CORRESPONDENCE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1154, 22 October 1880, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

— — -• -^=- [Weiloio-. lioM om-selvcs responsible for opinions expressed liy correspondent*.] LOCAL INDUSTRY AGAIN. CRAWFORD. V. HIMSELF. [To the Editor of (he Hiskald.] Sir,: — The subject " Local Industry " has afforded Mr. Crawford a rare opportunity of exercising his ingenuity by twisting his slack trade into a local misfortune. Knowing that men's circumstances sometimes make them desperate, I could sympathise with his position, if I was not aware that he has endeavoured to attach a fault to me which is peculiarly his own. In, the catalogue of ills urged by Mr. Crawford with genuine gush, that this district is suffering beciuae his Beer is not exclusively consumed can only be avoided by his giving me an equivalent for my interest in the present trade with a guarantee that an equally good article will bo supplied. I have sought to meet him fairly in the matter, and proposed a well known Bank manager as an umpire to decide the question. After some hesitation Mr. Crawford declined : he evidently preferred being umpire himself, but I

don't ; and if' Mi. Crawford imagines to force his terms on me by dragging the matter before the public, I can assure him it will be an utter failure, and that his endeavour to reverse our positions before society can hardly be attended with success. I am asked by what straight business principle I have imported Southern ales, <&c. Firstly, if a man imagines that because he manufactures an article th;ii none should be consumed but his in the district, especially if the imported article can be used to greater advantage, I consider that man very innocent. To sum up in a fuw words : whatever the l<>cul ale may be, I have found the local brower a man impossible to deal with without consenting to accept terms — incoinpatable with my interests. He endeavors to place me afc a disadvantage by pointing to a result, hut from the innocence of his heart never tundius upon any cause leading to this result. A.* for the quality of his ale, I believe it is very good, much better than formerly, and perhaps quite as good as Marshall and Copeland's, but who need the public thank for it ? Why, I think 1 am the man, who by competition created the spirit of emulation which has changed an indifferent into a good article. 1 now leave the columns of the Pres?open to his effusions, as neither my time nor inclination leads me to bandy opinions with a man who would do well to seek some other post on which to hang his soiled lineu than >' W. Adair. [All further correspondence on the above subject cau only be inserted as advertisements. — Ei).]