IMPORT DUTIES.
COMMENT BY FARMERS.
MANUFACTURERS' REPLY.
' . Comments made «t a meeting of the Northern King Country sub-provincial "executive of the .farmers' Union, in connection with the raising of import duties, was referred to at a meeting of the Auckland Manufacturers' Association yesterday afternoon. 7'. Mr. F. N. Ambler said that the reported comment waa tantamount to a suggested boycott against New ZealandjTttade Vi goodi; section worked against another section it could only be deplored. There should 4>e no attempt to drive a wedge between town and country, and loose talk; could only; have; a prejudicial effect. No manufactured article in New Zealand was highly proend the manufacturers had done nothing to raise costs to the. farming community. The farmers had no reason to ery about protection when they had subsidies and a guaranteed price. It ' was decidea to communicate with the branch of the Farmers' Union giving j tl» manufaoterexs' triewpednt, .. -■"
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 192, 16 August 1938, Page 4
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IMPORT DUTIES.
Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 192, 16 August 1938, Page 4
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