CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXII, Issue 7411, 29 November 1884, Page 6

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

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Suw- this tiaw* Uat y«*f 4 *?t-i-rt“l *■•,>! hiMi «d*ftnaft-ratfe pi J j j»-r *it,d ax 4 >flf f»<a’k# BJJSaaUy •i:,j,bT .x lafjJ 4, iSctw, whi«b uliOtlUi hjT • t. f-.iS i-iisupylstion, caiAtinutt in an w* ■i-.T.xft ii- ratio, th** addittonsJ fundi ft !.-*.d.>r>*d avaiiahh- n-acli a V«ff <X®- ! P t,sj. th*? StfWSW •, its. t i.-ft.-i-l (liinug th*. 4 Uatoc»«»j»U» ■ =1 otin ha» < ay**! »-rtous iawrlaiity i!:-' ii.-st hai’.j Hi *>->ulc fha.-ka t I have rxtason w l ‘ ,»t, tnj..n tjj- whol*-. aifMjd aver* ,iti.ftiuy win (/robaidy t«r dUpUyed i tap.fi„ ir y 'phf Ifx-ai woo! ’ u ' f C\' with • on»iden»hie Aplnuv 1.1 . > pr; an for faruu-n' Jot* "T ' l “ e . 1 »t «di Hut, 1 B^'i«Ltrx* ! ir a . lh "’ Ui * ! f«*«» n)W, f- mdu * tr i ** »• till- uiftOi-nt U»«m»t eocoiiraifing Ui« faftai-r, «nd vj j( . r - T <>f heiag «cu**d of lri-»iii t .jj(jy upon * jjjl l,^, r a f*-* rvoiarkn u« th* When the S'-iii-fti.- ~f iimitiiaa fimeß oiottun wtw flr»t m ihJ tisL* *wiwn«{ &y WMdthat nrt a yoder*te«tp»riwoow ■*» ahwrh all Ih.. .r~UhV bnd, bivvui, that -JtmpiUi » c*n«dcTOhlß

iimrUlily amonjjst »h«vj» diiriuK Iht* part of th«* year (tho result of the w«>t nunhw autumn), and liravy h****'" 3aml>», I'ouplod with tm oxju'fl dtiriurf I" 4 May to Slay jH'ri.wl of ovor lt»*i.xn** 1 «'arcaio'fi of frozen mult-'U, tho of ahoop in Cantorhury on May ) ftst wns l,UAl.";n>, IhttSft'si whh'h oxlnhil an in.'n-a'r of 2U5.011 over tho«o of tho pn'.-fthni: >*'.» r iAppUnwo.) From J»n. 1 unfill*' l ay, »ay oh'von month*. (In* exp r« of '• ' mutton from l.yth’lfon ha* >* ■*' *" carx'aiaac. and .i«y„n> 4 with ahixop hivodmn „ , nwarothat t'antiihory «'•! "*t;’ ‘ difß.mltx m imv.nlawtunf *»’• n '"'"‘ t] ! „ f «i u,t !.*-.•«» i . i » : ««; : r C* r., ** f" 'art.r-.ii V.„xt hill for I ha 1t,,,.-n m. V, .-M'-'f*- U, ‘' ' xilnui-d.mn p>f ■■a.iVldl .xoaKMM, Nvn l-wM x-ry • il i,.,' 01 rsut'-rl'iiry . and xxhd-’ 1 , k ’,“,‘v hsx.- l,d t * t*'inj'>’Mi> a-.i'ity J',)..' (. -i.-r n.rk* of !h<* . tho vnluo i..v) .Old p*i*..nal o»‘.?o in llm Tdony ! n. -...M have -ftilf. rod a SlAltltm: dililtnuf O'U. an r?!-.' poxwr of tin' t-ivpay.! to moot hi* oMiitation* would have l».vn M-unhly 1 n*i\ p'd, Van<»n» ran am, xihich it would ’ y.,-:r patu no*> f«vi mm h won' 1 to ,uhxico ujv'ft, haxo .-onlnhutod t<. rodm-o i tho vahio of (uwtt mutton in I'.njihind j ,lv f nn( tho Minimor month* Ihoro. The ; pnii. ijvU oft.M wore {li tho mild xxmtor, jwhioh prvx.ln,-»»i| !»r>ror of Homo i mutton than u«ual; (2) tho hot- Miminor, | «hioh r»*trioto<l coii»Hin|*lion. and (3) tho ! p«.)«idi.-jal ofl.vt of damaKoxl oar«iH’«. » Notwithutandim: tho opncoimiw of opinion ; tliat SoploniKT. Ootohor. and November . arotho won*f monthsof tho \o.ar for soiling j fro?« n mutton in England, prnw comj mon.ft'd to Imrdon during thi* j>ori<«l. Ihn* 1 funuhhmg »iidili»nal ovidouoo of tho ) ahn.xrmal oliara.'lor of tin* iHwwn. I hiivo ! a!way* folt that, in criticising tho mean* j a lopPHl for soiling frown moat in I England, wo on Ihi* side did not make j MUhoiout aUowatico for tho onormoua j ..pjvw.ii.4on hrv'Ught to Ih-jm* ujhxq tho trade i hv the ovor pnwent.and not tc Vw? dospbod, I •* vivt**d intomsta in Uroat llritAin. 1% 1 cannot lv* Mipjv>so<i that tho Hritidh ffnuicf 1 and tho lord of tho (toil will *it idly by and allow thu oh-mont to vitally interferv with i th. ir intoroat*. as it must do If »oece*<ifnl. | At the same tiiw, while a stiff battle had i to I*, fought, 1 never doubled for an in- ! vtant that wo would gain the day eventually. In order to show that we are approaching victory, permit me to quote one or two brief extract* from letter* received f n".u England within the past few days : *■ Tho number of towns in which froaeti mutton is regularly sold is increasing rapidly, ns also is tile quantity absorbed by ea-h. and indications are not wanting that at no distuit date the requirements of that branch of the trade will have an appreciable effect upon the London quotations. Wo adhere to the opinion previously expressed that Userv is a great future before this industry. The consumption is palpably increasing, and the course of prices has an upward tendency. Home stock ha* been on the market in a way which lots not U-en witnessed for many year* during the summer month*, tiiL* exceptional j-xsition l<mg duo to the abnormal season. But th.,- causes which H»ve lx- n at work i.u bringing this ahxit have op.rnted in Sh.- din-ct.cn of curtailing the fupplies of the customary winter and we shall be s-.rjTisc-d if Home farmers are able to tn uutam a continuance of supplies during Sh- next few niftnlhs m anything like tho ratio which has oxut-*d throughout the spring and sutusior.” Again, a Liverpool imett sabwman write*:—" Prices to-day lOct. :n, L/th here and at Manchester, are firm at OJ to »'-id jkt lb, while god Heme mutton is a drug at very little more money, a fact which speaks volumes for the position the N»w Zealand mutton is now taking : and the reason is that the butcher* are taking 10 it, for if they don't keep it their customers an- going where tht y can get it." Many people seem to think that the Lgt-.ni lias completely fallen out of the grain market. I don't, and I’ll bell vou why. When the price of any commodity reaches such a low level that production is unremuiierative, then- mad ! h- one effect u contnu lion take* pLu-e in the quantity produced. W« observe that fact exemplified in Canterbury this year, th-re (xing a of, 1 should s-iy, about one-thin! in the area un-ier wheat cultivation, as ojUiparwl with iftftt year, and the conditions which have been at work here will lx- present in oIL-r parts of the world, and probably with more pronounced result*. Again, India is now held up to us as the O'te «,/ir of our agriculturist, but when it is known that there is on enormous difference in the* value of tile constituent parts of Austrar han and Indian wheat* iand that in favour of the former), vc nc**sl not W so fearful of l<».-.ing<*ur prc-cminenw. A g >od authority *ay*, " Olutt-n, the very life-giving, healthstmtaiaing p,;wer «x>ntain«d in the grain, is priw-ut in quantity in Australian wheat n-arly two and a half times a* great as the Indian. The figures are, Indian, Id 4 1; Australian, Ur M, or. in plain words, one po-iad »f Australian flour contains tut much nutriment o« two and a half (21) pounds of Hour from the very best lod*au wheat." Further, it is becoming annually more apparent that Australia will, in the future, require t.j lean upftn us t/> a greater extent for the pnxluee of our land. I would n*l i*e »urjirise«l if, v. jtliin another th-cele, oiie aW.rlfts almost the whole of our surj/lu* bread and fixxlmg stu(fs, together with a large j.rojftortion of our dairy produ. <-. It must, however, be c*mcvdwi tfusl the sheet tuediof of the Kew Zealan<l farmer i» the increased produ.-tion of wool, mutton, mid dairy pßsimc ; and with skill, «ar.-, and energy combined, I feel |<er-emtdft-d he will yet Ixj able to hold his own against the world. (Applause.) It i* with f.x-ksiga of heartfelt regret that I make allues-.-n to the death of Mr John IngUn, lor t-j many year* a. prominent m.-mb-r of this l.'hainher. 'lilt-re is Bo Deni for UiU tO | &'iftj.d tl.<- praißS-s, or laud Urn vlrtut-s of Mr lughe, almost every tuemfs-r of the | 1 ''43‘i.ler havsng had jvrvrtial e*js*rieu»«; 1 <•{ Lis woith, and also of his most kindly j diapmUoii. 1 cannot r.dtain. however, 5 from stating that the CuUiUiitUc, on xvhi. h | Mr Inglie served for a ver) long p-riod, , highly xoiui-d bueounsel liiidruaistani-e 1 < ajj js-ra jftaiiy b-«tify that h«- was ever w sllmg lift t»k« j his sliaretAthti'ietail work si laing fmm I.me Vstfiuv. A rvamltiUon of symjnthj with hie bereavwi widow and family ft til L- submitted for your ae-i«-pta»)<x-. 'lh.(ivVerniucnt of tie* ihty has gained well iie»erx‘*d oouiumadaUun for the increased and iuiprond mail fariiiu.s it has or. d pj the Colony by it* ri-oent contract with tin; New Zcaland Hhipplag f'oiiijjany's Sun. of direct 8 lea tilers. (Applause ) Not the loast tm;oUraging fe&tuio of Use arrange* OM . O t, bo far a* the imhlie is eon. erm*d, arijfOß from the fact that th* eontnuting Cowm’ty merely rwoaive# a fair remuuemtioo for services reuduresL No one will d<my Umt this servln# ha* been id e&ormtMM Uuwrflt to th« Colony a* u whohb and tha v«ry Hb»ml manner m which tho sbAiccn «r» etiuipped, and the regularity with which tho i« «•-»; ductod, an* most commondnblo, (Umc luitwAT chaiujm. Mr Cbrystall moved--" Tlmt in Uu opinion uf thi* Chamber miU-aguratc between LyUdtoß »»d Cbrhtb-h«r«Jit o articles coming ondar clawfi A, IL L, «nt U of the railway tariff I* am when the actual ehainagP distanceoow pw 0.l with that botwecji Port Cbaiwon ami Duuiwlia the former suffers by oontnu*! Lx Um extent of m per cent j that tin hauUgv and handling ohnrgo «# 1» (id j«n t*«t on giswl* landed at Lyttelton fro» »h-««»era or sailing vessels and sent l»b •hod* V<r oxamiaaiioQ is in oxcoss of whal * * ! ‘ r, ' R nted by th* service performed, aac ■*l a re.lu.-non ,if B t least lid jx?r but of ! | tli *' lUutus (such reduction on thi ‘ 1 L',-n vutmdly j«x>talM*dbythi

v former Uovemment) 1« urgently required.* This wan n matter which hud l>ecti lung h lu>rote them, and the OommiH«v hiwi had .. nu interview with the Minister of Tiihlie ■- Works «»n the subject. He (Mr ( hiystall) t must coll lea ft that he -«* somewhat di* « fij.pnuU'd »tt the reception given t« the 0 deputAtion- The tlovoruinent hud some time ago promised n reduction of hd ft ton . on the handlitig of g.nwl* nt the l.yttelt»»n 4 *hcd, hut the of die pr.*;»»sed *. shed hftd tw'i'U fttcuidoiied. find the ehnrge t still remain*'.! sit Is t’«l. The cost to him 1 oh th»* account wft* 42t*> « y>*!*i. I he bdftl . I elmrge was l»s Hd mu ton. or one-third the t freight fnun England. The < o;.? to I imurti ft and l»ack by rail way was IV* fid per fon. { The haulage on the l.vtteltoiH ’liiist.’liurrh I line wuslH* per cent higher than that I* 4 - , ( t«. rn IhitUHlin and IVit C'halmeis. All j I that Xla* naked wax to have the haulage ,• * 1 ate equaliftod xxith that of the Fort, a j rhabu.'is line ami a reduction of t»i ,■ j ou the handling. The ivinoval of the > ' ( xemmatioti of goods from < brijitehureh , ; Lyttelton bad involved another lehirge’. and xva* another ix>a»on for redueI ! tmn. A year ngo tie 4 Ihiilxvay'Department * ! took ..ff «ld from haulage and put on Is «5d 1 ! at Lvttelhut, an actual inen-mw 4 of a »hil- . ; hug.' though it had Wen mijqswed that . ’ tlrntx' w.v* t-> be a reduction The (lovern--1 : menl l<»uk advantng* 4 of the monopoly. . ! Tlicrx 4 «■»i another unfair thing in the i matter of cartage A reduction had ms-n 1 made in the contract for earUige, but no corresponding reduction wsh mob 4 t<> mer- ! t li ui!* until attention »»* ealled to the oveichargx 4 of did js-rton. And no lefund | of the oiendmrge had then Ikhjuui'mK* Ho * thought Agitation should not coast) till ft 4 - - (Inmn obtAiihMl. Thu uf jjraiu rates would In 4 brought forward presently. , and ho thought if Uovermnont did not . givu way ti piitiho uuH % tiuiJ nhould h«*I« . and other steps la 4 taken to caum 4 th* 4 t nqmwoatativo* of tho district to bring to bortr on t-h*s OovcruuHUii* Hw i had forgotten to say that the extra ehargo i at Lyttelton would Ih 4 larg. r than over, a* i t><> large a proportion of good* now eauie by , steamer. , Mr Oard'oer seconded the resolution. Mr Cuff thought it should Ih 4 mentioned [ that only tho good* that wont into shed ; were charged th fid. Mr Chrvatall: All go «l« passed for bond , Mr Cuff continued: It had formerly taken wool's to clear goods nt Christchurch, And, to get rid of tho block, this removal to fiVltolh-n had taken place. Mr Chrystall , must got his work done in Chriatehureh or it*. Lrttolton. and if he got it at Lyttelton done for iSK> a year, ho got it very cheaply done. Then* wore still delays, ho ad- ■ mttb'J, for Uio liuapohu good* could not he - cleared for some days. t Mr Chrystall submitted that all the work he paid jC3O for in LytU-lUm could I* 4 done bv a clerk in Christchurch. 'The motion was put and carried unanimously. TRK OBAIW TAIUM . . Mr J, D. Macphenon tuoxed —" That, in tho absence of any immediate disjavsition, on the part of the Government of tho day, to remedy tho action of its pmum-omr# »n . office in imposing iurre.ised haulage rab-s , in Class E of the tariff, representing agnouiiural produce, this Chamber respectfully remind* the Government of the near approach of the gram *.*o-100, and of tho justice u f withdrawing the present oppresj File tariff, and reverting t-i more equitable ' rat**!, under this cla-*®, as tlie Chainlier i had Uva led to expect from pnnium.ly ex- | jiuximhl views of some members of tlio i prcfti-nt Government.” He regretted th.; ! nc.vwfity for bringing this, what he might j iall time-honoured, resolution again before ‘ the Chamber, ns he had hoped that the i Government would have seen its way to ! bringing the country back to a fair tariff. I It aeeuied to him, however, U»at if the ; ('handier did not look after the interest* of , | Ciuiteibury no one else would. The rates I on grain compared most unfavourably with , | the tmff on produce. In Canterbury, «- i pt-oiallr. grain could be carried cheaply, j I Take Albury, for instance, grain almost i nirriwl itself to Timaru by its own weight, ! yet it was said that there should be no differential rate*- Wheat had been quoted at .'loi a quarter: was there not something in such a price te cause tiiose who knew any tiling aimut the matter to insist upon a lower tariff ? The President, in his admirable address, bad shown that onethird less grain was Wing grown Uiis «ea--Bv>n, and this would show the inexpediency of traffic being thui choked off. He wa * afraid, from the information be obtained 00 the commission re the unemployed, that greater ucarcity of employment than ever u'uiiid rule for some time. It behovetl the Government to consider the advisohility of reducing tins tariff. Mr Cuff had been a*k«\l t-> second the resolution, but feared that tho Chamber, if it asked for two reductions, would lose With. lie thought, from what Mr Uk-hard-*on had said, or luul not iMiid, that tin* reductions asked fur were too great, and would provoke opposition from other difitricU, liif hoped thit Cbumhcr would supjiort this rtrwihition in preference U 4 the Mr Gard'ner remarked that the former had just been passed unanimously. The President understood Mr Cuff te mean that if lioth reductions could not lie obtained, the reduet ion in the gmin tariff idiould be most insisted upon. The lion J, T. PeaeftK'k moved that the latter clause should W; struck out, a* tile members rofurrwi te hud oxpriissed their views when tiley Were not members of the Government. The ChamW-r agreed to omit tin* claiis* 4 , and tile resolution »u auicnded was carried imanimuiisty. JIIMIIKU TWIfOI, Mr L. <h WillintuH moved—" Tliftt this Chamlx-r deairua respectfully to express it* disapproval of tho prop sod of tho Govom--1 niejit to collect tho duty of 15 jior cent on 4 binder twine, (1) because such duty ha* to 1 be kmo by 1 tin nun only whose industry it 4 is iaijiortant alxive all others to enojurage j and (fi) because UlO projsaial is in conflict t with an apparent principle of tho prewent * tariff, that material* required in th»* prose--4 <;utii-a ,>f local industries should 1m mb , milted free. This Chauste-r would, there- . hue, request the Government to reconsider , their decision, and either introduce a ui.'twurs to rejaral the present temporarily ■ inojximtive duly, or, in any ««w, te defer [ itij until lb*? wholts <jU6Btion of Urn tariff I to dealt with.” It must lw rw--1 uumliered that formerly twine hod been * adimtied aa )«irt of lh« uwehinv. it 1 Aei-mod to him that a* soon a« Government I found the remisaioa te I*? illegal, they I should have levied it, and not waited till 3 January. ’Ho,* Government would be on- ' oiuraging grain growing by deferring llm j collection *A thi* duty till tho tariff had * te-n roxitel. It had lawn said that there , would 1m; no twine imported, but if so why press the eollection « the duly f Mr G. V. Pickering MMxumUtd the motion, I which wa* carried unanimously, f TIIK tin mh 1 nous. II Mr Hargreaves had a regretful duty te 11 perform in moving a resolution which he *’ was sure would uu.wt with the ajiproval of * ill* 4 Chamber. He could hardly trust him- !* w*lf to sjMfiik of Mr IngtU, whom he had known for fit year*. He had been aaoociftibHl with that geCtthnuan when Prcsie ih-nt of the ChamW, and hail found him 0 what they all knew him te lx*, nil upright, n honest buxine** man - candid in all d matter*, and r ready te do what wa* tl right, Ae Chairman of the Hoard of Kdue cation, Mr IngH* liod dasarvod admiration n for liU seal and earnostnes*. Socially be 1 (Mr Hargreaves) hail “a®? ***** * of kindly latewourfte with Mr InglU, the r recotlacUoa* of which would ever Col green j is 0 tentenatilm iiloew ot Mr e InglU, places on reemd its sincere appro-

ulalinu of the numerous and vabiablo *orvices rendered by him in oominereial malters during h long period of y* 4 »rs j jftirvlre* not merely appanuit in tho Pmi* dent'R chair and CommitUM* of the Cham* L’t, hut in hi* general contact with the mercantile world, where In* was highly estwmed ft* ftn example of MpflghlnoM, prudence, and intelligence t that » ropy of this resolution Ih> transmitted te Mrs Jnglis and family, with the heartfelt sympathy of this mooting." Mr John Anderson seconded the resolution. Ho wa* sure that ftU wro had ha»l tho pleasure of Mr lugib' friendship a* he had would sympathise with the resolution. The resolution was passed itnaniinotisiy. I.ATK THAI** TO l-oftT. Mr J. I*. Mnepiiorsoti would like te have spoken of Mr IngU*. but )»»d thought It better not to give his feelings an opportunity of getting too much for him. He would {ATin on te a matter of builtt* 4l ** nnd move—" That, in the opinion of this (Miftiulmr, the time hn« arrived when » late train nhould Im run overy night, eximpl Sundays. Iwtwnen Chriatehureh and LytU-l-ton and Iwuik." With the present frequent arrivals of steamers, the late; train was very neenwAty, and he oiuld not but think that the concession should be uumUi, j artienlarly as such a lab 4 train already distill lietweeu Port Chalmor* and Dunedin. Mr C K. Briggs Reminded the resolution. The Presideui supported the mwlvitSon, and expreraed his Isuiof tliat the Government should make the experiment, at least during tho summer months. AMStUAt' BBTOttT. The Chairman reminded tho members that a number of extra copies of tho Chamber'* annual rei>ort remained on hand. This doted the business.