By GEORGE CADBURY
1 lie Jhglisli ciiiiniiig iiitlustry liiis I)ceii iiiucli in tlic public cyc during the Iiist feiv yciirs, : i d it, hiis struck tlic ininginnt ion of the 1inI)lic Iicciiusc it sccinctl to opc~i out nc\v possibilities for :+culture tintl for tlic c l c \ d ~piiiciit of it ncw intlnst,ry iii tlic coiint.ry, rcplncing foreign import cd foods 1iy lioiiic-groiw protlucts.
I Iio growth of t!ic intlustry is sliown I J ~ tlic figures of tlic Iiist five yciirs, ivliicli sliow i i pIicnuiiieniiI c1cvelol)mcnt, tlic out,pnt in 1927 Ilcing cstiiiiiited i i t 7,5.10,000 ciiiis of friiit, i t l i d vt!gctiiI)lts, wliicli Iiris IJccii incrciisctl iintil 1932, wlieii it. is cstiiiiiitctl t l i i i t 60,000,000 ciiw were IirtdiicctL. 'i'liis is oiily ii roiigli cst iiiiiit e ils t licrc iirc no tlcfinitc ligurcs iiviiiIiiI)Ic. 'i'lic iiiiports of ciinnctl friiits rind vcgctii1)Ics Iiitvc incrciiscd in volninc by 16% during this pcriotl iilt Iioiigli tlic viiliic of t.lit!sc iiiiports his tltrcrr!i~~rcl 1)). Ioyo tli~ri~lg tliiu Iicriotl. AS it rcs11ltJ tllc iwticipiitcd Imicfit. botli to iigriciilturc iriicl to tlic iiitlust,ry itsclfliiis riot I)ecIli iis grciit :IS wiis iit, first, I i o p c d . 'l'liis is clue to ~c ~c r i i l rciisoiis, iiinoiig the prili(:ipiil olics hiiig over-st.iiiiiilittioii iiiitl conscqiicnt ovcr-j)ro(lucticiii, iilltl t lie pIicnoiiie~iiiI fiill i n prices of iinportcd riinnctl gootls Iiot h froiii tlic Ihiiiiriions iiiid froin ot tier corlntric!s in spite of tarifis.
'rlic t.iiipIitte iiitlustry iintl tlie ~i i ~i -~i i i ~k i ~~g iiitlustry I~iivc both I)ccn w r y iictivc in proiiioting tlic Ibrogre5s of (mining, iiiitl t.licy Iiiive Iicen 1)iickctl liy the Ihiirtl of dgriciiltiirc who, iiiitur~rlly, Iiiivc been iinsious to foster tlio consiiinption of fruit :ind vcgetiililcs for this liiir1)osc.