NOVEMBER 23, 1905
T5he Nobraoko. Independent
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COMBINE IS FEARED
NEW ZEALAND IN CLUTCHES OF
HARVESTER TRUST
Local Manufacturers Say They Are
Being Driven Out of Business and
. Ask That the Invader Be Excluded
! From Isfand
Wellington, N. Z., Nov. 18. The
operations of the American Harvester
combination in New Zealand continue
to attract the attention of public men
and . the public generally. Members
of the local parliament and the pre
mier have been interviewed by rep
resentatives of the New Zealand man
ufacturers, who, after fully consider
ing the matter, decided to ask the
government to prohibit the combine
from operating in this colony. At the
same time they explained that they
did not wish such prohibition to pre
sent local firms from importing the
goods of the combine. It was stated
that the combine had been In exist
ence for only five years, but it was
only within the last year that it ent
' ered into active competition with co
lonial firms. Formerly' the colonial
firms had imported "trust" goods
when they wanted them, and no firm
had any serious cause for complaint.
Would Bar the Trust
It was suggested to members of
parliament that the implement indus
try would be saved to the colony if
the combine were subjected to the
prohibition mentioned. Unless some
decided steps were taken the local in
dustry would be wiped out and then
local industry would be able to charge
any price it liked for its machines, so
that while farmers might get cheap
machines for a while eventually they
would be the sufferers. The combina
tion had taken an Australian harves
ter to America, duplicated it, and
exploited Argentina, the result being
that today it was selling in South
America for $700 the harvester that
was Belling in Australia where there
was still some competition for $400.
The manufacturers contend that
unless some drastic measures are
taken against the combination the
same situation will be created in this
colony.
American Workmen Cheapest
Another grievance of the local man
ufacturers is that whereas "trust"
implements come in duty free, there
is a duty on parts and on raw material
imported for manufacturing purposes.
The combine, it appears, has also tak
en a New Zealand disc harrow, the
product of New Zealand brains and en
terprise, and had it copied bolt for
bolt to meet the New Zealand demand.
The New Zealand firms acknowledge
that they , have no legal protection
against this, though the colonial code
of business morality gives t each firm
protection against its fellow firms.
The Australian manufacturers also
point out that America scores partic
ularly in regard to labor, the Ameri
can artisan working with the best
machines on piece work, so that his
output is much greater and much
cheaper than that of the colonial
workman, who receives a fixed wage
and who works just as he pleases.
Cannot Meet Competition
Simply put, the position is that the
New Zealand manufacturer cannot
meet the competition of the combina
tions of America. It Declaimed that
the "trust" has a capital of $125,000,-
000 and that it will be able to anni
hilate the colonial firms within four
or five years, or at all events reduce
their establishments to the level of
repairing shops.
When the question of prohibiting
the combination from operating In
New Zealand was put to the premier
he asked the deputation if they want
ed a commercial war with America.
Mr. Sedon, confronted with a general
election and probably some opposition
from the farmers,, did not seem dis
posed to take any action either by
way of prohibition or the imposition
of a prohibitive - tariff. All he would
do was to advise the manufacturers'
to confer with representatives of the
farmers and endeavor to prove to
them that in the long run it would be
best for them to patronize the local
manufacturer.
"Trust" Representative Talks
Mr. By water, the local representa
tive of the combination in New Zea
land, explained that the; "trust" hand
led the Gsborn, the Peering, the Mc
Cormick, the Piano and the Champion
binders and that the reason of the
amalgamation was a desire to re
duce t;he cost of management. There
Was now one office and one staff, so
that a great saving in expenses had
been effected, with the result that
the "trust" was able to sell machines
cheaper than formerly. Instead of
wishing to squeeze out the local men,
the "trust," he said, had shown a de
sire to encourage them by giving or
ders for the manufacture of certain
machinery locally. The work, how
ever, was faulty and it was not ex
peditiously done and the result was
that the combine would now have to
get these machines made in Australia
or America.
Ocean Rates Are Low
In answer to this the local manu
facturers maintain that the local in-
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dustries will be killed by the "trust,"
whereas if It Is prohibited in New
Zealand the number of mechanics in
the implement manufacturing indus
try will, in a few years, be increased
by 150 or 200 per cent. In 1904 the
number of implements manufactured
was between 80,000 and 90,000.
The number imported reached
123,000. A great deal of capital has
been made out of the so-called natural
protection that New Zealanders en
joy against manufacturers in America
owing to the question of freight; but
this Is a pure myth, the freights from
America, owing to shipping competi
tion, enabling the Americans to send
a drill from New York to any one of
the four centers in New Zealand for
$10, whereas the freight between two
New Zealand towns, such as Lyttle
ton and New Plymouth, is exactly
double that figure.
LITERARY NOTICE
The Public Publishing company of
Chicago has issued in pamphlet form,
Count Leo Tolstoy's letter to the Lon
don Times on the Russian land ques
tion. This letter appeared In the Lon
don Times last August, but the com
plete text was not published in any
of the daily newspapers in the United
States. It was generally known that
Tolstoy had proclaimed Henry
George's theory of taxation the cor
rect remedy for Russia's economic
Ills, but the highly Instructive and
appealing way In which Tolstoy sup
ported tho theory was wanting In tho
extracts from tho letter which ap
peareu in newspapers. Tho Public
Publishing company's little hook Is
bound In a. handsome paper and con
tains a portrait of Tolstoy. It Is said
"tho circulation of this portrait Is In
terdicted In Russia because the minds
of the peasantry might be inflamed,
by the simple peasant drees and i ,
giving to their friend the appoaranea
of a prophet." The price of the book
li ten cents.