TO CRUSH A MONOPOLY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1981, 11 February 1914, Page 7

TO CRUSH A MONOPOLY

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. STATE MAMIFACTURE URGED* * By Teles-rupli—Press Associ&Uon-Copj-1 iuht Sydnoy, Febniaiv 10. A deputation of uuinfiy members 'of Parliiiinont waited o>i Sir. Ashford, Minister of Agriculture j and asked him to consider the advisability of tho Governnieiit embarking upon the manufacture. of agricultural implement*. , Sir, Dunn said tho fat mors had. been imposed on for years by combines and rings of implement mannfaotr.rers. Tho Government should consider the .question of supplying first-hand assistance in the way ot advances, Railwav facilitii'.s. should bo given. Instead of borrow- . in.g from tho Crown and handing over tho money to private flrins, it would » be better to obtain the nviehinery direct ' from tho (iovermmmt. The additional ■manufacture would only necessitate 3, slight enlargement. of tiio present premises. Sir. Evorlo-sgh said tho Government might also enter into competition with JinKa in the manufacture of wheat biigs, in view /« the jxito nicnopoly. Sir. Ashford replied that lie alreadv tad a. sehenio 111 mind, and ho would ■place it before his colleagues (lie session after next. While recognising the necessity for ■Goveri.inien.t intervention in regard to the jute monopoly, ho said the Government Was pledged in the matter of the bulk handling of wheat, ft would,, howevevr, see that, tho farmer? were protected.