TARIFF ON FOOTWEAR
QUESTION OF RE-ADJUSTMENT. \ (By Telegraph.— i'.ess Atsociation.) WELLINGTON, Last Night, In view of the approaching conference convened by the Hon F. M. B. Fisher, Minister of Customs, to consider the re-adjusting of the tariff on boots and shoes, the Wellington Operative Bootmakers' Union, at a special meeting held last night, 'passed tho following resolution: "That this meet ing Urges the employees representatives to oppose any further increuse in the tariff on boots and shoes, believing that the present duty on footwear is suffiicntlv high to allow the manufacturers a fair margin of profit, and we also believe that high protection is useless in the boot industry, while firms are exporting all the best hides, and we consider that a solution would be arrived at, if the Government were to impose an export duty on all hides leaving the Dominion."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 12 November 1912, Page 5
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142TARIFF ON FOOTWEAR Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 12 November 1912, Page 5
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