THE PRISON CABBAGE.
AN AUCKLAND PROTEST. (BT'tELEGRAPH, —SrECIAIJ CORRESPONDI-lOT./ ■ Auckland, April, 28; The '. Secretary _ ■ the Auckland. Market Gardeners' Association thus' protests against the Prime/Minister's - cabbage- : garden*policy in the recent proposition of Sir 'Joseph, Ward ." in; tho.matter 'of' utilising-.prison' labour-in the 1 production of ; vegetables; : iyhich would' bo sold in direct Competition' wjth tho'products of free labourWe have an exatiiplp Of how. ' : liecesfeary it is for astatesman to' males him-' self thoroughly acquainted '..with tllo real facts in' relation to any industry, -.' legislating thereon.' In.'the! proMnt. instance our Prime Minister is. evidently .".under the impression that'- the. Europeaii niaijcet-gar-dener is practically nori-existeht, and' that the ; industry is entii-ely 'monopolised -Chinese; whereas tile faot is that a largo proportion of- th? vegetables consumed in Auckland ai'o produced by vrliito Inbour. Tho iihmediato result of Sir Joseph Ward's proposal, if carried out, would bo to of their' means of livelihood .a 'large body. of hard-woi'king' European ; gardeners', ahi'. to greatly depreciate the value of their, property—a value which largely depends on its suitability for this-industry."
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 184, 29 April 1908, Page 6
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172THE PRISON CABBAGE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 184, 29 April 1908, Page 6
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