WHAT'S WRONG WITH NEW ZEALAND?
When the Cost of Living Commission [brings down its 'report, it will probably have 'something 'interesting to say about' the boot industry. Moist people 'have a habit of weaning boots which they buy, as a rule, in the. cheapest market. The manufacturer finds it'hat he can retail the English ■aaid American' artMe, after paying a Ibjtavy duty, at a cheaper raite than he can dispose of the New Zealand goods. Why is tliiis so ? There must (be a. reason. It 11s a irepraaic-h alike upon our industrial system a>nd our iboagiced patriotism that we .must neieds (go out o ! f the country for an article that could, /and should be supplied entirely from our home factories. •
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10666, 22 June 1912, Page 4
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121WHAT'S WRONG WITH NEW ZEALAND? Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10666, 22 June 1912, Page 4
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