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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 81, 20 March 1919, Page 5

Mr. and Mrs. G. Coidhani Williams arrived in Napier yesterday, and motored through to Tauoo io day. Air W. G Fostei, managing-dnce-tor ol the Wellington Meat Export Company, says: - “1 have no doubt the luture of tiie expm-l. ol Dozen products is regaidod with equanimity in Australia. At the pii-senl time there are about two million eareases of meat in store there, whereas we have some four or five million in store here. J consider that our Government is being flouted in this matter, lor the Hon, \\ . I). S. MacDonald has received a cablegram in reply to tho eil'eet that practically no alteration will b<> made. In my opinion the public should know of these facts and the Government should understand that the time has arrived for it to take off its gloves in this matter ami see that this country is fairly dealt with in the matter of the allocation of insulated tonnage. Australia, I am advised, has no “old stock” of meat in store. It is well then for producers to consider the serious loss that may accrue to them, and farmers should bestir themselves.”

The hotel-keepers ami brewers used to be quite fond of the I'nitcd States. They went to America for many of then 1 figures and information ; the electors will remember how they flooded New Zealand with stories about Kansas and Maine. They even sent over their own organiser to spy out the land and bring back all the latest news about America. But. now an Americancitizen of the highest integrity has just arrived in New Zealand a few days ago. He has been specially brought out to tell the New Zealand voters face to lace the truth about Aim ric.-i--and of (treat Britain too. The Trade has forsaken its old love. Visions of the working man refusing to longer continue keeping the brewer, the spirit, merchant, and the hotel keeper affluent, explain why the Trade are afraid of the truth. The brilliance, logic and eloquence of Prof. Nichols prove that America has l>c-n jilted. They are cunningly suggesting" to the electors not. to take the noted speaKer too seriously because ho comes from America, the country they once fondly low'd to quote. The No-License Party are out this tiiriy to lay before the elect ors views of the great qnesti-m by speakers with different messages, local men. leading New Zealanders, outstanding Australians. Americans anil ( anadians. The Trade appeals to prejudice. The Efficiency League appeals to reason. And of all the sir’aXrn*. none approaches Professor Nichols, rhe orator, economic authority, veteran Anglo Saxon campaigner, who addresses the electors to-iTiorrow night, in th-' Hastings Assembly Hall. *