LABELS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 925, 19 September 1910, Page 6

LABELS.

Sir,—l desire to express agreement with your short leader on above. The words "Mado. in New Zealand" are not always a recommendation when selling the goods. I used'the words English and colonial to describe woollen goods in a trade price li6t, but found prejudice against the colonial article.so strong that I dropped the distinction, with" favourable results for the colonial-made.goods. The cheaper classes of' goods are made-in' Yorkshire, and give great satisfaction to . a large number- of. people, who could not pay the price "for "all pure wool" goods. These people, many of whom hail front England, and'never wore'anything-else/ know the• value of these goods quite well,;,and take them from choice. Of course, our local.. mills make first-class goods, which compare favourably, when protected. by duty and. freight,, with Home-made goods ■of similar quality; But,. the cheaper kinds cannot be made herei for. lack of . the i material to makethem : from.. .Another objection to this Factories Act Amendment Bill is the re-, quiremenfc of'keeping account. of''.the, number of garments produced .every day for inspection of some State officer. To :'do'this properly .would, entail the services r of ah extra clerk, for whom the State does not propose to pay. This means! an added expenditure of;.. .£BO ,to iIOO for. each ; clothing manufacturer. No manufacturer, .needs such information own benefit, and I do not think-anyone keeps .such useless, .records. 'Of course, it will en'able'the-'Minister, for Labour to employ,a.few more cleiks.-to tabulate these statistics, and' 'a few. more''inspectors to waste bur, time; when",they interview- -us; but no . one will, be auy wiser, or better'off whenl-all ■ is ; done.—l' ■am,:etc., : .' : '■■'''■ - ' .■>:■"' '.! '.;"MANUFACTURER.