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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 23, 22 October 1918, Page 4

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. CITIZENS AND SETTLERSCITIZENS AND SETTLERSWHY KEEP TEE AUSTRALIAN IN-' DUS'IRIES GOING TO THE RUINATION OF OUR OWN WHEN MONEY IS REQUIRED FOR WAR LOANS, SHRINKING REVENUE, AND EMPLOYMENT? WE THINK THE TIME HAS .ARRIVED TO RESUSCITATE DOMINION WHEAT-GROW-ING, ERE IT IS TOO LATE, BY PUTTING OUR PROTEC- . TIVE DUTIES ON A PARITY WITH THE AUSTRALIAN ONES, WHICH HAVE MADE AUSTRALIA ONE OF THE GRANARIES OF THE WORLD, AT REASONABLE PRICES, AS UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS IT HAS ALWAYS HAD A SURPLUS, AND AMERICA IS BOOM- ■ ING WHEAT-GROWING. WELL, WHAT IS NEW ZEALAND DOING? UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, GRAIN CONTRIBUTES ABOUT THREE-FIFTHS OF THE CANTERBURY RAILWAY REVENUE, WITHOUT " MENTIONING ITS NUMEROUS ADJUNCTS. IF GRAIN-GROWING IS KILLED, WHAT' WOULD MAKE GOOD THE RAILWAY AND LABOUR DEFICIENCIES, AS ON THE RAW MATERIAL . THERE ARE ALWAYS TWO LABOUR HANDLINGS, BUT NOT SO ON THE IMPORTED MANUFACTURED ARTICLES. JUST IMAGINE NORTH AND SOUTH CANTERBURY AND NORTH OTAGO HUGE SHEEP RUNS, AND WOULD NOT THIS SERIOUS AND SHORT-SIGHT-ED INNOVATION AFFECT LAND VALUES AND ALL , KINDS OF LABOUR, AUG- " MENTED WITH THE SHIPPING PORTS, LYTTELTON, TIMARU, AND OAMARU, IN A STATE OF COLLAPSE? WITHOUT BRAN AND SHARPS, HOW WOULD OUR BACON, ■ DAIRY, POULTRY, AND CARRYING INDUSTRIES EXIST IN THE EVENT OF AN AUSTRALIAN DROUGHT? IS IT BUSINESS-LIKE TO SEND OUR MONEY TO AUSTRALIA FOR OUR' FOOD SUPPLY WHEN IT IS SUBJIiCT TO DROUGHTS, AND FOR WHAT WE CAN GROW IN ABUNDANCE IN THE DOMIN* lONP-AS ABOUT HALF THE • VALUE IN ALL INSTANCES JS LABOUR AND RAILAGES, AND WITH OUR LADS RETURNING EMPLOYMENT MUST BE FOUND FOR THEM, OTHERWISE THEY WILL GO ELSEWHERE, AND WE WILL BECOME OBSOLETE, THOUGH IN OUR INFANCY. P. VIRTUE, Manager, • NORTHERN ROLLER MILLING CO., v LIMITED.