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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 103, 3 May 1934, Page 6

FIRST STAGE ENDED

OUR EC6NujViIC^66RESS

FUTURE OF MANUFACTURING

(By Telcgrttph—Pi.'eis Association.)

CIiniSTCHUHOir, May 2,

"It is apparent that we have now reached the-ond of one defl'nilo fctage— tho second stage oi" New Zealand's cco« uomlo development," said Mr. A. E. Mandcr, geneial secretary, when addressing Christehuich nianufactuiers tonight. "During the last forty years our history has consisted mainly of the expansion oi' omvtwo gicat piimary in* (lustries, producing meat and duiry produce for. jexport, but it appeals that today wo havo reached tho limit of expansionin thh direction. By planned production and jnaiketing those prim* :iry industries may bo enabled to maintain'aud dispose of their present output, but that is "tho utmost wo can reasonably hope for, and there is little likelihood of further expansion being possible. Nevertheless, tho development of New Zealand as n whole must not stop. If no further expansion is possiblo in ono direction, then- we must seek moans of expanding our economic lifo in some othc/directioif, and if the expansion of sheep and dairy'fanning has reached its limit our only hope now is a dollbcr&tG policy Of developing our manufacturing industries. ' "In the past manufactures have been forced to plead for tho bare -right to exist, but today they should realiso that the future of New Zealand depends on .them. Wo arp no longer asking meiely for the right to exist.. Today we say to tho Government, tho l jiess, and tho people that what wo ask is nil opportunity, to expand our industries, to glvo inure employment, to incrc.'iso the spending "power of tho public, to enlarge tlio volume ox pioAuction, and thus to carry'ou New Zealand's hibtory of development and national growth." "Nor'should we be lnislfd'by tlio hystena of somo of the leaders of tho farming industries. I am, convinced that the great majority of ' reasonablo farmers now recogniso the trutli Of my contention. _ They aro bound, for their own sons' and daughters' sake.?, to support? expansion Bomowhero, and what direction in there other than manufacturing, where expansion is now possible?

"Farmers are vitally concerned also with an increasing domestic market for their produce, and hero again tho rapid growth of manufacturing industries will assist materially in increasing tlio public's Inlying power of farm produce.

"For theso reasons I bolicvo that very soon farmers will bo among tlio strongest of-all supporters of' manufacturing industries in New Zealand."