§ 58. Mr. SMITHERSasked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he will arrange that the Empire Marketing Board posters shall be designed to advertise products and objects which it is desired to bring to the notice of the public, in view of the fact that the present posters are more ornamental than useful?
§ Mr. PALING (Lord of the Treasury)I have been asked to reply. The board's 2239 posters are primarily designed to create a general background for the more specific advertisements undertaken by the Governments of various parts of the Empire, as well as by producers and others directly concerned in the sale of individual commodities. By way of illustration of the board's general theme of Empire buying, however, the posters have frequently drawn specific attention to particular products, which it is desired to bring to the notice of the public, and they will continue to do so within the limits of the board's general policy.
§ Mr. SMITHERSDoes not the hon. Member consider that the mental and artistic side is rather overdone, to the detriment of the sale of the products?
§ Mr. PALINGI will mention that to my hon. Friend.
§ Mr. ERNEST BROWNIs the hon. Member aware that the other day a poster appeared showing a tiger and a pineapple, raising the question whether tigers eat pineapples?