A GRAVE INJUSTICE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 243, 19 November 1909, Page 4

A GRAVE INJUSTICE.

To the Jidilur. SSiij—l gliouul likc, through your culto draw "uu: aiu-nuun oi ihu dairy Jarmt'is iu a grave injustice wiir-Ii they pcipoii a it- on itk- plumbing tradev (iiicii ui ilu! pn'vimr. and ill uoing su are, in a liaJidHappuig liie growui iu any way ul iheir own district. Wiien uiie I'UjiajiK'i'.-; liie amount ol money annually *em out oi the db triel lor tile tinware oi the dairying line, u i* muigin Imt Ulook to tile oilier ?si<lf and <-<>u*i<lrr |;o v unucJi richer wo would in- n uun c.i-h

were kept amongst us, 1 do not imio; anyone will dcn\ hilt una it would iiu'iiu more population, nunc money cir-<-uhit more opening, lor the younger one, i'U\, and liicsc things in Hie long run mean a heller state of things an ■ round, llow can we expect our u„u in--1 dnstnes lo glow il we on mil. encourage ; them with our cash when we need llic | articles ini-y can iiiauulacturc? J' hail alwav.s thought Uie directors of dairy I coiii|,.anes were to Manic lor the stiu'e ; | of mings which allow hundreds and hundreds of pounds to he sent away yealy for cans, buckets, etc., but i lind it is the individual supplier who is to . blame, and I would like to ask hiin to, ■ in future, pause and think bef .re lie orders things out of the district when he can obtain equally as good (if not bitter) made by loeal men. I ain uot holding a -brief for those in the loeal dairy utensil line—all i want to see is that our province lias its rights and that is that the money earned in it should is lar as possible be spent in it and which in the long run would beJilit the couiI inanity all round. It may be aaid the local articles are not as good as those nude outside. I should like to know how that conclusion is arci'i-d at. Jt may be that, a few years ago, the wont oi expensive machinery preel ided our local men from turning out an uiticle i|iiilo like the big man out-;ile, Lot at the present time I am assured the only difference that can be djteer.-id louvcea the loeal article and the one made outside is that the latter lias a better polish. (One month's uso on Tarauaki roads will soon account for the polish!) Xuw, there is a side issue which I want the dairymen to note, and that is the repair question. We take our damaged article (the articlo made by outside linns) to the local man to be done up, and 1 do not blame tli c loeal tradesman if his charges for a half-crown repair is doubled on the farmer. A man has to live, yet if it were their own work under repair the increased trade done in making articles would enable the repairing lo lie d< nore, cheaply, j hope I make the point clear enough.' ing the price. I understand i| l( . |,',..a11y -made article is a few pence cheaper. Even if the other way- a few pence dearei -would nut lnnl'tcr; tin- money would be in the district helping our own workmen, increasing the value <,f our own district. The Ediirnlion I! -,| and "Hers trv to encoura-e the scholars lo lake iniere-i i„ provin.-i il and cnhnial induslriev by prizes for e-says, etc.; a week is „cl apart for a shop window display of loeal induslrjes. and yel -.v'nil a farce it all seems when (lie verv Roptc who should act. and act in a su'Vintial manner. are the worst ollenders—mrl we

.•'lliiii'" iiNimt imlriiiiisiii, etc.! ii may !>e Ilial Ihe provincial tr.iilisni.M iio ".n't ili-iiw iilti'iitimi tn their «ovk n v mlvortisin;; v. II would advise i.V'u In try « eour-e of thai, iin.l keep t.:..i fact thai they can now turn nut as -w, .ml a* clicap an article as the out ~!c chap more constantly hefnre those int -Vital. There is somctliin;.' railicallv iv-oiii; when a Tarannki fanner will .Ml ,n.t <il the di-lri.T'forthrcohuckcl, (imu- (hat. ; |.lca~c!l. T,i iho-e who mac -.,.1 |l is . letter 1 an; llicin tn srivc the > iS'rct a little sln.lv ami ilcvnlc a lii'.!-' lime in flirtlicriiiit tlie nl.jcct of twjij ino trade to our own part. If ■n • v will ' only see tin. ifi-iivil v nf the i|iif-* i-i:i uiv i cll'nrl. for the hcnclil of the ili-'l !••:•! will lint he in vain. Thanking you in ar.-i; lii-ipaliira.-r am. etc.. j | ■IOK li. SIMPSON". ( Diirliam lloa.l. (