IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.

Western Star, 30 March 1920, Page 4

IMMEDIATE DELIVERY.

BRITISH FIRMS WANT TRADE. The * Vancouver World ’ contains an interview with Mr 0. M. Smith, cf Dunedin, on his impressions of the British manufacturing world. Mr Smith, who was on his way back to New Zealand from England, .said that ho had had assurances from no less than 05 great .manufacturing concerns in Britain that in order to get back quickly tbo trade seized by Americans in New Zealand while Britons were at war, these concerns, despite the enormous pressure of Home orders, would o-uparautee immediate delivery of any orders for New Zealand. These firms had capital ranging from one million pounds to seven million pounds sterling each. There was a. new spirit in British overseas trading methods, said Mr Smith. Britain was a hive of industry. The demands for war material now over, British manufacturers were organising with characteristic thoroughness to become supreme in world trade Business policies of firms which scarcely varied in generations were being drastically revised. These industrial magnates were not saying much, but. they had no fear of competition, he added. Massed production. better marketing facilities, better living' conditions for workers, direct representation with the Colonies—all these movements were being caried out with tenfold energy. The chairman at a conference of manufacturers in England addressed by Mr Smith said in part: “ We are making every effort to; place, the good name of British industry on a pedestal that will brook no opposition from dumpers and price-cutters in the avenues of commerce.” , . . Smitht was convinced the But-

ish manufacturer felt the day not far distant when, he would, be. able to take up any “competitor's challenge- and beat him four points square.