TARIFF ENQEIRY

Feilding Star, Volume 10, Issue 3996, 10 April 1933, Page 5

TARIFF ENQEIRY

ITRPOSE OUTLINED by prime minister duty TO MOTHER COUNTRY (Ter Press Association). Wellington. April 9 Convinced. that now is a time of stocktaking. Premier Forbes is optimistic that much good will result from an inquiry into the various industries by tlie commission which it is proposed t<» set. up short lyS pea king at the opening of the Easter Show on Saturday afternoon, Mr. Forbes said tin* purpose of the investigation was to ascertain whether the protection accorded the various local industries by the Customs tariff was justified. New Zealand had a great number of very efficient industries, which could hold their own against any reasonable competition. lmt there were others possibly which were too great a burden upon the community- It would he the duty of t In* commission to suggest improvements. The Government was sympathetic toward local industries, said Mr. Forbes. It. recognised that a country dependent upon one industry was a lop-sided country. Tho present, was a good opportunity to take stock.