TRADE WITH THE EAST

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 27, 1 August 1932, Page 6

TRADE WITH THE EAST

(To the Editor.) Sir,—We have heard much of late on j the above subject, and many, including the Hon. Mr. Masters, have given- us a list of our products that would find a ready sale in Eastern markets. We are told that there is a great demand for wool; len goods in= Manchuria* Northern China, and Japan. But, sir, not . one of them have mentioned a single item they, are prepared to take in return. It must not be farm products. How' the poultry farmers cackled when some egg pulp was- imported from. China a few years ago. This one-eyed, method of trading cannot be a, success;, ships would have to make the return trip, with an "empty hold.;' ''. In a-recent.: publication I read an interesting article on the enormous timber resources along the Amur River, and'how they were being; developed. Nojvrsir, I suggest it would be an •-excellent idea to take timber: in return .for' our . farm5 products. For one thing we are in :need of m New Zealand is a timber suitable for constructional,.purposes at a "reasonable price.—l= am, etc., ./• "-; . :••■•-.. ;■" •' .' :--':-i.rA^.C .■•,;;;''■.- H.'LANG.-