“TOO MODEST”

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22545, 12 April 1935, Page 9

“TOO MODEST”

ADVICE TO NEW ZEALAND MR MALCOLM MACDONALD IMPRESSED LONDON, April 10. “ You New Zealanders arc too modest about yourselves, your products, and your country,” said Mr Malcolm MacDonald, before giving a glowing description of bis visit to the Dominion at an exhibition of apples at the New Zealand Office to mark the inauguration of the season, which Lady Hewart gracefully opened. Sir James Parr, presiding, refeired to the hardships of growers who had to be content with Id per lb for apples retailing here at 7d to lOd. He hoped that the Meat Conference would not abandon the regulation of supplies for a bare tariff without restrictions. There were certain obvious cases such as fruit, lamb, and mutton, where regulation was clearly indicated as the most appropriate’ remedy in order to get payable prices. A tariff always had the danger that while raising prices for the English farmer it might stabilise Dominion farmers at a permanently low and im ; payable level of prices. Now Zealand desired in every way to help the English farmer, hut not by methods which might result in the present bankrupt prices for New Zealand produce becoming a permanent condition.