The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1885. FACTORIES THAT SHOULD PAY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2146, 16 November 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1885. FACTORIES THAT SHOULD PAY.

There are many industries which, if properly started in New Zealand, would leave a very fair margin to those who launched their capital in them. We shall confine ourselves in this article to two of them, which, we think, deserve special consideration, namely the manufacture of jam and preserved milk, The quantity of fruit of all descriptions that is grown in Masfcerton is,certainly not very large. There is however, a very steady increase, and only last year many producers found that they had large quantities of small fruit that were simply unsalable.- Jam is manufactured at Nelson, and Dunedin in considerable quantities, and the article finds a ready market at, so far as we know, very fair rates, We think that there is no reason to doubt that the manufacture would pay equally well in Masterton. At any iate, any price is better than waste, The plant required is.not very expensive, and it is therefore not at all necessary .to form a company to raise the required capital. There would perhaps be a little prejudice against the locally - grown article, but that could be easily overcome, and Wainrapa jams would, in a very short space of time, find as ready a market aB those

manufactured at Nelson or Duncdin The profit would not only flow into, the pockets of the proprietors, of tlio plant but also into those of the growers of the fruit,. Another, and to our mind far moro important industry, is the preservation of milk, Preserved milk is consumed in very large quantities in New Zealand, not only in those districts where it is impossible to keep cows, but also in towns where the ordinary article may be obtained at any time of the day. Medical men find that it is better for infants and invalids than the original article, and it is therefore imported in very large quantities, There are many households in the colony where fresh milk has been entirely discarded in its favor, Here, too, the plant required is not at all extensive or expensive. All that is required is a very simple piece of machinery for evaporating the superabundant moisture, and means for filling the tins, In England, as much as 7|d per gallon is paid for milk by the manufacturers, and that price leaves a very handsome margin. Almost throughout the United States there are 'manufactories, and one or two are even to lie found in England. If we compare the price quoted to that which i 3, paid at the cheese factories in New Zealand, which ranges from 3d to 3|d, wo think it will be seen that there is such a large difference that the manufacture would be certain to leave a very handsome amoun of profit. Here, too, the benefit would fall on the manufacturer as well as the producer of the original article. Preserved milk is almost a necessity to civilization, and as cow's milk is so abundant throughout the colony, its manufacture should bo one of the most prominent among the minor industries of the colony.