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Oxford Observer, Volume 1, Issue XXVIII, 25 January 1890, Page 3

the /public will agree wrtli n>s, tnat tna ! suhW^T^elf%^eflolVetf °ttbaW j ariMft MFS-^htje^^^M-fo-t I deps^69-* l e3*^ 9f -Mc6^ag-*^ent *i& 4hßii aiiii&r-'-whioh- he-tats * tude'.lo £Gtae h'cßUAaUt vbi<sß fy.Q'ifohvmv-M . | %M-#i#^4#J^: • duced :^e original wer nave -Tooked ab simfi tw.^Bw^MS :i . s^fees V% my^fAin^^g^iaW-^ s^n^at-y^-^h-atf.^ ffflt&fttlly-i dop.eUiaat«ahe.Eobher.dTßclthQ scenes iairedrgally i®ar,bk>-e^ejagi wh&Qta cause d^iki?^ 4§i--wk> )8 ifflty&fljgfoq.

have neither gone anto figures, *npr looked at the state of the world's market, nor reflected that np Bo^md commercial enterprise has ever continued to pay' enoribous dividends. ■ H -. :i,A ■:•?;.{ : --*~.y> .US-.'? r?if '"^'v. But there, is a^greate? .rock ahead than the diminution -of We must be careful of pur 'flat. . ft^i]^ the ramie to. which we have referred, flax will not Btand unlimited cuttings once m twP^ years is, we .art,- told, thp outside: limit. . $t iT pyesenl yie, are simply killing the goose that lays, the golden eggs. Reckless destru^ctipn of the. plant- is going on m every part of the Colony ; and greed without caution, having . sown tlie Wind, will .assuredly reap the whhiwind later on. Last rand greatest is the danger ot our destroying pur own -prospects. --by the terrible folly; of flooding the Hpine market with' stuff imprope^ p^ep^fed. To dress the flax, -and bleach it, and bale it,: with' the . utmost care,, is obviously, the '.Ys^. ( ,srߣ Q&flk sity for New Zealand exporters- if _th§y wquld keep a market at all/ Yet complaints are. constantly coming from London of the miserable condition of our fibre. It will be avsad pity ifj m their haste to get rich, ; our colonistthrow away the means. of attaining their end, whether' i^rougfr^careless preparation ptAke raw nmterial, ior through jgckless destruction of .the plantytCself, or through the ill-con-sirred starting of countless mills un--f»ble m the long run to pay their way. At present the wages bill m fsonnection with our flax, exceed* -£160,000 pfer annum ; and it is very much to the interest, of employer an employed alike to see to it so that, this valuable industry doe's not dwindle to a nominal aflair.. ;