GERMANY ID NEW ZEALAND.

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20115, 1 July 1914, Page 2

GERMANY ID NEW ZEALAND.

A SELLEE WHO WILL NOT BUY?

WHY SHOULPNEW ZEALAND NOT PATRONISE HEX BEST

C^STOMEH ?

A STRONG PLEA FOB, THE MOTHEB CaUNTBY.

fPer Press Association.) CHRISIOH.IJRCH, June 29. A private cabltjmessage has been received in Christclidrch giving a verbatim report of th#t; part of tiie rfigh Commissioner's speech at the annual New Zealand dinner in London dealing with Gerrnaa competition. It is as follows —Were Germany j however, to adopt a progressive policy, such as that recently adopted by the United States, my fellow countrymen would look with j much more kindly eyes on this most reccni development. Onfqitunately, Germany has in force a policy of exclusion against us which ji&s acted as a blight on all our, efforts with that nation. This is neither the time nor the place to discuss the influence of political parties in the German Empire. We can only deal with results. But it does not appear that it is in the meantime the fixed policy of the agrarian party find their allies to maintain a system of tariffs which will interfere very largely with the exchange of trade, or at least with the sale of oar country's foodstuffs to Germany, and which, is in marked contrast to the policy wh'ch the United States has extended to iis New Zealanders. I will give you somfc-.of Germany's heayv traffic. Exclusive of the cliargjT^j^^fy on our frozen meat en tormg-<^^ri n any is 35 marks per K/O^J^tC nearly 2d. » concession of \a> per cent, was made in the case of meat impor:ed through municipalities held by them without profit, but even this concession is cancelled now. In the case of frozen carcases, various organs, such as lungs, heart, kidneys, etc., must be attached in their natural posi-. tion. and in the case of cattle, either the whole head or the uncler-jaw must also or present —an entirely unnecessary provision so for as our excellent meat is concerned. The tarifF on butter and cheese is as fouows: Butter (fresh, salt and melted, or margarine) 10s. per cwt. ; l-.utter in hermetically sealed tins, etc., 30s. per cwt. Cheese, hard varieties Mich, as Ney/ Zealand Cheddars, of not less than BSil>s. each, Gcrgonzola.. Fontina and Parmesan 7s. per cwt. Cheese, other varieties (including margarine cheese); 15s. per cwt. Fancy a country expecting to do much trade with us that charges up. to 4d. cm cheese of certain mafoes. It must, however, be remembered thai, some tra-de has been carried between Germany and Hie Do-, minion of New Zealand. The total <;x-----port tr^de to Germany in 1912 was £254,000, whilst the imports of Germ-in goods amounted to £653,000, an -increase ever tiro .preecding year' of £172,(XX). You will therefore see that we- imported more than double the quantity from. Gormanv that to exported to her, and most of thees articles were such as could have been produced by the British rnanu facturer. Now, I will show you the difference in New Zealand trade with the United Kingdom in favour of New Zealand. In 1912 we exported nearly £17,000,000 worth of produce, and imported goods to the value of £12.500.-. 000 from the United Khigdoni. lt will be seen, therefore, that the United Kingdoia took £4-5,000,000 worth more from us than we imported from her, whilst Germany reversed the situation, and I might say that the bulk of the goods that Germany imported from us was "wool. Now, without desiring to press th's matter unduls', New Zealand cannot shut her eyes to the fact that if Germany does hot take her products in return, but expects New Zealand to buy her goo .Is. wo shall be taking from X nation which bars tis goods which could be manufactured in the United Kingdom, a country the workmen of which do gain access to our mutton, our beef. our butter, and our cheese, and it is not stretching the point to say that for absolute value the British article is intrinsically better than the German. Trade done with Germany in the past amounts to J2s. per head of the population of New_ Zealand, whilst that done with Great Britain amounts to nearly £30 per head of the population of the | Dominion, and it must gratify you to know that we import from Great Britain manufactured articles amounting to no less ti-an £12 per head of population, that is, £12 for every man, woman, and child in our country.