THE CUSTOMS TARIFF.
MORE ELASTICITY NEEDED. WELLINGTON, May 29. Speaking at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, the Hon. Mr Myers said the question of dumping had been brought under his notice as Minister of Customs, and a clause dealing with the matter had been drafted for submission to Parliament when an opportunity arrived. The New Zealand tariff, added Mr Myers, was not sufficiently elastic to meet the rapidly changing conditions of trade and commerce. Rectifications were required, in many directions, but as matters stood alterations could not satisfactorily be made except at a time of a general revision of the tariff. Ihe Government had under consideration a scheme by which, when it appeared advisable that the tariff on any article should be altered, the matter could be referred to an advisorv committee. On the recommendation of "this committee the Minister of Customs, with the approval of the House of Representatives, would be able to modify tho tariff in the direction deemed necessary. He believed that some such scheme would be of great advantage to the manufacturers of New Zealand, and especially those who were establishing new industrie*.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3403, 4 June 1919, Page 18
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