RECIPROCITY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1465, 13 June 1912, Page 6

RECIPROCITY.

THE VIEW'S OF AN, AUSTRALIAN '! '"' VISITOR. ' "■ Vi jtr'./.Tohn. Bpgaiiy •*>? Messrs. Hogan arid Co., (fca'ier.s, in./produce,, .giain : an.d; cattle. i iii/'Neivcastle ■and. Sydney, is at present';a visitor to Wellington, ! x conversation : \vitli." a- Dominion' .reporter; » ;5[K Hoga'ii. expressed ihisiisurpriss;' 'aj;'. tlic .luke-warin manner in which.the question of. Australia and' New Zealand luid been regarded in tjiis..;' country,. ■ . . | "Tiio' position seems ;jto: rise;" said: Mr. . Hokan, ".that you have all to gain arid nothing to lose. ■ J/iok what would,bo tho : position if there was a reciprocal arrange- ; liient at the present time, Your people! would bo selling at least M. per bushel more ,for 'their oats all rotind. At. present we have'to pay 7Jd.: per' tyislidl: 'duty,.! freight -Hljd. ' If the duty were, ab'ol-: ished, our merchants would not be liityiisjr. 500 or 1000 Kick- lots, bat 5003 sack. lots, and. would absorb practically the whole, o; !-he export oat crop for Xew Zealand ihis.,yeari" . ■ ~ ■ ■, "Keaily, it. is beyond .my comprehension why anyone should treat the. qucstbn in "(he manner you are, doing over ; here—you are bangihg' :tlw door im. a' market that is ..waiting'.to be supplied. We, liavc very little to giva as compared ■ wii.h what we are prepared to r.ecci.v.e;. I believe a little flour is coming into. \e» Zealand from Australia at present, owinj io short supplies here, but how often does, f'ii'at occur. The climate .of. Australia is ', uncertain that it almost, amounts to : ji. certainty that.,Sye: want, at pno time on: •other,, Mtpplies from outside •.sources',. At. present we are ;short of. potatoes, .'onions, '6»y. and -chaff, all ever tlie Pomrnon-" wealth. Tiifl major poTtiou of fori r' pcoplo a'ro apxiculttiralists,. ami the , increased ' prices' they could; : get.' for tbeir product? if' the duty were removed would benefit • the entire community." . "for 'fli-e lifo'.of me I. earit. tell you off-' 1 imnd what we rould give you. Kruit ? ■ Well, a few grapes during a short reason. Apples.? Why, they're at a premium. nearlv all the rear round, arid we could lake tij.cn.i- from you if you co-tid supply them." : ■ "Tmre is a .£1 per '.tpn. duty on chaff, potatoes. a'n<l ■ .onions; Take ch'atf; ' Jn,'. stead, of your farmers getting ,'£l' 15s. per ton for chaff at country tails, you could get ,05 l">-\ f.o.b. The price noir being realised iii Australia is anything l>?tween ,f.S in.--. and £10. "Livirig, as I do,, tit Iseicc-astle,-Qri the. Hunter.tiiver. w{iich a.p.'eat- di'stf.i'ct 'Wr. . lucerne hav, I want Io teli you what it ..gi'eiiji .thing can be'm'adp out..of such a' speciality. The drought w ! e have ha'd in the Riveririii oiily afl'e'cte'd a f;peok of land . bit tho map of Australia, -jfe£ we -have, seiit 1000 tons of hay to that <>r,< cHstn.ef. We live iii {lie ' garden of .New South Wale.-, a'l.ijl iiri! rievi'i; affected. |>y drought, .'lnit lvheri iii does. :)iapj)''U out-b,;icl; : lhere' is plenty of excitement with us, and order's .come'itfeiirning. in nil, diiv long, "We operate largely i'n Jersey cattle, arid jis; you may knov.. the ilniil'er River district is. ..Hie home of' the Jersey in'- the Southern Hemisphere;, I think we oar, do bn=ii'.''« in Xt s ,v Zealand.. slid h.avc- nppoin'feit' N'ewto.ri 'Ring arid fv. pi)i; jii Tarnnaki, the Ha.uiilton Farmers' <l'6v operative AJstftiatioir in Ihiniilioii, ' Dalgetv and Co. in Aii.ckl'niicl am! Wellington otir ligelit's. 1 u:n tiuw (iov.n south'. .Io Sfeiire the .iVg'eiie.'ie's,. }:iv)ni vi'j'iii' produce merVhanis iii D.u'i'ieilni'i 'I'iniat n, ■and Chri-tciiitreh. We have lilceaily . front Ki®o to 'iOiOQO;, sacks,, of yo'iv'r oiiis,.' , this year:. Cii'irjoii's. ;V, .and. fi are riiosl; .in ' favoiir over tlirre. There is one line In verv sf.foi.vg ileiiiand: just now iii Sydivey'—■ bnf%'teiy iri'.hilf-ijiij'es if j. s . ■a'lii'iio-.! u,no'i]!'ai!i.ah'ln .o'Ve'r I lie otTi'e.r side,"'