MR T. E. TAYLOR AND BOOTS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 246, 23 February 1911, Page 5

MR T. E. TAYLOR AND BOOTS

AN ASSOCIATION ON ITS DIGNITY. By Teltgraph Press Association Christchurch, Last Night. A special committee of the Canterbury Industrial Association investigated the allegations made- by Mr. T. E. Taylor, M.P., in the House, regarding the manufacture of shoddy boots in the Dominion. In a lengthy report the committee states that Mr. -Taylor attended the committee and went fully into the matter, and pointed out that his remark had been given a general application that was not warranted. No reference was made by him to boots manufactured in Canterbury, 'but only to a class of boots manufactured by one maker in Wellington. The committee has instructed the secretary to pass the matter on to the Wellington Industrial Association, with a request to prosecute the inquiry further. The report was adopted, and the association resolved "that it is a matter for regret that a general statement should have been made without due care and without necessary qualification by Mr. Taylor, M.P., gravely reflecting on the character of the boot industry of the Dominion. The statements have done serious injury to this important industry, but are not borne out by facts in his possession. These facts, as since stated by Mr. Taylor to the committee of the association, point to shoddy boots being manufactured by one manufacturer only, working on a very small scale in the North Island."