STATE POLICY.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20311, 22 May 1934, Page 11

STATE POLICY.

Mr Forbes Deals With Production. LONGE RANGE PLANNING. Per Press Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, May 22. I In an address to members o£ Hie New Plymouth Rotary Club last evening, the Prime Minister described some of the activities of the DepartI ment of Scientific I and Industrial Research and of the Government in building the indusI tries of the future. Mr Forbes, in a brief reference to dairying, made an announcement that an inquiry into the \ marketing end of the business was proceeding at the same time as the in- | quiry in New Zealand. He quoted improvements in regard to flax, oil, gold 1 wool, pelts and chilled meat as some of the initial steps in a carefully thought out campaign. The Government, he said, was also exploring new avenues of farming and new branches of existing industries with provision for assistance to infant industries where desirable. . “ Much as all individually dislike the idea of quantitative regulation of any primary industries because of greater difficulties than in the case of non-per-ishable manufacture it would be foolish to blind ourselves to the possibilities arising from the conditions laid down by overseas countries with regard to marketing, over which New Zealand has little or no control,” said Mr Forbes. ‘‘lt is necessary to take a comprehensive view of industries and study any possibilities of increased stable employment in all avenues of industry. The organisation of industry and providing a policy require much thought and data. It is lar more a ‘long range’ question than is generally realised and needs much research into natural resources, much data regarding land utilisation, much accurate investigation into problems of production and marketing,. not only for Government action but as a basis for private initiative in developments economically and technically sound, and which give promise of permanent employment. On£v through industrial development will we find a permanent solution of the unemployment problem. Exploring Markets. “The Government is taking all the action outlined in the statement issued when the Dairy Commission was announced. It is co-cperating with the Commission and the Dairy Board in prosecuting in Great Britain adequate inquiries into consumer and market contracts. A certain arrangement also is in train for exploring other markets and other types of dairy produce suitable for these markets. “Experiments with chilled meat have shown that difficulties of transport are definitely overcome. I saw the first successful shipment arrive. It is probable that this beef, fed on New Zealand’s better pastures and in a better climate, will be of superior flavour. The chilled beef trade should give utilisation to much pasture, providing land prices are satisfactory.”