Hon. S. G. Smith.

Cromwell Argus, Volume LXI, Issue 3168, 22 June 1931, Page 7

Hon. S. G. Smith.

Minister of Labour, and Chairman of the Unemployment Board. New Zealand has the Brains and the Exercise a Preference and Inorease Prosperity. The economic conditions existing to-day have created within the Dominion an unemployment problem of unprecedented magnitude. If all sections of the community will observe the admirable slogan of. "Buy New Zealand-made g-oods," it will result in production in our factories being 1 stimulated enabling largo numbers of people at present oui of work to be re-employed at their calling, and additional workers being absorbed in our own manufacturing industries. .Now Zealand is fortunate in having the men with the brains and the materials for supplying most of its essential requirements and if the community generally would only exercise more fully a preference wherever possible for New Zealand-made goods more avenues would be opened up for both skilled and unskilled workers, and the general prosperity would thereby increase. It is imperative that our youths should be afforded greater opportunities to learn useful occupations and extension of our secondary industries will undoubtedly help towards this end. I sincerely hope that the special issue of your paper will encourage your readers to patronise and insist on New Zea-land-made goods, and feel sure that in range, quality, and price the displays which are being arranged locally will compare more than favourably with similar imported articles.