The Ensign. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1916. DOMINION'S PROSPERITY.

Mataura Ensign, 11 February 1916, Page 4

The Ensign. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1916. DOMINION'S PROSPERITY.

Tii" Monthly Ali'ti'iri oi SMiii-ii.-' is •ms i hv ill" ( ■ 1 1 1" i St 1, 1 Ist Icliill IS yell,■i,i ii y in l ere-t i no, iiin i lini Ini .laimarv inlitmiis hyillcs wli.ch Will hj" lend With l, 1,.;, su i " hy everyone. In pa-t v.ar n-lunis <d men- 11 ll dc r ill" principal crop- oi ih" Dominion have l,""ti ' olio, H-d :is I H|-( lei <ili" i' AH. This ,| ; it" u-."-,|iiit" unsuitable lor v: mlh In ml, mid re in "Sent n i unis were 111 : i< hj ■ hy the I’rov 111 < - 1 , 1 1 I'.mtii 1 1\ c ( oniinitt"" o| ih" pa rnn-i-s’ ITiioii to hj ivo mi n itera I ion i :l ,idi u iiii'h Wiitiid hi in wilt th" elt--111,11" ,ind 1,11 it lid" Oi dll- Soul hern pro,,ui". Th" men under crop is nor,' :,i kin jor tho North 1 'hind ;u n j (), I o .or All . Marlhoroiiyh, N"No n mnl Cm- ;" I 11111 \ .Is m .November ID; mid <May" m, I Soul hlmid ns m November dll. Tuo I, ih 1" ol molls shows llrn this season Southland has s.li.A acres ,n whom and S'J.ddl acres ill hum. l.asl year the me.i in wheat wa- mu taken separaliov lor Soiiih'and. it heiny, yronp'd wnh I) iap i, hut tli" area in ".its hK, \e.ir was 7A.s7(f acres, Th-s -Ives mi im-reas,. <M fil.A* ;u res in oil' tms year. 1 ■'*' (Uayo portion of wheat i - oMieialD , |asC,l as the Otayo Tiov-nce hil-ls.-KkJ acres iu wheai ami 7(l.A*! a,tem nais, li h.is API Hi acres less m om-. i his year I hau last , ('muerhnry ha - AIA.AA.A acres in whom and IAs.DiA acres in oats. This shows mi in lease sr.T'.iA acres in wheal over the melonv,and A!). (MM aens additional in tl ais. This hipye iticrease in urea will ~, far to overcome the shortage tn ll'" viehl per acre caused hy the nnprece,h tiled ilronylii which he In eit exnerienced in the Northern province. inkum the whole Dominion, Ihe table shows ihat there are Add, Add mres in io■ ai as compared with AAMdiMti hut rnn, ami d7l'.S(i!.» in oats im ayauist acres. 1 here is tlierelore a _,realcr area hy IMli.liA.'f acres o) wheal and irj.di IS acres ol oils than lieu in crop lasi year. Fast yetir there wa is a Vleld ol a trifle oyer AS hushels oi wheal to the acre. The lowes; avera-r „ the p"I IP yoirs was AA.7A hushels i, (he acre. II we allow lor me Ml--llucts ol the <l l 011 oh 1 in the Otimaru and ( anterhni;y district' and take an •nera"e of AA h ll shels oi wheat over all. u„ have a yield of S.AAM>AA hll-bels. which should’ not only iirov.de for In'iu" re,ppreiiii.nl. and seed. Inn allow ol a niaj" -in lor export il t hi- he ihoiiy.nl wise. 'I his is ad very -aDsla- lory iron: a Dominion point ol view, hut t lie most important |ae f revealed hy the (hie! Stati-tieian is that our exports tor the v .>ar DMA exceeded our imports hy no juss a sum that A lO.MAIMhS. Tim means Dial alter we have paid the inien-.i on ~ur priv ne tun! public debt to (in iM Dniaiu the people will have rather more than AAdHIO.IHIO ol a credit balance lo come m from overseas. 'I In toial exporu lor 11)1-1 wert 1 I'D, l f et ~,-nt aliove those i)) DM if, which inch was a record, and the loi al values oi export s in DMA was An MM per vent. 1,1 ~1 JPI 1. The absolute lie leas,, amounts m Ad.-1*7.-Um - M'om AAik*J(> 1.117 m the extraordinary total m e.d 1,7) S.iM A, ((piivahun to anproxi-nuiM-lv AA7 (is Ad (provisional hyiires) tier h' mi of the popu'alion. hy tar lj"' j. :.. 1 1 ~s t expon trade per head m the world. Dm l oi the increase u due to Die sliipmeni of yo|,| to Hie I nit'd Slates on account ol the ImpeflM (eO'-j ~>.|i men i : exports ol yo|<l in Ddlo amoniiiin.j, to LM .PM 1 ..i.'.f. a* tp.uMnsi cso;, ;>(;7 in the pretdoti' year, ami el’ IAP, pip in DMA. (M this anmnni e | 1s 1 .sp j „;,s ~h piped to Ih" I nil e I Sialc'. Uni most ol the increase i> I it- ills a hounly oil export-, owlny [,, Die lnyiier prices nil lie.',. Ol 'he principal exporl'. mem shows a "real increase in Die t,nmilM.v . Inn wool, tmiDices,* show ,hj < rea-ed (|iruill,„.s. The ell ect' ol risiny price- am |nil I, in a Millie w !I ; i‘ hj shows Dim j, ~■ ~,yht items ah'in-, imlmlnm "old Die price ol which does no! cIuMP-'e | |t , | i n (,| it . s since DM I warn eipi; via bounty <n over A!dmil ,1 ml I T),,. |a. i Dim Die pi r " “hi ‘im-tl Pn Die pro-lme ol the Imm'nnm ium risen ~, -neh an ahnornui' i x'on emphasn.,-' 1j,,. nmtentioil we have made mi - ~,'al ne, -ast on s that the (iovermneni should rm-e in New ZeMand the mom-. I, M . pros, .(litiny the Dom'nmn s share U | the war. The eXet’Ms piocvtls el ill" sales of produce cannot he pm (;> hi-t - 1.. n-e than in helpin'/ to maintain me Ulle-rilV of the ifmpiie. A Mlhle ill Dm pamphlet a M “tit ihe lII' reiM" in I~|al i pr.ee- owim/ lo Ihe war, 'I hishows Di'ii the a Vera ye increase in the price ol a y, onp of live ne<'e'sil ie- has I,ahmtl 111’, i.ef cent. Th" increase 1., the price ol yioeefies at ((ore I■r j \ eij a- Id.-IT, per eem .. in -hoy produce m meal ID.MM. Dm avm'iiaT increase O) Ihe three heiny Id.As. We have d-nbis ;is lo the table lor the ,■ S,.s in the same three tie ("-ar'es al 1 1, vereitryi 11 are ;Mv<ai a- M *ki Pr cent. P,,. . i roe" r iea. 7 .AM Mn Do Wy nK'im-'' am) d( I. I 1 for meat. Die n \ era ~-e heiny Kldid. When eompind with ((ore the-" li-nres appear to show a di-crepa in' in meat ni -all •■vents. The -reatesi m-,.,-ea ■ e in Dm average ol the line- Mi al jiy,.,.;-.jijo m .;},-Did) lo be at I’alnuMa

tOn Noil hj , wlmt <■ n amounts 1.. '.'li.■!!, :l 11 • I I In- loWe"| ;it .Nelson. U'liiTl' II 1" mi • v 7 1A i I’n 1 nidi-I mi North iiii'ii I 1111-. I 111 in.i -Cl lln :i7 -7 (ICC cell I ii:l 1 V jll iti 1 111 1 c hv V:.' 11111 1 ;* rocc ri cs hv 'Jill'.'. Ai Tn ilni |n- mill Weil in.ni mi City dairy produce Ii;i~ decrc Kcd in price. Ilm Si :l I i'l iciil II Ini- In 1-11 nlilc In "how , as we have already |iMinind mil, a very Mil i-lai'inrv -laic nl allairs in llm |).n 111111 1 1>11 .ii "<i lar a" sdlum prim " and trade arc emiccrncd. It "ill lie interest,ny 11 > me wild her |he (i mein men 1 will seize Ihe I>l>l><>r 111 It 1 1 v Ini' 11 na Mel II a; mir war expend.lure miller hy a lnc.il Inan ur h\- 111 i■ I her taxation nr hy hmh.