THE FIRST SHEAVES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 268, 26 August 1930, Page 5

THE FIRST SHEAVES.

CANADA’S ELECTION HARVEST.

ATTACK ON THE CONSERVATIVES

(United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 1.5 p.m.) VANCOUVER, August 25. Commenting on the New Zealand tariff on motor-cars, the “Vancouver Sun” states editorially: “The first sheaves in Canada’s election harvest were garnered last week, when New Zealand peremptorily cut off the tariff preference which she has maintained on Canadian motor-cars and parts, and discussed the dropping of further preference on British Columbian lumber and newsprint. This means that Canada’s trade with New Zealand in motorcars and motor parts, amounting to £2,400,000, will be materially decreased and that any hope of expanding British Columbia’s market for her wood products in New Zealand might just as well be forgotten. Canadian people are paying a high price for their whimsical notion of electing Mr Bennett to the Premiership of Canada. New Zealand’s slap at Canadian trade should give Canadians something to think about. It will most certainly injure Canadian trade to the extent of creating many more hungry mouths in the Dominion next winter. Of course, Mr Bennett, spending his own millions, will not go hungry, but factory workers down in Ontario, and the lumber and newsprint employees in British Columbia, have not those millions to nlay with, and some of them will go hungry. Mr Bennett was elected on the specious promise of ending unemployment bv Act of Parliament, yet the first consequence of his election is an act that will take jobs from Canadian workers and make food more difficult to buy for Canadian mouths. Canada’s' election harvest is beginning, and looks like a sad, sad crop.”