Oamaru Woollen Factory Co., Ltd.

NZ Truth, Issue 443, 13 December 1913, Page 4

Oamaru Woollen Factory Co., Ltd.

Profttablo Local Enterorite.

Shakti Off the Ov«rdr«ft.

The balance- »h**t «»f thli» lUH<*. cr»mpany informs »w that thw eon«?<rrn m m itn ihirtleth ymr. Tlmt h> nm«iU <m llffßir lw»w »»«*rn ftblrr to wHh*tnnd »hw ct\U'\ competition of importing firroa for nil thf*ift ¥tnr» \* «om« k hln« that should make Dominlnnite* fe«l prood. tho Oantani W.)oH«?n Factory Co., Ud, h4« \x*st\ up *i«aJn«t sh^ importer* of fW«*<«<J Kood*. That It hM hkmlo & «tdMwni fietit and, beld Ji*

little own is indeed wonderful. The importer of shoddy woollens is a ' mighty man. m this debt-ridden country, and he is aided and Abetted by ■■■ the shipping combine, also tHe bank V combine, to crush every form of local enterprise m this particular industry. In addition to these extraneous aids our customs tariff has been kept down by "Liberals" and "Reformers" for his encouragement Finally in 'the longlist of cut-throat methods, so characteristic of the times, the Oamaru company has tho cheap labor of England brought into unfair competition with this Dominion. The pay which labor receives m New Zealand is small enough m all conscience as most of us find from painful experience. In Eng-> land they don't pay wages-^-they simply give a ftew shillings ip labo*—what is paid just saves employers from being exposed as