TARIFF COMMISSION

Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1933, Page 2

TARIFF COMMISSION

FURTHER EVIDENCE (/"or frv64 dsavctuiton— UvpyrKjUt.^ CHRISTCHURCH, September 28. I*rmiota' '*uk ami primers' materials, gelatines auu giue, bsAley a-U cereal stock foods wore 'suOjivts o m itleuce -lie tore t-u« larili Uc»«i»iiissi«.. KHiiay. ' (jjiarle.s John Morrison, of the linn of AlornsoiL and Morrison, printing ink manuiacturei-s and printers wiuvnousemen. asked ■ lor increased claties 011 pruiters’ nut and printers' roue, composition. Jh,e '.asked lor increases because of the heavy taxes levied 01 New Zealand, the high coastal height, and a Higher, wage ruling here. no stated his company wished to increase tlu: volume ol' its trade to make possible a, lowering of cosls. His linn did not inanufacvture cheaper grades, oj .Pi i‘iters’ ink, such as those used in the printing ol newspapers.

J>ROTECHION NEEDED

George Francis JJavis, cifi rector of Davis Gelatine Ltd., asked for an in-* crease iu the duties on gelatine. The present duties were : Jbmisji, 2d .ppi pound, or 21/ per cent; and foreign, 4d per pound, or 40 per cent; whicuever returned the greater. He askqd for ah increase to : British, 2d or 25 per cent; foreign, 4d or 50 per cent. He said that ho used New Zealand waste products ,au'd could supply the vvhqle Now. Zealand market. He wished t-ho duty increased because the foreign suppliers occasionally picked tb’p ayes out of his market by offering low prices, to big customers.

DUMPING OF ENGLISH CLOTHING

3. Roberts, union secretary, an behalf of the workers in the garment; industry, asked for the maintenance o. tho present duties on manufactured dotlnug. He was apprehensive about competition jfrom the cfouning made under sweating conditions by the outworkers in the clothing centres of England. He said that there has been , a growing evil in the industry jn the i?nportation of women’s coats and frocks that Are purchaed in England at the end of the season at dump-, ingipKeefc.' These garments were out pf fashion ,in -England, and they weye sold to the cplonial buyers at any prices they would-bring.

MORE GRAIN DUTIES SOUGHT

C; H. . Hewlett and others, on behalf of the barley growers, asked that the "duties of two shillings, per cental on barleytwo shillings, on - grouper maize, and £1 per ton on bran and pollard, should he reimposed, and that the two shillings per cental on .uaiground maize- be retained,. Witnesses pointed out that, during, the years 1927-29, when no. cereal pig feed : was imported, the export of pork ifferensod. When, the duty ivfts removed in 1980, - and coreal feed entered H'eely, tlie export of pork decreased. Tlje ini? portation of Australian- barley added one;penny per lb to the price of pork, which, with one halfpenny of a difference that is enjoyed by Denmark‘ by way. of freight charges, meant that New Zealand pork is penalised ' lid ppr lh compared to Danish pork. It was contended that the duty was removed to encourage pig-raising, but that its removal had not achieved its purpose.