β Scribed by Jordan, L. A.
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It ~vould be proper9 I think, first. to esplnin why t h pint and riiriiish industry is representcd nt. this niccthg. I n sonic nicnsure tlic plastics nnd p i n t iiiid vornisli indust.ries covcr siniilar ground in tlint t.licy lrotli iitilize rcsins-nntural nnd synt~Iictic--nnd pigments. Tlic rduc of t.hc pniiit nnd rnriiisli tmde is fully t,\venty million pounds sterling. It rcprcscnts considerable eiiiployincnt not only in mnnufncturc hut rilso in nppliciitioii. !rlie fibwres for the 1930 Board of Trndc census (pu~)tishcd in 1932) shoived t,hc value of goods niadc nnd work done (gross output) to be flS,m,000 and the cost of niiiteriuls eniployetl in the inc1ust.r.y ivns tlicn 20,616.
Analysis of tlicsc figures .untlcr major production clnesrs showed : piiiiits and I)igiiient.s-itI,Irros. 5,500,000 cwt. of viilue i l ] i J l ~O X . 113,000,000 ; viirnislies, inclritling cellulose types-nppros. 9,@00,00~ gal. of viilue ~~tppros. 13,750,000.
The voluine of overseas tr:itlc iis nssesscd n t tlint time nas considerable as is slioivn by figures of l,418,0IlO cut. for csport rind 1,896,000 cwt. for retained iniliorts of paints nnd pignients ; nnd 1,290,~OO gnl. for esport itntl 132,000 p l . retnincd iniports of ritrnish products. Tlicsc figures demonstmtc tlie dominnnt posit,ion of 13ritishiniidc varnish products in the honic innrkct and of t.lw extent to wliich t,hey arc apprccintcd nl)ronil. Since 1930 t.lic industry will h a w shown cspnnsion in nlniost ewry section.
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