THE IRON INDUSTRY.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3506, 18 June 1920, Page 2

THE IRON INDUSTRY.

“Alllel-ica is in as bad :1 way as Britain so far as production is con—-cei-ned,” said Mr A. Burr, of A. and T. Burt, Limited, on his arrivtll by Wit“ Niagara from \'ancou\*er on Tll(;‘>‘(lu_\. “My opinion is that Britain will H‘-~ cover more quickly fhan Alnericu. So "far as iron and steel material goes-~-such as ‘burs, sheets, plates, and wier —you cannot get a quotation because it is not procui-able in the Stales -at presellf.” T}l(>_l'e \\'el'e, ltowmer. many lines of inanufactuied goods that Americans were ready io supply. The whole cause of the Shortzl_L;' raw 111:1l‘,El’iE1l was strikes. “My experience,” he said, “was that strika‘-.'~: are worse in mnérica than they are in Britain.” Conditions in London. stated Mr Burt, were improvin.££ Wo7l‘ derfully, and he had been able to place far more business ‘in Britain, and just before he left supplies of r:l\\' steel Ill£ll'Gl‘l2lls were increasing.’ He had visited large sfeel and engineering works in England and Scotland during the ten months he was absent from New Zealand. and he lldd 1')(*~"".‘ assured by the management of the-_=e works that they should recr.n«'er them‘ selvesiin‘ about two ycm"::. !C\'w.-_v-Thing‘ was in i7e‘2filin'e3s for nonnal working, and in about two years the output of nlan)”"lines should be con siderably greater than if was in prewar days_ The construction of vessels on the Clyde at present was I'-remendcus. He had spent filree ai'terllnons ‘lllP!“'*.

Every yard was full of work. The) only difliculiy was in getting 111011. A great Inan_v tl-:ldeslnen in the cn;_.:in« eering business wantefl id come to New Zealan<‘.. , when he left Ijondon he was fold by the High Comllfissioner's office that there were passengers of thi.< =c]n.s;,- waiting‘: q_l‘cr ships six 1110111115 ahead. Mr Burt said he had been asked to induce as many men as he could in cume to New '/‘lealand for engineering work.