Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1911. OUR PRODUCING INDUSTRIES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10201, 31 March 1911, Page 4

Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1911. OUR PRODUCING INDUSTRIES.

\; ,>'.,. :■.■„.,•'■. '--';' .'—»— >;■;■;-" (i - ;, Speaking at • on : Wedjiesday>■ the Hon. T. Maakerizie that, the position of the meat industry had never been more assured, and the country was on the verge of great" possibilities iri, trade developments, especially in Europe. * A trial ship-ment-of 22 tons of Argentine beef had been sold in Vienna, and two other shipments of 800 tons each have been made froni the Argentine. Switzerland ,was also about to adopt modification in order to admit frozen meat by way of Genoa. Portugal had withdrawn the prohibitive im» : ■port-duty-charged on all meat. In France no change has taken place, but', m Germany they', could/look "to" the next election for some medifica- -. tioris. The tariff- in Italy was id a; pound, in Germany about 2d, and ■in vFrancej 2fdi for- fresh meat, lii Denmark meat was free, in.■-Belgium' the duty on mutton was ' l|d per pound, Germany could not hold• putmuch longer, for the working people there could not submit much longer to the present conditions, under which the people were already fed on horses, donkeys arid dogs. Germany at the same time was reducing her flocks, and within a very short time New Zealand meat would have access to Europe. The prospects for wool were good;., the world's flocks, having diminished, and the users increased in 15 years by a hundred millions. In the industries in the Old Country there was such a trade revival that we must maintain a good position, and a stage had now been reached when the hunter for wool was becoming clamant. There was a noteworthy increase in the use: of wool substitutes, * and the ■ eonsumpiaon of cottoriV the. ;moSti serious competitor of wool, would have beeni greater "but for its dearnessv Statistics of the 'world's cotton sup,plies also Showed'that therewas"'-.far;' froiri ■enough to;go round.; What'thV country specially reqjiWd, howeireri; -was men " and money'; the ; spare fspaces-'must bel.peopled, not only : to ensure a reliable producing commuh-

ity to create the prosperity tif town and country, but to have people sufficient to defend and retain the country. Great Britain had a surplus of population and capital, and New Zealand and Australia should have - a inuch larger, proportion of that surplus thani .'they were receiving. The time was coming, also, when the burden of the Empire must rest more heavily on,the Dominion's shoulders. They must realise that changes were occurring in the history of the Avorld, and these changes must be anticipated. . !