DUTY ON TIMBER.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1927, Page 6

DUTY ON TIMBER.

A PLEA FOR PROTECTION. 'To the Lditor.) ]:. i- Mr I-!..n-n «a\>. ! -avnnillim. )•: Hilary mdu-liy. Th,-„ <■&?. „7 v ,r in a ? kmj tin- i.ninnm. r for ,v. P nu ' r«*a" !* ' ''* ]:a. )^ n *■»* W. 11. e "t h<r v lulilt*l ha» Ui-n 1.'.a;i..-d :..r i},». " aw " <-»**• " K tr,r4"T , - i - c:ven u» till, «1-N irym a v.*r. >,!, • t,..j , » n . all , .no a- - Ullj f <\.ntr;»ct i-ri- •- » w ' .J, ~l f, «-PP-r . .. ' _ ' 1 .'f tin It ~~~ *' <t } r . jj * " 1- 0 Ij , \\\U. L..u' ,ho :aco n of "uxhls vvhK-h -now Tradl . ,, aW ( c.ut.t.M- Jf.tii v.:,.- v., timl U- - l»V»'" n l-us:.- h V ,u> ,v Ve T" ,V-«t , T 11 V" ~l= ■" kn,,w - • ' A*.i>tralia adopt. ' - 1 1 "''■■ ■■<■>y Mat*] that th-.-iu.«trahati- ha<l tin. in <•■ t.t.-i: plat,on. tialia may a -.i::'!ar attitude to u« at Iw e <lo t. lirr. My n-Ty a.fc- f nr a T |on foreign i iniV«»i > and - not indnde AuiI Waliall haidw 1-. 1 <-■ uu-nd. >t tK«, | country j hi: r.Vy i,-l * I niu --t >'• M.r-nv a,:..,., j.irtwtion. It * a | much letter j.r- V :i w itr.po-e a dutr

and shut out thv Mc-n uniWe than i« e»tal.]j*h n-lief w..rk f . v. any f ,j v-hu-h are not |T«Klu.-iv.- to liiul work f'.r the um,,,- - ployed. Mi. Kol.ni~.ii i- j.«mdft\ical. H<rf \- tho mill* will hav«- t,, slacken of. and at the j-aine time a.h.«at«- the inipnrUttJm, <»I fojTijm umitT. H'- furthf! doudf the i^ Ur with r.i-v.n- which ihi'.w. ij.. ligijt on "ti--nlijoct. Again, hi- >tal.-!:;.iit that the saim timlK'r fi"::. the nii;!- iinTc ,i!-ed by C-J.OOOjOOO feet in V.'ll u.ay Iμ. ~,r:-.t. Why did m nm«h -av ii timlKT j.j.th-31* beoas* it »j. t-i «-ut -i,ch larpe in orilt-r that the ijuautity of ■■heart* , coa]d 1* s]j-}'lit-(l to meet th.- denaad. It" lora! l'o.'.ic? will iiK-JiJy their ly-]av\.> 0 ailoir of 0.8. (>ea>c.n--di timber W ; np then the of production will l«e It i< not in conforniity \rl\h ordinary romjnerrial usapr for increased output to raise tie price of articles or oominMnies. ]f our Government prant th«» tariff .-ivked for tipv can ea-ily remove it if it :- >hown that the j-awnnlier i« Cij.loitiii2 th«- jiiiblie to an unfair extent. One ~,n he pardoned forgetting the duty imp<»*<-il la-t year <•!) oc-dar. as it trg k small. If the duty v.a ? three tine* thr present duty, the American- -uonld seDd tiei: -•verplus h- ri-. Th«-y mt:-i Lt- amused at our busine«« (iovernment. whu allow American pt)wi> to the value >■: n.ilii<.ns of pounds a veai' to cviii.e into om- <">mtry. whilst thfi, i.n their j.an. \» ill not have our pood*, under any consideration. The -awmill workers mi of emplovnu-nt and wr.rkinc short time in the nt'iphhourb<"«>d of Tauir.arunui suffer a loss of £lf>f»n p*-r week. nrid in the OhaktuifRaetihi district over £1000 per week. Yet, sir. so-called s,n-il>le rKHiple tell us that vt <lo n.'.t lose liy iniT>oning timlx 1 :. , \V. E. TtT.XBULL. >ecreuiry. X»-w Zealand TimWr Industrr 1 Advancement Ix-ap-iie.