THE BOOT TRADE.
I Probably the public would not be ■ greatly averse to the abolition of the j duty on imported boots and shoes if | it meant a substantia) reduction in ! the cost of their own footwear; but i this would be a curious step to take j in contemplation of the establishment of State boot factories throughout the Dominion. The State would be no more immune from foreign competition than the private manufacturer is, and we may be the public would buy ttte cheapest boots without considering they were made under the ideal cou4isioiis of a State factory or amid the wretched surroundings a sweating den. We have little douSyi; that sooner or later, remarks the "Lyttleton Times," in discussing the matter, we shall see State boot faetsrjes in this country; but they nee;} not be the result of a quarrel with private employed. The ArblLdcim? | Court is not dead yet, and we trust it may still prove itself equal to the task of reconciling the disputants in j the present trouble. j
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3098, 22 January 1909, Page 4
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174THE BOOT TRADE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3098, 22 January 1909, Page 4
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