THE TARIFF.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 13 September 1907, Page 2

THE TARIFF.

~ REPRESENTATIONS BY. -,, PLUMBERS. Per Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. A petition signe"d by a number Of leading plumbers in the city has been forwarded to the Premier, the Hon. J. A. Millar, and Messrs. Arnold and. Barclay, M.H.R.'s, drawing attention to the tariff on lead pipe, which the petitioners consider bears heawly.on the plumbing trade and on people throughout the colony. In advocating the removal of the duty, the petitioners assert that two .men, two labourers, and a boy could manufacture more than enough lead pipe to meet the demand in the colony, also that manufacturers, being in direct competition with the plumbers, and having £3 10s per ton tariff in their favour, can place the manufactured article on various works at as low price as it costs the plumber to buy it. Tho petitioners ' also assert that princjpaUs_tlui-o»iy-»»«* JpJufar_nLl-i»«d--lsTupplying the manufacturers, who give £l4 per ton for the same, charging £3l 10s for it converted into pipe, whereas a plumber can get his old lead converted into pipe for £2 per ton in England, the difference (£l7 10s) being out of all reason. This advantageous tariff has been enjoved for over thirty years, so that it cannot be said that it is for the promotion of industry.