brought home to the cecple of the gy a ct oO rsh ww VE +S] Us w ie} it wu B -§ rs a0) QO rv 33 om om »?) wo *$ yw 4% -niy om the basis of i ba come. mM &5 only by 4a nation-wide effert can tris oJ a rower, vroduetion can the future state of " sstern sanos hepe vo maintain, 2st alene improve, its stévility, its stanaare of living and its Treeacn of éetion. Some distinguished members of <znis Council have mentioned the Territory's eustoms teriff in the course of the debate. shat i have not been able to be more =xvlicit on tris 1 regret point, which is now before the Territorial Government for consia:rution. I think that i may safely assure the Council tnat nent year 4a more generally setisfactory review cf the sesition .ill >¢ civen. mainly the eoncern of tne Samcans tnenseives, Sut this is now it “ust be remembered, and they are naturally eareful when making any raaicel changes in for this is the @ the tariff sehedule, greatest single source of the erritory's revenue and is likely tc remain so for a considerable time, Tre position of the aduinistering sutherizty in regard to 3 GO course, made -epresentative at the wn quite eleag in the statemens My referential Tariff in‘ esten Same. was. twelfth sessjon of this lounci The helpful remarks mace regaraing the possibilitiss and advantages of eooperative societies as future preauction units and alternétive fogas of soeic-econormic crganization, and regarding the pessible seope for the greater use cf idle acmsstic capital are quite im line with the present ideas of toth the the Territorial Government. -.aministering .uthority and By whom and how best seme of this domest- te eapitay should be used will undoubtedly be 4 matter of healthy and energetie debate during the next few years. The present domestic market fow those products that could be made avail.ble by investment in agriculture, pastoral farming and :econaary industries is, cases, not unlimited: in most the current nigh mer¢ein of profit obtained for export crops also acts as a jeterrent to large-scale investment in what might be called ‘treatment inaustries. Sut wherever there do seem to be definite cossibilities for tne profitable investment of even comparatively small sums in certain pr°mary and secondary in- 9001028 dustries, these opcecrtunities will rot be neglestia if the administer- ing authority has its way. in the meantime, che Government's invest /men