The Ensign. WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1909. OUR DOMINION.

Mataura Ensign, 21 July 1909, Page 2

The Ensign. WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1909. OUR DOMINION.

.\uw Zoulaliders are at present suilerii'um what is» termed a depletion, wnii ilie result ihiit a number oi operative* are out ul work ui the cities. In the country, huwcver, there is little i aii.iv ior pe si.iiii.isLH 3 ior there is always plenty oi work ioj- these wiiu arc producing Weakil ll'OJil Li i " Kii.le Sod which lound iit every portion oi New Zealand. As was pointed out by a >i'.uuicru euntempoiary home months ; wlicn 1 lie uiieiJiployuieiit trouble | kr.-t became aeule. unless alter : astonishingly ii will never be triuliiully |rv:i oi New Zealand that Uer lailiuv | 141 ior lii the products <>] her ssoii j hao made its people poor. Apart from !;);> solidity and remarkable : ]>!■ -i - in* uvene --S. t lie Dominion U t agncu.imraijy, ihe most versatile country •hi the map. Our products have never I.i;ru u* a whole, though in certain years bad !ia v e caused decrease ill tiie quantity i>j Mjine product availal-:" lor consumption and cxporialiou. .Tin* pri'-'-diriati!). f . London market ha* j lowered the price oi butter. and . tttra! eountrics hav>- received a danyyrthrust in the iinaueial tvgiou. but ,ih;s K'e ol' [lie I'aeiiic has alway-. ! had a plent 1 iudiuous supply of whati'Vrr product was commercially in the to mm* it handsomely iln'iMi• di a period v/iiirli would have s*ri.iu.iv troubled any other country. Butter l:;e- been down, hut cheese \vt<* maintained ]'•■* pii<v. Yt'ool has also Uepf up. and ihe Dominion lms had plenty «•! il-is product to export. hi Southland ianu« r- liave bad a .spbiidid winter l'»r worki)>:i their land, and eveivihin.; i> \v*-li forward tor the sprin;: reason, which 1- uo\s almost-. upon u<. AYo have not I«'U- ilm trouble of unemployment to ilw same <ln/ree as, it has ■l'Oen sullered in th• North, ior tin' staple industry in Southland is -farm- i iug. (iore itself has not felt the pinch of >low trade to the extent that nasi

foretold, and although it iu r-uid that, our borough fmancos arc chaotic and nil maimer of evil i> inrdictod, our city I'athor.s have sufficient Imsiiio'-s ahilitv to overcome the jnemit ■ tillii-ultn .•>- Hut with all our izloning in tho mugni-lu-pnt- forliliiy of th.- cinimry. and al- , though the prospi cU . •i' tli" tuture a'"'i and h'tpo!ul, t'.u l ulleis ot im : s.iil nits.-1 H.il <•" ' th« nisi-ivo- a- ( j i.i i-rsl inertly .hi tlf <>ai-.s of j | ily, for this i.i not a tural. hut a i .uit- j ni'Tcial ago. ;