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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 35, 13 February 1901, Page 2

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t I • LI I )l n_, US ' l 'l » » »H Loi, tild ' ' l iii i >rj j (4lr ,) $ i if j iiir ]c oi Moil ( 3m--1 " "«i iii fi'our of i )i i Ik w< (I ultipsin n' >i i i li'i ( oa& ltutiou i i' ' It ii lw /ea'and ' i i i ~'(>< ( muionweal h As 1 I h h in m»)juiaitur- ,. i-ul.'urul iiituicata would I i I i iou but he thought it . i ' < 'i * nu dj. bta of nianu- [ I \ I(I M'l 1 i i town nd A Rhode?, i tnc Jit j i j u h l nion, r ii i c ] latiou ag n , uj u « l iol imnufaeI ' i \ liio (.01 dit on of v > moi upml) im- >\ J i in u nif, o itkidu toderan \' Wn II oi 1 Vrcsdrnt of the *\ 1< r ) li it il ( omrnitKe stiongly von 1 f lnratiou us advantageouA r m m i 'iishiil Htd 'ommercial )ou tof wew To a*o d clslo atun at lie outset t :rms should ba mads like wcM;ra;ia to eaninue Hie tariff for, say, five years. New Zealand marnifa'Aurtrs couM h >ld their own. The diflerocce in wages whs not go great as oon:mioly believed, though bid views were not held by the majority of workers,

Mr. Donald ReM, wool merclan*, ! *aid his improasipn from the political j aspect was decidedly against Federation. The ultimate result would be to dwarf the minds of the people in re-*p-cfc to p,litic4 questions and deaden cbeir tffoits. Re presen»at,iou would have to be by men of large capital or those who made a business of polities.. He favoured a reciprocal treity a»sooa las po>s:b'e.

Mr. Peter Barr, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, favoured Federation because of the opening up of a larg-r market. The colony should wait to loarafche attitude of the Oommonweilth. Aey injury to industries would be countet -balanced by the benefits of a hrger market.

Mr. Rob is Shtor, Secretary of tbe Trades and Labour Council; tflougl t Federation a retrograde step, putting the colony back tea ymri. It would take that limo for the other colonies f o catch us iu social lesislation. Th» efficiency of the New Zealand worker* *aa greater, but they had reason to feat- coinpatition because of the longer hours at d lower wages in Australia, Dunedis, Febraary 12. At thi Federation Commission Al« B iit r.f the firm A. and T. Burt Mid if fed vation wore to taka place new a grail many manufactures that were going on in Dunedin wruld be annihilated. If FVdwation was entered upon it would bo for tha Goveramenlio pay very srrious atteation to I the question of technical education ! which was so liberally oncouraged in I Australia. Ror>ort Olandiniag, of the J firm ufSoss urd Glecdining, said be M.d gicon the question of Federatien Vfry littta consideration. From a warehousemen's point of view he did uot think Federation would be an advant'.gj and in matter of woollen manufacturesh« did not think we could compete ag-iius; Australia. In that trado here wo piid higher wazes and worked shorter hours than was the case iu Australia.

The Federation Commission continued its sittings. Toe whole nina witness's to-rlay were connected with. the iiiiiuufaetuiing industries opposed to Federation. Grant P> Fanjphar,, leather merchant, thought) Federation. would practically wipe' ouJ the bast trrde, there was enough machinery in? ono town bf New Zealand to supply'joots for the whole country. Alfred! H. Bridger, ojanagor of booS factory, said the boot nude was at pio<cut languishing and eould not stand further competition. With free rrmlo in Aus ralia Amenta couid beat tli • world, John 11. Morrison, raj».tiaj»r of tuo Mosgiel Woollen Oooipauy,, thought the vool'en factories night ; benefit by Federation, but New i land could work on* its destiny atones. A reciprocal treaty would be more* advantageous. Jauxes C. Ross, manager of the Denton. Hat Mills, said tbat with the present tariff Ntw Zealand c>u(d compete successfully with the world, but U>e competition under a 5 or 10 pr cent tariff wou'd kill trid* m ! New Zeu'aud and Victoria. Percy R. 1 managing partner of §pfl P&tf 1 Ewon v did not think New ! industrially for Fod-ra'ion. A. j, Isaacs, manager of the Now ZW aß( j Olrhiug Factor.-, thougtt Fedv 4t io» w.mld do a great ir.jury t« N*r ~ hud imiutfri*.. Kobert W Ki o | a «* ►we manufacturer, eorroWor 4 t #) j evidence of a previous w* ueag w j». tespeit to the hoottrnde>