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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13998, 3 September 1907, Page 4

SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. WHAT WOULD BE THE RESULT IF THE DUTY ON FLOUR OE WHEAT WERE REMOVED? WHY, DISASTER THROUGHOUT THE COLONY! TVTATURALLY up this way the seriousness would not be quite so apparent as in the south. For instance, duty fjee flour would mean - the shutting down of all flourmills, thus throwing a largo number out of employment. No wheat would be grown, as the New Zealand farmer couldn't compete, and it doos not pay (o ship to London, being too far away, and having to rely on cheap casual freights; nor could we compete with the world's sweated sumlus oi flour. How many southern grain merchants have come to grief during the last twenty years by shipping wheat to London? OUR COAL MINES would suiter considerably, as the Milling Industry is a fair consumer, without mentioning the. large quantity used in threshiug wheat In all one hundred and thirty thousand tons annually. LABOURERS. Croppers, Threshers, and Carriers, willv numerous teams of horses, would havo to go seeking, as well «s those in the artificial manure. lino, and numerous other allied trades, tic. THE RAILWAY REVENUE would suffer to such an extent by shrinkages (which would be very pronounced in Canterbury and North Otago) that all classes of rates throughnut the colony would have to be increased to fili the gap; and what, about the railway employee—would he not suffer? The London market, is often mentioned' for New Zealand wheat, but when New Zealand's insignificance in that line is shown by other wheat-producing countries the . removal of our duty to permit sweated surplusages from those countries (carriod by foreign ships, with foreign crews, at low wages, to the detriment of our New Zealand ships, with cood wages) which prohibit our produce, etc., by excessive duties, would mean that we v ? on Id bo wiped out c! existence by cheapHO3H and adultorfltion; so it is obvious we must bs protected, and grow for local consumption, to prevent a slump in flic Isbour markot and increased railway rates throughout the colony. India is a British Possession, with coloured labour, and is producing wheatV,and flour at an alarming rato. and could New Zealand compete with Cooiio labour?

Australian whent-growing land is very cheap compared to Now Zealand's, and the Australian railway tariff on grain ts about 30 per oont. lower ill an ours; so we must bo careful. And Australia can always produce FJour from 20s to 25s per ton cheaper, owing to its wheat boing cheaper, and byproducts, Bran aud Sharps, bringing considerably more, owing io tho absence of green feed during the summer, autumn, and winter. Australia had a serious drought in 1002, and its Customs tariff was not. altered for New ZetiJaPdk's lionefit, as tho OomnionweaMi of Australia, wisely ruled tot the drought was only of a temporary character, and they had Io bear ono another's burdens; though in New Zealand tho cry is; OS with the dirty, to crush the Now Zealand iarmer and others, who have fcseii heavy losers by the recent New Zealand drought. Flour at present in. Sydney is £9, and the 41b louf is GSd if booked, and Jd lass for ets'n; so, what would bo tlio advantage of removing the duties but untold disaster? In New Zealand the miller is guided by tlio price he has to pay the farmer lor wheat, like in any other part of tho world, and naturally, owing to the drought and excitemcnt in the world's markets, local prices have advanced. After all, it is a question of supply and demand, and if we bought too high asd the farmers reaped the benefit, would tho public assist U3 by sharing the loss? Tho following statement show 3 a few exporting countries that Nov/ Zealand would have to contcnd and compete with: — WORLD'S EXPORTABLE SURPLUS, ISOt and 3905. ' Quarters. Enssia .. .. 29.000.000 Balkan Peninsula .. .. 5,000.003 United States .. .. .. 6,000 000 Canada 3,000,000 Argentine 12.000,000 India :10 000.000 Chili, etc. .. 2.000,000 Australia ~ .. 3,000,000 61,000,000 NEW ZEALAND'S EXPORTABLE SUE- , PLUS WAS 500,003 QUARTERS. And this year (1907) it is NIL, owing to drought. The United States, Canada, India, Argentine, and Australia aro increasing yearly. THE SOUTHERN FLOUR TRUST (52 strong) has never had a, chance of getting on its feet, owing to the vigour ri "CHAMPION" MUSCLE RAlSEß—vide Otago Times, Taranaki Herald, Napier Daily Telegraph, Wairarapa Daily News, Waihi Daily Telegraph, Bay of Plenty Times. We Are in No Way Connected With Any MILLING TRUST, ASSOCIATION, OR COMBINE. . FREE IN EVERY RESPECT. • P. VIRTUE, ' ' ' Manager.. NORTH RUN ROLLER MILLING COY.

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