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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 53, 26 November 1929, Page 10

The national interest will be well served if some result comes from the Government offer of a £lO,OOO bonus for a process to improve flax production. At the same time it is open to doubt whether this offer will be more productive than that for an eradicant of blackberry. Sound processes or remedies are not generally produced like rabbits out of a hat. More usually they are the result of long study and patient research. It would be more to the point, therefore, if the Government voted a sum for field research and experiment. -Active co-operation could be expected from the flaxmillers, who realise how hard it is to compete against tropical production with cheap labour. Decreased costs and higher quality by improved methods of production is the aim. If it can be realised, the expansion of one of the Dominion’s minor industries will naturally follow. The national concern with such expansion is that New Zealand will strengthen another string in her export bow. Variety as well as volume of exports increases our economic strength in conformity with the old adage not to carry all the eggs in one basket