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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 24, 23 October 1918, Page 4

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. « •- m-HB DOMINION'S SALVATION IKE DOMINION'S SALVATION ,< IS MIXED FARMING. IS MIXED FARMING. OUR BOYS ARE RETURNING AND IT IS SUGGESTED TO PUT THEM ON THE LAND, BUT SOME INDUCEMENTS MUST BE OFFERED TO GET THEM TO ADOPT THIS MODE OF LIVELIHOOD AFTER UPHOLDING-THE PRESTIGE OF THE DOMINION, WHILE AVE REMAINED AT HOME IN SAFETY AND COMFORT. THE FIRST ESSENTIALS ARE PAYABLE LAND (AND NOT LAND THAT HAS PROVED UNPAY. ABLE), GOOD KOADS, AND ADEQUATE RAILWAY SERVICE, AND' ■ THE MAKING OF ROADS AND RAILWAYS WOULD ENABLE FUNDS TO BE RAISED TOWARDS THE VENTURE. THE NEXT IS AMPLE PROTECTIVE DUTIES ON THE PRODUCTS OF THE SOIL, WHICH ARE JUST AS NECESSARY AS THE ALIEN POLL TAX TO PREVENT LOWERING TO THE ASIATIC LEVEL. OUB PRE-WAR MAN-POWER WAS IN THE VICINITY OF 275,000 TO 300,000, AND SINCE ABOUT 110,000 BRAVELY RESPONDED TO THE EMPIRE'S CALL, IS IT NOT SUICIDAL FOR LS TO REMAIN ACQUIESCENT WITH OUR SMALL POPULATION , OF ONE MILLION AND ITS ■ HEAVY INDEBTEDNESS? -WHEN AMERICA (INCLUDING THE ARGENTINE), CANADA. INDIA, AUSTRALIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN, WITH THEIR TEEMING MILLIONS, AND IN SOME INSTANCES VERY CHEAP LABOUR, ARE EQUIPPED WITH CAPITAL, ENTERPRISE, AND MODERN MACHINERY, what Will be our OUTLOOK UNLESS WE BESTIR \ OURSELVES, AS OUR, ' ALLIES WILL LOSE NO OPPORTUNITY r TO SECURE TRADE? AT PRESENT IN THIS FERTILE COUNTRY WE ARE SHORT OF WHEAT, OATS, CHAFF, AND POTATOES, AND DRAWING FROM AUSTRALIA WITH SCARCITY OF TONNAGE, AND HIGH ttATES OF FREIGHT, AS WITHOUT EFFICIENT LABOUR AND ENCOUBAGEMENT THOSE STAPLE COMMODITIES WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO PRODUCE IN THE DOMINION, UNLESS BY A MIRACLE.

STR JOSEPH WARD HAS STATED HE INTENDS GOING IN FOR AN AERIAL SERVICE. BUT DOUBTLESS THE CABINET MAY DECIDE, AFTER MATURE ■ CONSIDERATION, TO SUPPLEMENT QUR PRESENT INADEQUATE RAILWAY ONE WITH AIR. OR LET IT OUT ON HIRE TO PIONEER SETTLERS IN THE ROADLESS NORTH, AS WITHOUT AMPLE PROTECTIVE DUTIES IT WOULD DO ALL REQUIRED. ' WE HAVE A TIDY NATIONAL DEBT WHICH WILL BE OF A \ STUBBORN- CHARACTER AND WILL REQUIRE SKILFUL HANDLING, ' AND BY LAUNCHING OUT WITH REPRODUCTIVE WORKS-BUT NOT LIKE THE OTIRA TUNNEL ONE FOR PROSPECTIVE STRATEGICAL • PURPOSES. AS WE ILVVE HAD A SURFEIT OF AVAR AND ITS HORRORS-THEY WOULD PAY INTEREST ON i INVESTMENTS AND PROBABLY LEAVE ' A SURPLUS TOWARDS REDUCTION OF DEBT. BUT TO ALLOW OUR RESOURCES TO BE DEPLETED ONLY ADDS TO OUR INDEBTEDNESS, AND IT IS JUST AS LOGICAL TO EXPECT A SAILING SHIP TO MAKE A VOYAGE WITHOUT SAILS AS TO ENSURE SAFETY AND PROFIT. P. VIRTUE, ' MANAGER, SOUTHERN ROLLING MILLING CO LTD., ' AUCKLAND,