350 EN'TRENCTIMI'NT OF IXDrSTKV. 



There would be mucli more effective work done in Parlia- 

 nienl if lawyers were replaced to a very considerable extent by 

 industrialists and manufacturers. Let us have a little less law 

 — or jaw — and more products. I'ei^ple will ha\e few i^rievance? 

 to air in the courts if national prosperity ])revails. That is the 

 best solution for racial unrest. A Parliament so constituted 

 would see at once the necessity for reviving the portfolio of 

 Minister of Commerce and Industries, and establi.shing his de- 

 partment on a thoroughly live and effective basis, to ensure na- 

 tional supi>ort of industries, the compilation of statistics, and 

 the gathering and dissemination of data. 



We want the farmer to realise that his interests are insepar- 

 ably Ixnmd up with those of the manufacturer. Industries and 

 manufactures will bring jjopulation, will give fullest emi)loyment 

 to those who are here, will open u]) careers for the younger 

 generation, and will yield a nearer and more profitable market 

 for the farmer's produce. Chie of the most serious handicaps to 

 the farmer in this country is ihe great distance his produce and 

 stock have to travel before they reach the few widely scattered 

 markets. 



Close attention must be paid to the organisation of our 

 markets and the standardisation of our products. It is to be 

 hoped that we shall not see a repetition of the timidity of the 

 colliery proprietors in selling coal at absurd prices for the benefit 

 of shipowners earning vast war profits. 



When industries attain national recognition. perha])s our 

 Government will consider tlie\ (lc;-er\ c fniancial assistance simi- 

 lar to that afforded to agriculturists by the Land Bank. Other-' 

 wise influence should be brought to bear on the joint-stock banks, 

 who make hand.some i)rofits out of St)Uth Africa, to adopt a 

 more generous. sym])athetic and enlightened attilutle towards 

 l<;cal manufactures. Let them api)oint re])resentatives to make 

 a s])ecial study of ()p])ortunities for industrial outlets and ex- 

 ])ansion. 



Then, so that our lawyer friends may not lack employment 

 and brew mischief, they might be usefully occujjied in codifying 

 the Company laws, and providing safeguards for the investing 

 ])ub!ic from the machinations of the bogus company pmnioter : 

 and at the same time directors and shareholders might l)c edu- 

 cated up to a wider .sense of their duties and responsiljjjities. 

 we then might .see the industrial highwax strewn with less of 

 the wreckage of once promising ventures. 



.\ gratifying feature of certain local industries is the devel- 

 opment of by-products, and operations in this direction promise 

 tti be considerably extended in the near future. These by- 

 products are most valuable adjuncts and buttresses to the ]jrim- 

 ary industries. To technical education I look with the fullest 

 confidence to assist in preserving and expanding, nctt only local 

 industries, but kxal brains, the most preciou.s — with national 

 character — of all our assets. Here again let Protection prevail 



