PROTECTION OF FREETRADE ENGLAND.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10062, 7 June 1910, Page 7

PROTECTION OF FREETRADE ENGLAND.

Foreign firms arc still ncgotiati! g s for sites for factum 1 !.-, in England aa . a result of the operation of the Pat- I ents Act which came into force in 1908. There has a epurt , in this direction sine J the ■ of the year; at leas! 1 Lalf-a-do/ien ' companies have mviied offers of manufacturing premises in suitable positions in Engiard. Pe>taps the progress made towar^Tariff Reform, as shown by the rfcenc general election, has proved a powerful auxiliary j to section 27 of the Patents Act. At any rate there is a gratifying resumption"oi: the flow of Continental industries to Great Britain. ! Messrs Leopold Farmer and &r.\?, the factory upeciali&t* and survevoir,, of Gresham-stieet, Losdn;, have compiled details of the invasion, and up to elate they give the effect of the '/Vol as follows:—Value cf land end j premises acquind in England, £IBB,- | 6150; spent on buildings and houses, j £230,750; spent on plant, machinery j and equipment, £410,472. Thio gives a total;,of £800,372 of capital | laid out by the incoming firm?, J which number altogether about SO. | They come from Germany, Amerl- I ca, Holland, and Fiance. Tno trades in which ihey are engaged are: Engineeiing, chemical worUing, pet- ; tary, pincii mtrceriscd cot- ! ton good.", ii usicu! instrument man- ' ufaciurii-g, iivandescent gas mantle, making, mau-, -.i a ur.g, .-.nd rr.of ; i'titing. Tin: vi.iua of ibe new busj- j nerses to the Realities in which they j ar,3 established is fchow by the figures j below, winch have been obiair.ee! f,cm offii ifil r.,urcv-s: Annual assess- ■ merit on v.hiih loccl authorities will receive laU-.*, i'CO.OOO; number of workpeople e.'.g'iged, 8,000; amount paid ii; per week, £8,700.