PHUTEO T 1 U N.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVIII, Issue 25, 15 October 1886, Page 9

PHUTEO T 1 U N.

TO TllK EDITOK N.Z. TABLET.

Bib, — Having read over .your article on Protection, I admit there ia a great difficaKv, once tin- principle is adopted, in knowing where to Btop. A H\.>ti tn nf bonuses would perhaps be better, as they could be discontinued when tue industry was once started. Competition may then be Bafely trusted to reduce the price to its lowest rate and improve the qunliiy to its bight st pitch. What is rtquired is an accurate knowledge of the capabilities ot the country, and a Government stroi g enougn uor to be coerced into prott cting maustiiea which the country is uot &uited to produce to advantage. With regard to the agncultunst, tde establishment of suitable industries amongst us, and the consequent increase of population t^tbat is, of consumers of the produce of the agriculturist, would be, in effect, the best possible form of protection for him. In the consuleiation of this question we must alvsays bear in mind that if the general body pay a slightly highi r rate tor au article of native manufacture^ the money, at the worst, lemains amongst us, and is bound to benefit ns again in some shape, instead of being sent away to support people at a distance. Well ordered charity begins at home. Blacks, October 4, 1886. C.