PRINCE ON TRADE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1927, Page 9

PRINCE ON TRADE.

BRITAIN WAKES UP. ! Impressions Obtained on World ! Tours. ! ! I MORE CHEERFUL SPIRIT. \ I (B- CaMe — rrrs« A**ertatioa.—Ornish*-) I i | LONDON'. February 22. \ The }'r:r,ro <-f Wales vras. the I principal fniesl a 1 a lianqnet al the . Mansion House in connection xrith \ i Iho British Industrie* Fr.ir. i [ "I am glad to see." said the Prince. j "the tendency of our industrialists to ; in-poet foreign :ie". It. »<!-. from which I much may Ik- learned, even if many <■;" !' their v.- ay* aie impractirnMc 'My travels produced on me one or two industrial impressions which might ll* useful in the solution of Britain"? ■ great industrial problem. | "The first uas that c<'noonsrat ion of itinit» assists in the lowering of the cost of production and that modern conditions necessitated a closer federation of . I industrie* for the pur]*os* of c\ploring .and expanding their mutual interest-' and to enable the \>r-\ brains to l.e u-ed in their common interest, also to tivc . young men grcaici opportunit ics. I "The second impression I >:a:n'-d was I that standardisation is essential, a]though it often involvi-s the sinking of; ' that persona] pride which is bound up with tradition and individual caprice. "Moreover, we must not 10-c sight of, the importance of maintaining a high' standard of living, j "'Britain mu't adopt, adapt, improve. 'and i::u-t 1-e vratly. when th<- common j go.nl so demands, to modify her tradiItional conservatism niid chci ishod proI cedure where th<- privilege* of the cra-pb-ycts 01 th<- pi a<lice of the wotkers is concerned.'" • I The I*l incc- said British n.anufac- ■ t-.irers and trader* to-day were in more - cheerful spirits than they were in 1926. when a cloud was on th'- horizon, which ; eventually hurst. Nevertheless, a severe loss jn export trade was borne without, serious eonse- ] quenches, which proved the strength and stability of Britain's commercial and ) iimncial character. I The Prince said he hoped lhat visitors to the fair would especially note .the exhibit of the Umpire Marketing | Hoard, which was representative of the . Kn-pire"s foodstuffs.