SWEDISH INDUSTRIES.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1924, Page 4

SWEDISH INDUSTRIES.

DF.VKI.OI’.MKNT (.)!'• I’OWKH AND KESOIKCKS. WELLINGTON, Ah-. I I. Members of the Wellington Chamber of Conimene were trented to a most interesting address. Mr 11. IA Bennett presided. ;md the -poakor v.as .Mr S. 11. Mutch, C.M.1.K.F... wlni gave an excellent. il hriol, insight into Swedish . industrial I", elupmeiit. Mr Uiiscli said 1 :<• was pdeased to ho al.li- in si',oak about. the industrial development of Sweden. Ilia industrial development was closely iis,noiated with l he natural resource.-. which form P... basis of I lie; industries. There '.v» -iv largo deposit- of iron me. oiinrinmis fnrests, t!i<- iiorllern portion ' oiii- c.vcivd with pine. I liny were :ds > b!o,,oi| with -real livers and watt r-i'aiU. through which they l ad hei-ii aide I- -ct cheap power h.r their in-dii-i l ies. The forest s had hceii aMe In niak" —(t;d use of the waterway-, or it wen Id lint, haw been a < ninni-reinl pr.tposition to Irail'pnt limhcr. Iheie acre lolly li'i.L'll) miles id waterways. Thev had I t-eii to Pave a (lovernnielit which had looked ahead. Kducaiion »a- ta a ! i-h plant' Inn tiller some veal s cxpl-riolii iu I.’ii-land la- then-lit greater I enelil was hrivetl from the Kuglish system. alain t Cd a year in Sweden they could cet an ext elicit technical edueatii n. ’'•Hieir people looked t > tl:e Gnveniineiil Id provide ".old mads, railroads, and t heap power. Some years an" >•-' Ctnonm-ni hen-lit up the principal waterfall', ami. were developing that poorer ui-ely. Apparently Do /calami (lovernnielit held tlm same view, and he was sure it would he a

-real lieu, lit to the country. I y K<>in- aleatl with power il helped t lie people to develop the natural resource „f the country. In Sweden they had developed six million horse-power out | of the water-power available. 'lhe larpest iron i re deposits hail nltiy I'een j work'd in llm last HI I years, ami there, Here 11 il !t I ntiliioil tons in sight. Ihe j ,-re was up to 7l’ per cent iron, ami nl-o contained some phosphorus. Ihe [,,rests covered Si’ million acres, and |, ; „1 i,n excellent Forestry Department, ami where trees weie cut down they had to he re-aliorcsted. liven on private property trees could not lie cut down without plant in- mlmrs in then* place, sti that in years they had another crop. t The iron industry was the oldt-t, and iu the sixteenth century Sweden was one uf the largest iron producers ill the world. I lie industry was 0.j1., modernised iu the Inner I'mt -f the nineteenth tenlury. At the tune when steel was produced by means ol cliaicoal. Sweden p'rovitled -HI per cent 1 I the world’s supply, hut modern meth- , ds had put other eoiintiies ahead, although their steel was still regarded as amen- the Idglio-L «|Uality. end was used fur edged tools all over the world. A wood null) industry wit- -tart-el iu the set mu:. S. the elect rioal ii;«T-i strv and ceieent came in the eighties, ami machine tools in the inm-iies. whirls started the era of hi- laetenes. In re-aril to exlrm tin- nitrogen lI'CIII the air they had made -real procress. and had harne-sed half a million Imrse-power to this purpose alone. He understood this work was soon to l-e started iu this (ountry, and would he of -real value in peace tin war time, and in agricultural deveiopinent. There were ll,Hid t'a-toiie- ill Fvvo-p-.n, prodiu in- L’J*.l'A "ort'u cv-i'v year. . f which the principal cues were’ as f-dlov; Iron end steel. in - let end n.m lii.m, .T el rival and t.-!nu--1 1 I'm lories. t;'--..n0.1,11' •> : nmlo-r and sawmill. HIM factories. UiTJb'V t.; i; : pulp and paper, s'-”-! fad LTI.() aPMI : textile. ‘.illl iaeloi-ies. (.'•JI ,(.l:il. !”l I; I -ather. hair ami rnhb. i\ 11! f-let cries e| _>,lIII!I.(II]lI : chi 111 i« vl- - TJM faeforie-. ( '| l .(IMM.OIIO; u ioerals (< elm 111 . stone and him k•sy f,.«!eries. Vs.P :u.P!iii. The." v r on - »: 'w ’ 'i«- . ,He ■ 1 wi.il !: n .1- Ihe "let " loimae 'I "• ,peoi:,| dally nmeh'le'l'y ami al-o epiiculturcl implements. I ■imoiees were ill almesi every la u-e. The match iudii'lry wii - a very k'i one. Im Is i"dlu.il I. oves were paeleel daily, and the whole ol the work was am'•iwil ieally ,|.-..c l,y I!!i.c'dnery. It wsm mdv o-.v-in- In this leal ii'.ey had lean ; M- tt. cata ill the world’s mark.-i-. limy ;,ho had a l.i- trad- in hardware and in-Him.n-ary. ' The clceirienl i’-dn-try . in -cl . ie. An eh- i rice I

railwav odd miles I- ie; miiv-yed iron I U- down to the Mail ie. i.e-t year ihe' imported C77.Hl.'!i.tHd• worth i I good--jim! exported C!!7.(iiiM,n:ill. I.ahoar wa- in a goo*! pesdioii Sv, ;! -i v.le-re the vvorkeenple were well locked alter in lie- m.'tt er of a---e(ii::im datien and salarie.-. In ei ir h:sion, Mr I’useh lidded llvat whil- Kwe-,s,-11 was noted for the industries ment !*'»<*:! j-i'r* \v«s unliul J"*' l ' : *' l >! ‘ n ' durlion of Hearty tlienk- w- re a. en ded Mr Hnreh.