The Protectionist Deputation
INTERVIEW WITH PREMIER,
A WANT OF CONFIDENCE MOTION INEVITABLE.
Wellington', this day. The deputation from the Protectionist meeti'ug assured the Premier that if the Govern" nont would introduce a tariff on a Protec tivo , basis, or if he would form a Government/ for that purpose, he should have the support of tho whole of tho protectionists in the I7f>use, as by so doing he would alienate tho support of his free trade fol-
lowing.
Major Atkinson sa'fa that ifc was impossible to deal with tho tNiriff this session, but he proposed sunimonirfg Parliament in April if possible, when he intened to have tariff considered. He believed he could bring down propsals acceptable to both Free Traders and "Protectionists, but lie declined to state in what direction he would revise the tariff further than by saying it would be in tho direction of encouraging local industries. It would take two or three months to prepare a tariff He was nob a Protectionist, nor was he a Freetrader in the usual acceptance of the term. ' Thia reply is considered unsatisfactory by the Protectionist element, and a no-con-fidence amendment may now be regarded as inevitable.
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Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 267, 12 November 1887, Page 5
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