The Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1883. LOCAL INDUSTRIES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 211, 11 August 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1883. LOCAL INDUSTRIES.

VUy v.- .-^-^f "Auckland; Herald) that year hy year , loir ldWuNndo-tries are strengthening that m the Sanitary Pipe and Pottery industry, as m others, thfe expenditure of capital and the introduction of skilled laho r is enabling our local manufacturers to shut out foreign importations by the lodally produced 'article.' : Every man Who helps to develop local resources — -to Ind employment for the_you tit of the a^uEtry-w-and to keep money m citfcWation within its borders which would otherwise be ppent outside of the colony, deserves ti> be regarded as a* public benefactor. These sentiments 'are exactly m accord with the views we have often expressed m these columns. N otbingi'short' of the energetic establish* mont of lorcal industries m and around very centre m the Colony wiU secure '

permanent prospenty to the inhabitantF, We go on importing elmcst every article of consumption, the greater number of which oonld|be cheaply and mannC^|^red||-in the Colony, and their value retained m ciroulation. The question, is one of the most vital importance, and yet but few to attach to[it its due amount of significance. The time must come when We •tern Tc^c of facts and necessity must convince 'the community that m the promotion of- looaj industries will 5e the wealth, strength, and sustaining ower oi oW population. When that economic 'law becomes Universally recognized, Cl antL .our. -natural, products " f _ « Cf-«_#C* ' * ''•.} -._■* * A. *I ■ t i ' aYe converted into manufactured goods within our own -limits, we' well know what- is to bo prosperous m the true sense of the term, and jto avoid depressions and fluotdatiojispf trade now becoming chronic m New Zealand.