PRIME MINISTER’S MESSAGE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21019, 7 May 1930, Page 15

PRIME MINISTER’S MESSAGE.

MOVEMENT WARMLY WELCOMED. / •' ‘ ■ '■ ( |.v“ " - I VALUE OF SECONDARY INDUSTRIES. i- ' V - J■• ■ ‘ NEED FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT. ' By SIR JOSEPH WARD (Prfm. Mml.t.r), 1 "I have much pleasure in complying with the request of the Dunedin Manufacturers’ Association for a message for publication in the special industrial supplement of the Otago Daily Times on the occasion of the annual Made in New Zealand Week.” I am wholeheartedly in agreement with the view that a strong ' appeal to the public to buy . goods of New Zealand manufacture should react favourably on the unemployment problem, especially under the existing economic conditions. ' Any movement that aims at the fostering and the support of our secondary industries, must be warmly welcomed, and I commend, therefore, the efforts of the Manufacturers’ Association in organising this display, which I,- trust will be even more successful than that of last year. The value and importance of continuons appeal to the community to support New Zealand industries cannot be over-emphasised. It is very important to educate our people to a realisation of the benefits to ba derived by the whole community from such a policy, and in organising these displays the association is helping materially in this educative work. , I think it will be admitted that , our manufacturing industries . provide important avenues of, employment for our people, but ' without the sympathetic support public they must experience difficulty in competing with goods imported from overseas. -■■A greater measure of. support on the part of our own citizens - in giving, wherever possible, a, preference for the product of their - fellow‘workers within the Dominion would mean increased output from our factories, and probably lower costs of production, lower , . prices, and greater security of employment would follow. , I extend my good wishes for this year’s New Zealand shopping week in Dunedin and also the assurance of the Government’s very cordial, interest in the movement, >