EMPIRE TRADE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 80, 16 March 1934, Page 5

EMPIRE TRADE

PERMANENT COMMITTEE Mr. Bruce’s Idea Supported SIR JAMES PARR’S VIEWS (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received 16, 1.25 p.m.) LONDON, March 15. Support for Mr Bruce's idea of an Imperial Committee was expressed by Sir James Parr at the Wool Research Association’s lunch at Bradford. He urged that when the Ottawa agreement expired they should survey the situation and try to dovetail various interests and give a decent living to ad Empire producers. He thought it inevitable to have a permanent trade committee in London continuously watching the interests of New Zealand farmers. They could not live on today's prices. The British farmer came first, but the Dominion farmer should not be asked to run a dead-heat with foreigners. Sir Janies Parr said he had arranged tq maintain close contact with the New Zealand boards. To keep the producers in the forefront there should be an Empire pool ot resources and they should advertise their wool. New Zealand was prepared to pay a levy of twopence per bale for this purpose. There should be more co-operation between producers, manufacturers, and distributors of wool to meet common enemies.