THE TARIFF.
Per Press Association
WELLINGTON, March 25. A question regarding the interpretation of the tariff in reference to shoes and slippers was discussed to-day by the Minister for Customs and representatives of importers from Wellington and Auckland. The question at issue, apart from tins interpretation, was one of payment, of duty. Slippers pay 22g per cent, and shoes one shilling a pstir plus 15 per cent. The Minister said Parliament had agreed that slippers with soles of felt, twine and carpet should be admitted at 221 per cent., and that would be adhered to. He added that the idea of the duty under the new tariff was to foster the slipper manufacturing industry of New Zealand by reducing the duty on goods that could not be manufactured in the Dominion and putting the duty on those goods which could be manufactured here. If lie now made a definition of slippers which was going to cut, into the local manufacturer, he would undo the -object that Parliament had in passing the tariff. I i r~s
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8543, 25 March 1908, Page 8
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175THE TARIFF. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8543, 25 March 1908, Page 8
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