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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14000, 5 September 1907, Page 6

SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. ANNUAL WINTER SALE ** NOW ON. Having just finished Stock-taking, wo aro Overstocked in » good maiiy lines, and havo determined to quit several of them at a Groat Sacrifice. Come Early and join in the Bargains. We are giving 10 Per Cent, off all Purchases during the Sale. R. BENTHAM, : 77 and 79 GEORGE STREET. TO BE BEAUTIFUL ' is' TO BE ADMIRED. By Using MILO'S SKIN FOOD every woman lias a chanco to Become Beautiful. Try a Pot and . see for yourself. Only 3s 9d; by peat, 4s. H. L. SPROSEN, Chemist* *^ alt Octagon, Duncdin. ■WHAT WOULD BE THE RESULT IP THE DUTY ON FLOUR OR WHEAT WERE REMOVED? why, ' ;' - . DISASTER THROUGHOUT to- ' COLONY!

"jVTATURALLY up this way tho seriousness 1 would not be quite so apparent as in tho south, For instance, . duty free flour would mean the shutting down of. all flourmills, thus throwing a large number out of employment. No wheat would, be grown, as the New Zealand farmer couldn't compete, and it <Joes not pay to ship to London, being too far away, and having to rely on cheap casual freights; nor could we, compete 'with the world's sweated surplus of flour. How many southern (train merchants have come to grief during the last twenty years by shipping wheat to London? OUR COAL MINES would sufEor considerably, as the Milling Industry is a fair consumer, without, mentioning, the large quantity used in ' threshing wheat! 'In all one hundred and thirty thousand,tons anmially. FiIRM LABOURERS." Croppers, Threshers, and Carriers, with numorous teams of horses, would have to go seeking, as well as thoso in the "artificial manure line, and numerous other allied ; trades, etc. THE RAILWAY REVENUE would suffer to such an extent by shrinkages (which would be very pronounced in Canterbury and North Otago) that nil classes of rateß throughout tho colony would have to be increased lo fill the gap; and what' about tho railway employee—would hit 'not suffer? Tho London, market is often mentioned foi 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 (carried by foreign ships, with foreign crews, at low wages, to the detriment of our i New Zealand ships, with good wages) which' prohibit'our produce, etc., by duties, would mean that we vould bo wiped out of existence., by cheapness and',adulteration; so it is obvious we mufft be protected, and grow for local consumption, to prevont a slump in the labour market and. increased railway rates out the colony. ' ' > India is a British Possession, with coloured labour, and is producing wheat and flour at an alarming rate, and could . New Zealand compete with Coolie labour? Australian wheat-growing land is very cheap compared to Now Zealand's, and the Australian ■ railway. tariff on grain' Is-, about 30 per cent. lower than ours* so we must : be careful. And Australia pan always produce Flour from 20s to : 26s per ton cheaper, owing to its "'wheat being cheaper, and byproducts, Bran and- Sharps, bringing considerably more, owing fo the absence of green feed during tho summer, autumn, and winter, Australia had a serjmis drought in 1902,, and its Custom; tariff was not altered for New 7ciLnrr}V henifit, a<? -ilie Commonwealth of Australia wisely ruled that the drought was only of a temporary character, and they had to bear one another's burdens; though in New Zealand the cry is: Oil with tho duty to crush the New Zealand farmer And others, who liavo ta::en heavy losers by the recent New Zealand drought. Flour at present in Sydney i« it); and the 41b loaf is GSd if booked, s"d Jd loss for cash; eo, what. would be the advantage of removing the duties but untold, disaster? In New Zealand the miller lis guided by the price he has to pay the farmer for wheat, like in any other part of the world, and naturally, owing to thn 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 tho farmers reaped tho benefit, would the publio assist us ,by sharing the loss?

The following statement shows a few exnorlirg countries tbat New, Zealand would have to contend and compete with:— WORLD'S EXPORTABLE SURPLUS, 1901 and 1905. Quarters. ' Russia .. 20 000.000 Balkan Peninsula .. .. fi.000.000 United States .. .. 6,000.000 1 Canada .. .. .. .. 3.000.000 Argentine 12,000,000 India .. .. 10.000.000 Chili, etc. .. .. .. .. 2,000.000 Australia ■ . 8,000,000 " 51',000,000. ■ NEW ZEALAND'S EXPORTABLE ■ SURPLUS "WAS GOO.DOO QUARTERS. And this year (1907) it is NIL, owing to 'drought; ' The United States, Canada, India, Argentine, aiid Australia are increasing yearly. THE SOUTHERN FLOUR TRUST (52 strong) lias never had. a chance o£ 1' getting on its feet, owing . to . the vigour rf "CHAMPION" MUSCLE RAISEK—vido. Otago Times, Taranaki 1 Herald, Napier Daily Tolegiaph, 'Waifarapa Doily News. Wcihi Daily Telegraph, Bay of Plenty Times. •

We Aro in No Way. Connected; With Any MILLING TRUST, ASSOCIATION, OR COMBINE. FR&E IN EVERY RESPECT. P. VIRTUE, Manager. NORTHERN ROLL ICR. MILLING- COY.' (LIMITED). ' 3s, (JHTANDARD INSUBANOE COMPANY. Head Office, HIGH STREET, DUNEDIN. FIRE,_ MARINE, AND FIDELITY GUARANTEE. RISKS Taken at Lowest Current Rates. . THOMAS R, FISHER, _ General Manager. , Telephone 26. WELLINGTON 1 BRANCH OFFICE OTAGO DAILY TIMES And OTAGO WITNESS. Our Wellington Branch Office is now in QUEEN'S CHAMBERS, Post Office Equarc, facing G.P.0., find also Jervois quay, where Files of Otago Daily 'Times and Otago Witness may be referred to, Copies Obtained, and where Advertisements, Subscriptions, and Accounts will be received by J. ILOTT, Agent for North Island. OTAG.O DAILY TIMES (LTD.),