NEW ZEALAND GOODS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9640, 4 November 1909, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND GOODS.

By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, November 3.

A prominent member of the Auckland Industrial Association endorse the views expressed by Mr H. F. Allen, of Wellington, with reference to the non patronage of New Zealand goods by New Zealand] ers. Local manufacturers, says the gentleman in question, are forced to hide the <fact that their products are made locally, in order to effect the sale of the giods they manufacture. The only articles that can compete against the imported manufacturers are those that are very apparently superior, and the only products to which it is wise to affix a local trade mark are those which can only, be made here. He expressed strong approval of the Canterbury Association's movement in circularising the schools in order to educate the younger generation in giving preference to our own products. "If," he added, "the members of the labour unions would only give their support, and patronise the local industries, they would make a world of difference to our local conditions, and provide work for many mechanics here, instead of supporting the em • ployers of sweated industries of other countries. What is wanted is a united effort on the-part of our local manufacturers in educating the public into viewing their articles as on a with, if not superior, tx> the imported goods, instead of selling them as foreign manufactures."