EFFECT OF INCREASED PRODUCTION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21019, 7 May 1930, Page 18

EFFECT OF INCREASED PRODUCTION

\ Country’s prosperity enhanced i By SIR THOMAS SIDEY (Minister of Justice). ? By giving preference in the'purehasfe bf 6'nr ! to' tEose' s'.that are made by our own people'we are not only following a which is jnst and right, but we are also promoting our ...own interest. t- Members of a community are all more or less dependent upon one another. Things that prejudicially affect one section of the v | community react to the detriment of other sections, and the con- , terse is equally true.

That able-bodied and in many cases skilled men are out; of work means that instead of their contributing to "the general prosperity by increasing the output of the! country's. production they are, on the contrary, adding to the burden that the country has to carry. The more, therefore, that we ; can meet our requirements by the purchase of goods manufactured in New Zealand the more do we relieve the burden which we taxpayers have, to bear, and the • same ; the. "y V The; present economic ebri- ']) for • our produce and the consequent diminished: .power of our, iprimary y producers, are such that the necesatty f ortlrawing -attention' v to this to-daly., V v 'v,'^r *. Ipaaiy pedple' are unaware of’ the extent' tb' wlnch their needs ■ can now he locally supplied, and it is well/that .the r V Association is making a special effort. agEdn'.to bMUg. thiaf'guestiqa r,; urgently under public notice. I wish the movement every possible