SECONDARY INDUSTRIES

Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1929, Page 7

SECONDARY INDUSTRIES

ATTITUDE OF CH A AIDERS OF COMMERCE CRITICISED.

AUCKLAND, Nov. 4

Some concern was manifested at a meeting of the Auckland .Manufacturers’ Association regarding what wir felt to he an “antagonistic attitude’ displayed by the Chambers of Com merre towards the principle of tariff protection in secontUuy industries, li particular, exception was taken to tin following remarks made by Air C. 1’ Agar, who presided at the annual con fereiice of the Associated Chambers o' Commerce -

“I think it must be admitted tha the country could go along quite sue oessfuily if it confined itself to pri mary production and those Industrie which could he successfully established without the necessity of high tarif protection. From time to time ap peals are made to the Government fo more tariff protection and a position quite unsound is likely to result fron this state of affairs.” “The Auckland Chamber of Com merce is the only Chamber that i antagonistic to New Zealand secondary industries” said Afr G. ‘Alills-Pal mer. “I think it should be obvioir that support of those industries is no J inconsistent with the interests o' farmers.”

“Why should the manufacturers pa? fees to the Chamber of Commerce whe 1 it takes up an antagonistic attitud' towards us?” asked another member

The president (Afr G. Finn) said tlv Chamber of Commor"e bad been ap ppoached on ,a previous occasion an ' ap assurance had been given that m antagonism was intended.” I thin! however, we might do some good if wbrought it up again,” be added, “an' we could ask the Chamber if it sup ports our slogan: ‘Nothing should Ik imported that can be sutisfactorih produced in New Zealand.’ ”

It was agreed to write to the Auckland Chamber on the lines suggested

NEW ZEALAND MADE STOVES. AUCKLAND, Nov. 4. When tenders for the supply of ele' trie stoves were before the Waitemat Electric Power Board, several speak era advocated the stocking of the Nev Zealand manufactured article in ad dition to popular foreign makes. Afte a discussion the engineer was in structed to embody recommendation relative to the suitability of Dominion made stoves in his report, to be pre seated with the tenders at a meeting o' the Board next Monday. Mr Darlow, who introduced the sub ject, said: “This country has bee' passing through adverse times, and i is time everything that can be mad snould he produced in the Dominion If the Board is not going to suppon l\ow Zealand-made articles the da? will come when there will be few people left to consume our current.’'