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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 167, 15 July 1907, Page 4

YfyTHAT WOCLD BB THE fDfESTJLI IF THE T\TJTY" ON; -CrLOTTE OB jCT^rTWAT WERE rp<EMOVED? WHY, DIBA-STEB THROUGHOUT THE CGLGNYI Naturally np tw« way the seriousness wonld not be quite so apparent as In the South. For instance, dnty free Floor would rppan the shotting do<wn of all Flonr Mills, thus throwing a large number out of employment No wheat would be grown, as the New Zealand farmer cooldn't compete, and It does not pay to ship to London, being too far away, and having to rely on cheap casual freights; nor could we compete with the world's sweated surplus of flonr. How many Southern Grain Merchants have come to grief during the last 20 years by shipping wheat to London? OUR COAL MIXES would suffer considerably, as the Milling Industry is a fair consumer, without mentioning the large quantity used in threshing wheat. FARM LABOURERS, Croppers, Thresbers, and Carriers, with numerous teams of horses, would have to go seeking, as well as those in the artificial manure line, and numerous other allied trades, etc THE RAILWAY REVENUE would suffer to such an extent by shrinkages (which wonld be very pronounced in Canterbury and North Otagol, that all classes of rates throughout the colony would have to be increased to fill the gap: and what about the railway employee—would he not suffer? The London marfeet is often mentioned for New Zealand wheat, but when New Zealand's insignificance in that line is I shown by other wheat-producing countries, the removal of our duty to permit sweated surplusages from those countries (carried !by foreign ships, with foreign crews, at low wages, to the detriment of our New Zealand ships, with good wagesi. which prohibit onr produce, etc., by excessive duties, would mean that we would be wiped out of existence by cheapness and adnlteration; so it is obvious we must be protected, and grow for local consumption to prevent a slump in the labour market and increased railway rates throughout the colony. India is a British Possession, with coloured labour, and is producing wheat and Flour at an alarming rate, and could New Zealand compete with Coolie labour? Australian wheat-growing land is very cheap compared to New Zealand's, and the Australian railway tariff nu grain is about 30 _per cent lower than ours, sn we must be carefnL And Australia can always produce Flour from 20/ to 25/ per ton cheaper, owing tr> its wheat being cheaper, and by-products. Bran and Sharps, bringing considerably more, owing to the absence of green feed during the summer, antnnrn. and winter. Australia had a serious drought in 1902. and its Customs Tariff was not altered for New Zealand's benefit, as the Commonwealth of Australia wisely ruled that the drought was only of a temporary character, and they had to bear one another's burdens: though in New Zealand the cry is: Off with the duty, to crash the New Zealand farmer and others, who have been heavy losers by the recent New Zealand drought. Flour art present in Sydney is £3. and •the 41b loaf is 64d if booted, and Jd less for cash; so, what wwold be the advantage of removing the duties but nntold disaster? In Ji;w Zealand the miller Is guided by the price he has to pay the fanner for wheat, like in any other part of the world, and naturally, owing to the drocgbt. end In the world's markets, local prices hjcve advanced. After all. it is a question of supply and demand, and if we bought too high, and the farmers reaped the benefit, would the public assist us by sharing the loss? The following statement shows a few exporting countries thnt New Zealand would have to contend and compete withr WORLD'S EXPORTABLE SURPLUS. 1901 AND 1905. Russia 20,000,000 Quarters. Balkan Penfnsula 5.000.000 United States 6.000.000 Canada 3.000.000 ~ Argentine .„ 12,000.000 India 10.000.000 Chill, etc 2.000,000 „ 'Australia ~ 3,000,000 „ 61,000.0(10 NEW ZEALAND'S EXPORTABLE STJBPDUS WAS 500,000 QUARTERS. And this year (1907> it is NIL, owing to drought. The United States, Canada. India, Argentine and Australia are increasing yearly. 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