THE NEW TARIFF.
Messrs. Mason, Struthers, and Co., Ltd., in a circular letter to the Farmers’ Union, state that- under the new tariff all machinery for- dairying purposes, including cream separators, has been brought under the preferential tariff. Should the latter be confirmed hv Parliament dairying machinery not manufactured in British countries will ho subject to ;iu ad valorem duty of 20 per cent. They point out that verv little machinery of this kind is *of British manufacture, aqd the cost to those employed in the dairying industry in tins colony will be largely increased. After some discussion at the Gisborne branch of the Farmers’ Union on Saturday—for there were one or two staunch preferential ists present—a resolution voicing opposition to the proposed 20 per cent, duty was carried.
Press Association. DUNEDIN, last night. Til reply to a telegram sent by electrical firms in this city protesting against the proposed tariff on electrical machinery and appliances, the Hon. J. A. Millar says: “Electrical machinery is simply being put on -the same basis as steam machinery with which it enters into competition and the revenue is required.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2138, 22 July 1907, Page 2
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186THE NEW TARIFF. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2138, 22 July 1907, Page 2
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