"COMMERCIAL ALLIES."

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2112, 1 April 1914, Page 10

"COMMERCIAL ALLIES."

WITH WKIB STATE?.

COMMISSIONERS' ADDRESSES.

• Yesterday _aftcrnoon members o.f Uid Wellington Chamber of Ctiimiiercc ii-iwi a number of tity business men were iwl» dressed by .the throe American Trade Camriiissioiiers.—Messrs. I). 31. Tuny, John Kirby, juii., aiic'f- Dr. Stwwdoii— representing tilt! American Tfiufo Commission af tlte National Association of ■Manufacturers. Mr. James Macintosh, ■ vics'prcsidciit of. the Chanibpr, presided. In a welcome to', tho visiters, Mr. Macintosh explained the object of the gut.lio-r.ing, They wore, always . glad, he saw, to be able, to,meet gentlemen of standing from other cotnrtriefr, sueh as their three visitors. Ho ttai called en Mr, Kirby to speak, rsif, Speech, . Mr. Kirby said that lie and .his col- ; leagues appreciated tte urekbmo extended to them, and , tho treatiiißi.it : Vifiic.fi they bad received in tho various centres visited. They bad feurtd tki-t i Mio people- of New •■ Zealand wwo not very much 'different from .peopte in • America.' Jii tho matter of development the city of Wellington was tjiiito J vip to. any American city of similar sw;n 4 I They had also noticed the substantial manner in wl-iiot-t. tho business.'houses ■iu the main New Zealand cities were constructed. Their own object iit <;snv iftg to Now Xeiiiaiul was to stimulate a bapinosii sentiment- as between the' two countries, and they wore also here to sec whether tliey could not pick up soff.ething in tho \va,y of information, foi , , although America was an oklei country, there were many things that Americans ooirld-loarii from the tSritialj colonics. On-the other hand, if there was any inforaistion that ttiey {the commissioners) could impart to tho trad* tug people 'f New Zealand they would only I» ton ftked to elo So. Mr. K-irb-y t{vem ontftiecj' to those present the various activities- of the National Association of Manufacturers, and the object wf their visit ta these ports. Where Arnsrici's Biggest Markets Are.. . Dr. Snovvdcm then spoke.. Ho stated that tlio iirst- tiling which they had leen etniek with iu tEis cpioiiy was its natural spenery, State experiments in Nojv Zealand were attracting the attention of tho whole woi'lel, and psftieular attention.' should bt) paid to the tourist traffic, especially sa iii yiowi of tho opening of tiiQ Panama Caiia:|, when, it seeniect to the speaker,- a great tourist' traffic jnast set in tgwapts Nosv" Zealand;. The opening of tlio Canal, too, would revoliitimtfeo trade,. unci he advocated aft increase of New Zealand, arid Ain-e'riea. • Kfothtng, he said, b.oniid tktngjS together.so :in;udi as ■Gotftniereiu.l relations, The cultivation of such relations meant that Avar W'oilM Hover eoirte betireen them—not, lie a.c Mcd; that* waiwas likely between America, and Jiew Zealand. America really w.iuted to be N'cuv feijejid's cortrtefcial ally, aiid. ■in njpat alorio, America efferatl a gpcart markei, Hi>i fimv<!ver,. vviiitted to call ttisk attetttioii to om lliiitg tliat it appeared .to hiiii. tfco peijpldi Or'?<«\v'ZceteiH did itet flppi-eciftie; arifl ,-that was; die''im|).ortiiica. ihQ Basfcr'u hiarlifefe ;ol America, JfiinV ■.Zealand wats going for the Western ißarkets, and prsfitionlly the East&fii side <jf. the contiirentj, wlicro the great inatkets jyepb. advocated Stindiiiig representatives to ■America to'obtain iirsHiiuid kitowlcdi* en tljeso and otter nVattere. Tho sjiejker 'Went on to say that our .trftde- with Afiierica s'hpuld' be earfieEl out m &■. veciprtic.al basis. 'He poited; significantly to'the fact''that in (jah'Vda : some liujttdfed : rnembfars of the 4000 '. mfinbers which tJiek' asSottiaikjn coai.■prised had cpeiied-biancli faetories there. ''I ttoik .Ji would bo to the advantago of bQthj-cevrt»tries,".«itid the speaker iii rojjshvsiMi... "i! both u-arked oil a reciprocal basis.' , Mr. 'Paro'i thesjiofco.. . . Some Local Trade Opinions. Mr. W. G.. Du'thje, in referring to D,f. Snowdon's address, remarked;'that tho American Cpnunis&ioncrs were pra.eticalty. feefe asking t:hat;our- proferenfiaf .tariff Biwuld bo relaxed in respect to Ajv'crieii. It bad bee'ri hslasdd S&mewfaat already; • ' Mr. A. 8., Uilp sinteel {hat 3jc. ted he&n ntueli.-impressed by Dr. Snowdofi'S remarks 'the prosperity on the easj soasfc of Aai&riea-i "Atany of us,"' ho .continued, "do ;iot jealise what' thi> opening o£ the fanama Canal will mipatt to u&; a.nd how it will be one of our reihes. t<> the .east of America. If wo want to tak* advantage of. this \ve ttftnt; i ta act on Br. Mowddn's suggestion, and : Sead ropresontstives over there-. It is ; na use standing still and letting et'hefs ! get i.u ahead of us." ■ ■ Mr. BL F. Alien remarked on th« fact tbht New Zealaiid was ■β-xjtericheing , a visit from Caimuissioßers ' miifions of money, \;vte had caino.to tis iwid praeiiß.illy askett ils to sell them ' ou'r butter and cheese. " _.. . 'Inferring te the export of dairy pro- . dace,. Mr. A. D , . Orawtord teni.arlsed that dairying in New lia-ql.hard-ly sferted jot. "Our tlairymg is_ iist anyt|i.iHS Kke ivhat it should be, either in "aaality or :q.uaiit.ity, :, fe rcmarijed, "We have bffen going Oil too tfln.S pjajv. iiig »t tho game, iastVad of takijig i| seri'6Us],v."- : In refet-eiic-S to Sir. Crawford's ta. ■iijarks. Dr. Snowcton. said that tfey (the Cpmijiissiansrs) Imd sefen in. Jfesv Zeabiia a bcttet <««■ and, g. batter stotk than was typical of -to United States. , At tjie coiicltiMoa or the gathering the chairman moved a'vote of fhajilfa.iti the vifitofs. yiiis was seconded by the-Eloa. G. H. Mills s«i carried. v