TOO MANY FACTORIES
WELLINGTON, Marcli 30. Artificial controls kept prices liigh u. .many cases and the surest road b establisliing just values was along tli lines of eompetitiou and incentive pru ductiou, stated the president of tlit New Zealand Wholesale Soflgoou* Federation, Mr. D. A. Eweu, wlien addressing the annual meeting. Ko calling that he had expressed the liopi a year previousiy that there might bt a return to freer niarkets, Mr. Eweu said the quality of goods was suireriug by the policy at present iu operatiou and added: "We have more factorie. than our available labour supply can operate. Non-essential works are draw ing labour away from essential in dustries. " It ivas hoped, he continued, tliat soine of the more oppressive con trols and restrictions would be removeii before long. Dealing with the question of overseas markets, Mr. Ewen said the great outstanding fact seejned to be that New Zealand, while seekijig otlier export markets, would be compclled to regard Britain as still the chief market. New Zealand must also look to Britain for its main supplies of nianufactured goods. There seemed to be no alterua tive even if New Zealand wished tlu* positiou to be otherwise.
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Chronicle (Levin), 31 March 1947, Page 2
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