A VISITOR'S TESTIMONY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15251, 14 March 1913, Page 9

A VISITOR'S TESTIMONY.

NEW ' ZEALAND'S PRODUCTS* , ;j ' . ' . I --.v'-jra —— ' ' ... •*6f THE HIGHEST - CLASS/'- ' /j'j On the occasion of an address given ffl-t J Wellington the other day by Mr. Garnets aj ~ prominent member of the Empire Tracia J Commission (which is at present in omn midst collecting valuable evidence concern- i ing our industries), ho said: ' Ho fenna that New Zealand manufacturers produced i products of the HIGHEST CLASS, and that the machinery they used came from the Old Country. ll« lead in New Zealand i woollen niili3 tho same names on the machinery as could be seen on his mills' in ' England. When he saw that, he .that New Zealand manufacturers were equipped. with the liest and most efficient implements the world produced." * He could also have said, with, equal jus- « tice, and without l'ear of contradiction, tiiat a-s far as his own judgment and observation. went-, there are no better clothes for m'sn < in the whole British Kmpivo than trie H'^"" Grade Crownall suit which is manufactured by the Crown Clothing Manufacturing Company, of Elliott Street, in this City, and i sold direct to the public at _ WHOLES PRICE. In visiting the spacious etore 01 the Crown Clothing Company (just at trie back of the Straud Arcade) in this city. . ] one is struck by tho groat diversity 01 sizes, the variety of patterns, and the excellence of the materials in which these beautifully-fitting suits are made. Sir H. Rider Haggard, another member of the Empire Trade Commission, the distinguished novelist whoso name la quite a household word, avid a man who has studied the fashions of men's clothes aa far back as tho time of Julius Caesar, and therefore may be considered an authority, speaking a.« Christchurch recently, complimented tna citizens on their EngUsh-liko appe^wice. This was 110 doubt due to the fact that tno majority of well-dressed citizens intnas town procured their suits from the Crown. Clothing Company, whose headquarters aj» in Christchurch. This enterprising firm isthe sole instance in New Zealand of wno legale clothing manufacturers supplying a single suit or article direct to tho publio at WHOIiESAI/E PRICE. ■ .. . We 1 have ,no doubt that when our distinguished visitors return to the Old land, they will impress upon Home Manufacturers ( the desirability 'of adopting the example of Crown Clothing Company and supply thein goods direct to the consumer instead, ot continuing the antiquated method ox selling everything to the middlemen, who loaa the good® with burdensome profits anal heavy expenses, all of which have to be ■ borne by the consumer.