THE NEW TARIFF.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 2775, 25 July 1907, Page 5

THE NEW TARIFF.

A PROTEST FROAI THE BOOT TRADE. Elect- : n Telegraph—Tress Association. Wellington, July -4. A meeting ct tlie boot and slic« importers, retailers and other interested in the boot trade was held to-day. tj discuss the new tariff. Mr R. H..' na said that as far as be could und( r>t...'d there was no nianir.acttiror in tavoor of tlie revised tariff and be was ,o. tain no retailer favoured it. " no of the items bad t men from 25 jw r e rt., as in the case <>t girls' sl:ppor=. to 150 per cent. Rubber goods would run up to 14 v per lent. He n . v*d a resolution “expressing the opii ic that the present proposals ot the vermnent in rc-pect el boots and <! •'= are particularly oppressive I t ■ wage-earners and stating that the e’d tariff was pre-eminently satisfactory, and declaring that it was certainly harsh that 95 per cent, of the population should he penalised tor the purpose of providing a doubtful advantage ti a small body of boot and sloe operatives." The mover declared t': ot tin- old tariff gave ample prot* ti-n to the manufacturer. The resolution v, a» carried, i d t was decided that all interested in the trade should wait as a deputati i t bo AI i nist cr.