it into operation. We count no trouble too much ;r it makes eWr tho i>atb for the idea. KHEEFOWNERS are now shearin/' 1 and thev will have their WOOL, their SHKFJ>SKIXS, and VARIOUS PRODUCTS, the result of their year's labour, to realise. SEN D YOUR WOOL TO H. MATSON and CO., and they win leave no stone unturned to make the best realisation. PERSONAL and DIRECT EFFORT IS NEEDED TO-DAY. WHEN EXPERTS DIFFER. One of the disadvantages of increasing popular education is an increase in the ruwbvr of people who claim to speak with the authority of exports. One of the disadvantages of democracy ia an increase in the number of people who claim to know experts when they see them and to choose which among them shall be given the place of honour. The result is that tho country is at the moment suffering from a bewildering excess of expert advice on most of the subjects of daily importance. The bewildering excess arisen bemuso of the strident and irreconcilable comlirtp of opinion between them. This conflict is at its worst in the matter of the nation's trade and Industry. There appears to be no single statement about the cause of business depression which is not as loudly denied as it is affirmed. One set of experts tells us that rationalisation is tho cause of unemployment, another tells us that it is the only cure. One set tells ue that before British trade can improve wages must be lowered, another tells us that they must bo raised. One set wants more gold, another wonts more paper. One set wants more tariffs, another wants fewer. The kitchen is crowded by cooks with different ideas about the broth. The ship's bridge is crowded by i navigators with different ideas about tho course. When experts differ then common senee must come into its own. That, St Beems to us, should be the rule for a!l who are tired of tho conflicts of exports. Common sense for a nation cannot in the long run be different from common sense for a man. When a man's fortunes are ailing he knows that if he has not been doing so before he must now work his hardest. Anyone who told him that the way to help his business was to do less work far it would have little chance of a hearing We think the same rule might be followed by the plain man at these times of national perplexity. Whatever may be wrong it mast bo right for him to work his hardest. The notion that the less he does the more there I is for others to do must be expelled. Work creates wealth, and common sense says that we can never hope to increase our wealth by diminishing our work. So with thrift. In personal hard times & man is thrifty for his own good, and he should in national hard times be thrifty for tho nation's good. Extravagance is not good /or anyone at any time. So with the other solid practical virtues wherewith a man repairs his own fortunes—patience, resourcefulness, cheerfulness; these, like hard work and thrift, are dictated by common sense for the man and, more than all the subtleties of experts, they are dictated for tho nation. DO NOT FORGET THE OLD FIRM. THEIR EXPERIENCE IS KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR. AND THEIR CAPABILITIES ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL. H. MATSON and CO. WEIGHTS OF CROSSBREDS. HOW VARIOUS BREEDS COMPARE. The particulars given below of exhibits of crossbred sheep exhibited at tho South Afri» can Central Show this year should prove interesting. Some of tho crosses would not bo possible nor would they bo considered in Australia, but they giro an idea of South African experiments that are being- conducted in order to rind an ideal fat lamb for their country. Romney Marsh X merino hamels, aged 38 months, live weight 1761b each, estimated to dress 921b; similar lambs aged G months, B6lb to dress 431b. Suffolk X merino lambs, aged 7J months, 1421b, to dress 731b; similar lambs, 17 weeks, 601b, to dress 311b. South Downs X merino lambs, aged 5 months, loßlb, to dress 581b. Oxford Down X merino iambs, aged 7* months, 1141b. to dress 581b. Shropshire X merino lambs, aged 5 months, 721b, to dress 361b. Border Leicester X merino liamel, 14 months, 1081b, to dress 561b. Woolled Persian X merino lambs, 5 months, 05lb. to dress 821b. Suffolk X Black Head Persian hamels, aged 20 months, 1301b, to dress 671b. Shropshire X Black Head Persian hamels, age 20 months, 1301b, to dress 691b. Suffolk X Woolled Persian lambs, age 6J months, 98lb. to dress 521b. Suffolk ram X Romney Marsh-merino crossbred ewes-lambs, aged 6 months, 1001b, to dress 521b. All the exhibits were direct off the veld, and had never required dosing. FARMERS requiring MANURES, WOOLPACKS, CORNS ACKS, and ANY COMMODITY ESSENTIAL ON THE FARM, H. MATSON and CO. WILL VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THEIR ORDERS. H. MATSON and CO. .n he following is an extract from an Australian paper. This country is close to our door. TU7FFALO fly threatens our meat u industry. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research views with not untimely alarm the crowing menace of the Buffalo fly, which, • t Tearing first among the herds of cattle in ♦ !i« Vorthern territory, is now reported to spreading throughout Australia. T'nless measures for control are taken, Sir rvo-'e Julius, chairman of the C.S. and TR "believes the time not long distant when }h»'' Buffalo fly will cost the meat industry 0 instralia £2,000.000 per annum. tL manager of the Wyndham Meat Works, { utt Australia, he stated, had told the «Vil that it was either a matter of "the Buffalo Ay S ol ' n ß 0,,t or the meat o-oing out." Ti. MATSON and CO., Auctioneer*. I M 7 4 1 * k