USE OF COMBINES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 17 May 1928, Page 6

USE OF COMBINES.

SIR ALFRED MONO’S DEFENCE. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (UNITED SERVICE.) LONDON, May 16. Britain possesses men of greater Aigenuity in the practical application of scientific principles to manufacturers than any other country in the world, according to Sir Alfred Mond, who claims to know the leaders of industry the world over. Sir Alfred, when addressing a chemical industry conference at Westminster, defended combinations. He was responsible for the formation of the largest chemical combination in tlie world. Such large organisations were able to find scope for talents and experience far better than smaller enterprises. The chemical industry must he prepared to spend millions of pounds on experiments and research ; otherwise it would fall behind other countries. Sir Alfred added that British dye making had long been hampered by patent laws enabling the ingenious Germans to keep the British market in its own hands. German predominance' therein before the war was not due to German scientific knowledge or inventiveness.