SOUTH AFRICAN MAIZE.
WITHDRAWAL OF AUSTRALIAN PREFERENCE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Capetown, Sept. 15. At Johannesburg, at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Martin (chairman), referring to the demand by Australian farmers for the withdrawal of the Australian preference on South African maize on the ground that it is produced by black labor, characterised the proposal as a regrettable instance of color prejudice. He did not for a moment suppose that the Commonwealth Government would seriously consider it, as it had more to lose than to gain. The Union Government could not continue preference on Australian preduce and manufactures if South Africa were penalised for employing the aboriginal population in a primary industry of mankind. He could not understand the objection .f it were a case of goods manufactured by black labor and imported into Australia to compete with goods manufactured by whites, but to applv such a policy to the raw products of the soil was without justification. They had their duty to the native popu- ! lation. which was a valuable asset. The 'Union could not safely leave the Government to safeguard their
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 September 1922, Page 5
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185SOUTH AFRICAN MAIZE. Taranaki Daily News, 18 September 1922, Page 5
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