THE AUSTRALIAN BOOT TRADE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13095, 7 February 1906, Page 3

THE AUSTRALIAN BOOT TRADE.

After making a. tour of the world, Mr. Adam Halliday, of the firm of Davcy and Halliday, boot manufacturers, of Brisbane, lias returned with the conviction that trade competition is nowhere keener than in Australia. After visiting the principal factories in "England and America, ho is also able to give an opinion as to the relative merits of the English and the American article. "England," he says, "has been thoroughly shaken up. and is now rapidly putting in American machinery, and using American-shaped lasts. England is now heating the American product on English ground. Even during the short time that 1 was in England I could see the change that was taking place. Another impression which I formed was that, given population, there is no place to beat Australia. No matter what the product- may be, wo can produce something equally good here. The American manufacturers are still pursuing the war in England, and sell boots at a shade lower price in London, than in New York. But now that, the Briton has adopted their methods he will win."