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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 154, 27 December 1918, Page 10

Tim Urit.ish Government has- already undor consideration matters lirolating to the period of reconstruction 1' after the war and the probable extent of the demand which will arise for manufacfecd goods. In vlbav of the:shortage of raw material and tonnage and the exhaustion of stocks, coupled with the diversion for war purposes of productive capacity from industrial ends, it is thought probable by the Imperial Government that tlia world-wide demand for many categories of manufactured goods will for a time be greatly in excess, of the available supplies which could be put on the market-for some considerable time after the conclusion of hostilities. Ifc waß announced, therefore, by th» Acting Federal Minister of Trade and Customs a few days ago that advice had been received from the Commonwealth | High Commissioner that the Federation of British Industries suggests the advisability of placing orders for post-war requirements of British goods at an early date, in order that the transition of the various factories from a war to a peace footing may be facilitated by a knowledge of the Dominions' requirements. The Minister said the importance of ordering early could not.be too strongly emphasised, both to assist British manufacturers in the reconstruction period, and on account of th-e probable difficulty of obtaining supplies for which orders are delayed.: