COALITION ON FRUIT.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1915, Page 2

COALITION ON FRUIT.

ALL PARTIES IN AGREEMENT. NO "AIFIPLE OF DISCORD." There is no Opposition Party in Parliament on the subject of fruit-growing; there is emphatically a Nation Ministry for the encouragement of this industry which spells wealth and health and hap'piness for many orehardists and a great benefit to the general public, by improving the quality and, in consequence of a better distribution through co-operative effort, lowering the price' of that "apple a day which keeps the doctor away," and by the export trade, which is increasing remarkably. jßy the Fruit Preserving Industry Act 01" 1914 Parliament authorised the spending of £-25,000 a year to assist in the provision of cool stores and preserving works. The Hansard reports of speeches 011 the Bill give ,t"ese words of the loaders: The Right Hon. W. F. Massey: "I a m firmly of the opinion that it is'our dutv to do everything we possibly can to encourage and a-jist the iruit-giowing in - diistrv. ... I was particularly impressed with what J. saw in the Moutere (Tasinnn) district of Nelson iProvinco, where the fruit-growers .seem to know exactly What they are doing, and there seems to be no possibility of making a mistake."

Sir Joseph Ward: ''There is no doubt that enormous profits are being made by men who are successfully growing fruit and engaging in its exportation. . . , In the Nelson district it is a very great pleasure for any man to go through the territory and see what is being done by men who are making a living—and :i good deal to spare—off areas of -ten to twelve acres."

Other legislators on both sides spoke similarly; the party lines vanished in the golden orchards. Why not have a section in the beet part of Nelson Province one of the few remaining pieces of Tasman? The Tasnian Orchards Co., Nelson, will send a. free book giving unquestionable facta and figures, supported by photographic proof, to show how easily and pleasantly a man can woo and win fortune oil the sumiy lands of Tas-