TARIFF COMMISSION

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 July 1933, Page 2

TARIFF COMMISSION

BRITISH MANUFACTURERS. [per press association.]

WELLINGTON, July 3.

Requests were made to the Tariff Commission to-day by individual members of the United Kingdom Manufac-' turers and New Zealand Representatives’ Association as follows, the figures given are: First, those for the British preference rate; second, those of the New Zealand —Australian treaty. In all cases the general tariff carries additional duty of 9-40. Gloves: British 20 per cent.; General 50 per cent.; Australian 32S per cent. The present rates are: British 271 P-c, General 50 p.c., Australian 25 p.c.

Hosiery: 20, 45, 321 p.c.; present rate 271, 50, 25 p.c. Insect powder: 10, 25, 20 p.c.; present rate: 20, 45, 20 p.c. Rennett (household):. Free, 25, 20 p.c.; present rate: 20, 45, 20 p.c. Toilet preparations: 15, 35, 25 p.c.; present rate: 35, 55, 25 p.c. Concentrated jellies: 5 p.c. ad valorem, 25 p.c. ad valorem, 20 p.c. ad valorem; present rate:. 4d lb., 6d lb., 4d lb. Macaroni: Free, 25 p.c., free; present rate: Free, 25 p.c., 30 p.c. Malt extract, malt, and oil: 50, 25, 20 p.c.; present rate: 2d or 20 p.c., 4d or 40 p.c., 2d or 20 p.c. Fish and meat pastes: 5, 20, 20 p.c.; present rate: 20, 20, 20 p.c. Wooden matches: Free, 2s per gross boxes, Is per gross; present rate: Is per gross, 2s, Is. Pickles: Free, 20 p.c., 10 p.c.; present rate: 3s per gallon, 6s, 3s. Sauces: Is, ss, 4s; present rate: 4s, per gallon, Bs, 4s. Other provisions: 5, 25, 20 p.c.; present rate: 20, 45, 20 p.c. Toilet soaps: 10, 30,30 p.c.; present rate: 25, 50, 30 p.c. Hard soap (bar): 5, 20, 15 p.c.; present rate: 25, 50, 30 p.c. Perfumed spirits, lavender and Cologne water only: A straight-out duty of 25 p.c. ad val., 90s or 50 p.c. ad val., 70s or 25 p.c. ad. val.; present rate: 70 p.c. liquid gallon or 25 p.c. ad val. Ditto, essences, flavoured: 50 p.c. ad val., 30 p.c., 20 p.c.;- present rate: 40s per gallon, 40s, 365. Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries: 15, 40, 20 p.c.; present rate, 20, 45, 20 p.c. Aspirins: 10, 35, 20 p.c.; present rate: 20, 45, 20 p.c. Health Saline: 5, 30, 20 p.c.; present rate: 20, 45, 20 p.c. Biscuits: Free: 25, 20 p.c.; present rate: 20, 45, 20 p.c. Tinned fish, other than salmon: Free, 20, 10 p.c.; present rate: 2d, 3d, 2d. Jams, jellies, marmalade and preserves: Free, 20 p.c. ad val., 20 p.c., present rate: 2d, sd, 2id. Confectionery of all kinds. 10, 40, 10 p.c.; present rate: 271, 50 ad val., 20 p.c. Furs, made up: 20, 60, 371 p.c.; present rate: 371, 60, 25 p.c. Hats and Caps: 20, 50, 30 p.c.; present rate: 25, 50, 30 p.c. Woollen and worsted knitting yarns: 10, 40, 20 p.c.; present rate: 20, 40, 20 p.c. JAPANESE LOW WAGES.

WELLINGTON, July 4

■ Further individual representations were made to the Tariff Commission, to-day, by members of the United Kingdom Manufacturers’ and {Representatives’ Association. A reduction from 20 per cent, ad valorem to 10 per cent, was sought on cotton and linen handkerchiefs, but no alteration was desired in the 45 per cent, foreign, dr 20 Australian. It was stated that Japanese were coming on the market as low as 9/- a gross landed, for painted and 12/- a gross for coloured woven, and it xvas suggested that a duty of 2/6 a dozen should be imposed. It was contended that New Zealand tanners could not produce leather of bends weighing 121 b or over in sufficient quaitities to cope with the demand. It was desired that bends be reduced to 121 b, and that the duty should be fixed at twopence a pound for British and Australian leather, with a foreign tariff of unaltered. It was claimed that English leather was far superior to the product of the local tannery. Reductions were also sought in several othei* classes of leather. Representations were made on behalf of British manufacturers ot chinaware, earthenware and porcelainware. This was another case m which the Japenese cheap production came in for special attention. When Professor Murphy asked how the quality compared, the answer was very fairly, and Professor Murp.iy said that is the trouble. The quality is improving. The witness said that from personal knowledge he would say Japanese were working twelve hours a day at least, for six days a week From inquiries he had learned the wages were 2/- a day for males, and elevenpence a day for females.