“USE MORE WOOL”

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 715, 15 July 1929, Page 8

“USE MORE WOOL”

NEW ZEALAND INTERESTED IN CAMPAIGN LEVY FOR ADVERTISING (From Our ScsUlcnt Reporter) WELLINGTON. Today. New Zealand farmers are takirw very seriously the “Use More Wool” Campaign which has been launched in Australia and at the end of the month a committee of the New Zeaiand Farmers’ Union will meet the New Zealand Sheep, owners’ Federation to discuss ways and means of contributing to the scheme. I Farmers throughout the country ; have been very impressed by the revelations of the world’s growing wool crops, and the manner in which rayon, cotton and silk are making inroads upon the woollen industry. Inquiries reveal that, there is an almost general agreement that the Government should be asked to promote legislation to collect an export tax of so much per bale. This money will be used for advertisement purposes, but it is unlikely to be handed over to the Australian Committee for them to administer, while it is equally unlikely that a special office will be constituted in London to deal with the question of advertising in the United Kingdom. Most probably the fund will be administered by the Empire Marketing Board for New Zealand farmers, the money being earmarked for advertising in the effort to increase the consumption of wool. Concurrently with this matter arises another very important issue—the question of research into wool. Aiming at improving the wool crops of the Dominion the New' Zealand Farmers’ Union will discuss with the sheepowners the question of creation of a fund for woollen research and the' object of the conference is to map out a joint scheme whereby a levy for this purpose may be combined with the other levy for advertisement expenditure.