ITALY AS A MANUFACTURING AND EXPORTING POWER.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2412, 24 December 1887, Page 1 (Supplement)

ITALY AS A MANUFACTURING AND EXPORTING POWER.

* Tick Italian Miub-ter of Commerce com* meiices hi< exhau'live repart upon the inhi'try, commerce, and of hU e-mutry ia ISMi, with the following remark':— ** it is u known fart tin* in order io favour the exportation to the markets of onsumption, and to procure the .'-tie of any article to a large extent, t>‘„ t f .xffst 1" *pno<] hj if,, ,J In ail the privimesof Italy splendid evidence i' to Ve f and of the activity di.'playt-d by fanner' and industrials in order to itnprov.- their products, and l<i adapt them better to thv i« <piir**meiits <*f large home and f.»»i-ign markets of consumpUM:. A gnat manv manufacturers 'tnve t_» mike articles known abroad, and to im-na-e tmir ♦ xp'-itaTi-.n. Some of the-e trials hj ive already > i<-ev-d«-d, u< n- T only agricultural pn din-c in<l o-mmo liii- s dm* t<i iudu'tri**' him.-<-!<«—iy et* d with ;igxi*-ul ■ urc, earilv find buvign matk-.-N, hut tb«* > i:uv r.-'idt i> iv»li>*.d in m iimfactur* dairicb-s. 'lb-inereas* d fucilhb-s of eiujiinuui<Mtion have largely contributed to Jh<* r--viv.il of the invrnal and intvinitit.nal c immerc.* of Italy, allowing th«- «-\cb:ing** -if many predict-, «-hh-Hy agricultural, which ia pj-T tim*-. f*»r want of in.-an- <>{ conveyance, remained n«gb*<t«d on lieplace of product]. ill. Stati'th-- diy.v th - im-rea-e of Italian int( motional «'"nuin-re**during tb#- 1 i*t 2 a years to have !>• on 7-5 j« r e*nt: hut thi' dees n«‘t f.iiily d« Jii'-n.'trate th** actual inere i'C, be-;in-* the valm- * f all (J - of goods i'‘ i it-d >ni«*e th-- lir-t period m wh’-n the is instfluted, and the value of <\pml*d goods i* in»t even t-» this day r-*gi'tc-rod *juit** exactly, owing to the very sm all number of goi:d> >uhji et to export dutie-, Th*-rc ar*- in Italy *ev« nly-thr<s- Chambers of C jmi.ier*-* bio d on an elective 'V-'teni, rub-d hr a law of duly ♦», lsi»2. Tln-'S rommer-dal in-litutinns enjoy a gr- at Hb -ity in the exon-in* of rights C'ii;f-rKd to them. Their chief o»M-up-if t.iji \> t • o til tie-attention of tin* Government up n th* commercial and industriil int*T'st'AvbHi d:*-orv*s to !>♦* piotra ted atid i to--in-g*-i. d hj«» Government tied' its them an »-di -it-nt anxilliary and co op. rati.r to fnhii its ini'sion in favour of :h.* !!atiml p:<.>p*-rstr. Th« j ('hatiib-r< i f Cmnmerr-e ,'iipport f-veral sii'tituti ui'. \rh*i>i* aim i> the development of jti -duet i*j!i and exchanges—amongM otheis the Stock Kxchange or B UIT'» <. The in ;-*nv, <rtt of which tlic Clunibers of (7o« uo iee pay their expenses, ari'es from taxes imposed by them under the <.‘ovennm-iit authnri.-ntiou, on merchants an*l i»du<*ri ils within their jurisdiction, and from tixv» on lulls of lading and freight. ■Th-“iv aic in Italy twenty-one Slock Kxeiiang-s or B-mvj' of Oumnertc in the principal cities, such n.s Tloicikc, heghdii. Milan, Itfnne, etc The Bonr>cs arc instituted by royal decree on the oroposal of the ('hamhers of ComuKTcc. For several years the Miui'try of Commerce has he* n very busy in facilitating and ciiFght* ning the ro id for nitTidiants and industrials ju eceryiliing intended to forward the expansion of commercial movement. The activity of the Ministry in favour of the expansion of commerce is .diown by the institution of foreign Italian Chambers of Commerce. Italy now possesses one of them ia each of the following places:—Montevideo, Buenos Ayres, Rosario, Constantinople, Alexandria, Tunis, Baris, San Francisco and liondon. Although these institutions are free associations ainong>t Italians who occupy themselves in commercial atlairs in the different countries, they are recognised by the royal i lovernment, which contributes to their support ."»0.000 lire {ninepuice halfpenny). Part of this sum is supplied by the Chaml»ers of Commerce of the kingdom. In short, the Government always with the same object in view, ins, by royal decree of September 0, IsM. instituted, near the Turin industrial museum, a commercial museum, organised on the same system as the Brussels inu'Oum. The Milan Chamber of Commerce, availing itself of the provisions ci the said decree, opened another museum in the same city, and the Government lias by ro\al decree of March, authorised its institution. The two mu'CUfns pH-esses a!i “oflice of information,** with the object of supplying to the public all information concerning foreign customhouse duties on Italian products, port charge*, railway rates, freights, etc. All simples of goods are collected through the consuls, and the expenses are supported by the State.