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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13999, 4 September 1907, Page 4

SPECIAL .ADVgmfSEMENTS. qTAOTJARD INSURAIuJS COMPANY. Head Office, '.-.': ' , HIGH.STREET, DUNEDIN. FIKE, MARINE, AND FIDELITY GUARANTEE'.RiS£S, Taken at Lowest Current Bate's. THOMAS 'RYFISHER, '.'.' Goneial: Manager, 26. WHAT WOULD BE THE . RESTJJ/T . : ■ IF'THE,- ■".-■ DUTY ON FLOUR OR WHEAT WERE REMOYED? . WHY,. -■, DISASTER, {THROUGHOUT THI3 ' . COL'ONY! "pjATURALLY up this way the seriousness i' would not be quite so apparent as in the oouth. For instance, duty -free flour would mean the- shutting down of all flourmills, thus throwing ,a largo number out of employment, .'■'... ;No whoat would bs .grown, as ■ Iho--New Zealand fstnnor couldn't 1 compute, and it «oes'not pay to ship to London/being , too far away, and haying to rely oh cheap casual 'reights; nor' could we' compete with the world's sweated : surnlns ot 'flour. ■-.> . Hoiy. many southern grain .'merchants hav« comp, to grief during tho last twenty years by shipping wheat to London? .. OUR COAL MINES would 'suffer considerably, as tho Milling Industry is a fair consumer, without lnentionins the largo quaDtity used in threshing wheat. In'.all ono hundred and thirty thousand ton's 'l annually. .FSR.M ' Oioppers;, Thresh«rs, and Carriere, with, numerous teams of horses, would haye to go seeking, as well «e.those in tho artificial manure line, and numerous other allied trades, eto;THE RAILWAY REVENUE'wouId suffer to 'such an extent, by shrinkages (which very:pronounced in Canterbury and North Otago) that all al'aseoa of rates throughout the colony woifld have to bo increased to fiU tne Ran; arid what about the railway employee—would h<: not suffer? •■' The London market, is often ..mentioned foi Now Zealand wheat, but wiicn Now Zealand's ■ insignificance in that lino is shown by other wheat-producing countries the romoval of our duty to permit swoated surplusages from those countries (carried •by foreign .ships, with foreign 1 ; crews, at low wages,' to the detriment of our New Zealand.'ships, with qood wages) which prohibit :our ; produce, etc., by oxcessivo duties, would' mean that we vould bo wiped "out of existence by cheapness and adulteration;, so it is obvious we must be protected, and grow for local consumption, to prevont a slump in the.islwir market and increased'.railway rates throughout the colony. . / . India- is a British Possession, with coloured labour, and', is. producing wheat and flour at an alarming, rate- and could New Zealand compote wflh Coolie labour? Australian wheat-growing land is very cheap compared to Now Zealand's, and' the Australian railway, tariff on- grain'.'ts about 30 por ceni. lower than so:-wo must bo careful. And Australia r cnn ajways produce Flour from, 20s. to -35s'-'per* -ton cheaper,, owing to its wheat being cheaper, "and byproducts, Bran and. Sharps, bringing considerably more, owing to the'absence of green feed during the summer, autumn, and winter. Australia- had a , , serious drought-iu 1902, and its Customs tariff.' was : not' altered for New Zealand's . benefit, as the Commonwealth of Australia, wisoly ruled that, the drought was only of a temporary character, and they bud to bear ono another's burdens; though in New Zealand the cry is: Off with the duty to crush the New-Zealand farmer and other 3, who havo b:en heavy' losers by tho recent New Zealand drought. Flour at present in Sydney is £9, and tho ■lib loaf is GJd-if booked, and-ja less for cash; so, what would be the advantage of removing the duties but untold disaster? In New Zealand the miiler is guided by the price lie, has. to; pay the farmer for wheat, liko in any other part' of tho world, and nitvrally, owing to . tltn. drought and excitement 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 and the farmers Teaped the benefit, would tho" publio assist. 119 by sharing the lose? . •'■..- Tho following statement, 'shows a few exporting countries that New Zealand would have to contend' and compete with:— WORLD'S EXPORTABLE SURPLUS, : 1901 and 1906. Quarters. Russia, ;. .. .. .. .. 20.000,000 Balkan Peninsula ... : 5,000,000 United States . "..' '~' .. ' 6,000,000 Canada ■' .. ... ... 3,000.000 Argentine ; „, ;.i ■...'..' 12;000,000 . . ' India .. . .'. ... ~ ~' 10,000,000 . Chili, etc. ... 1. .. ~ 2.000,000 Australia .. ..' .. »., ~_ 3*000,000 -■••■ ['. (51,000,000 NEW ZEALAND'S EXPORTABLE SURPLUS WAS. 500,000 QUARTERS. And this year (1907) it is NIL, owing to ■ . drought. The United States, Canada, India, '.Argentine'; and Australia are increasing yearly. ' THE SOUTHERN FLOUR TRUST (62 strong) has never had a chanco of, getting oh its feet, owing to. tho ' vigour of "CHAMPION" MUSCLE RAlSFJt—yido Otago Times, Taranaki Herald, Napier Daily Telegraph, Wailarapa Daily News, Waihi Daily Tele- ! . graph, Bay of Plenty Times. We Are in No Way Connected With Any MILLING TRUST,. ASSOCIATION, OR COMBINE. FREE IN'EVERY RESPECT. ' ■ P. VIRTUE, : .Manager. NORTHERN ROLL MR MILTJNG COY. ' (LIMITED). 3s NEW BOOKS AT.- BRAITHWAITE'S. Charles D, Stewart's " Pnrtncrs of Providence," 3s Gd. Lβ Queux's " Count's Chafieur.," 2s 8d and ;'. 3s Cd. ' ' .I'.,'/.';.. .. • Dick Donovan's " Gold Spinner," 2s 0d and . 3s 6(1. . ■'. Bouchier's " Darry's Awakening," ■2s 6d and 3s 6d. ' .' .•- ■' • .-■ „ . Vincent Brown's " Coward in Eden," 2s 6d and 3s Gd. NEW MEDICAL,' ■ ' ; " Principles and. Practice of . Dermatology," by Wm. 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