N.Z. EXPORT TRADE

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 129, 2 June 1936, Page 10

N.Z. EXPORT TRADE

BRITISH RESTRICTIONS

"WE WILL PULL THROUGH"

"I believe we are going to face some changes in this country, as it is quite evident to many of us that Great Britain is not going to receive, without «ome restriction, our increasing productions of butter, cheese, lamb, mutton, boot', and pork.- said Mr. J. T. Mar-1 lin at the Rotary Club luncheon today, j "J I we have to meet new conditions j we need not be unduly dismayed. We j have gone through it before, and can uo so again. Years ago we used to export, wheat, barley, and oats, and, during the Boer War, we grew 12 000,000 bushels of oats yearly; now less than 4,000,000. Before the advent of the motor vehicle and tractor, we produced and exported Clydesdale horses and hacks, but that trade has ceased. Flaxmilling, with its fibre exports, was one time a valuable product, but now in the doldrums. "Dairy produce, lamb, mutton, beef, skins, fruit, and wool are our main exports today, but before long others may loom up largely, as there are possibilities in extension of our exports of pork, seeds, flax, timber, tinned meats, fish, and metals. No one can foresee the future, but we will pull through successfully if we have faith in ourselves and our country. As Prolessor Randall states in 'Our Changing Civilisation,' 'We need faith m the potentialities of agriculture, industry, and science, faith in the vital forces of our growing civilisation." "