PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 68, 20 March 1915, Page 6

PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

DfCREASED DUTIES SUGGESTEB : (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) . HAMILTON, the- d»y.Vi % In expressing views in regard to the purchases made by his firm onteide tte ' '■' Empire at the annual meeting of tie-. .».•■'; WaiJcato rermers' Aiictitmeering Coi to-day, Mr. Barugh said there was al- '. . ready a preferential duty of 10 per cent, in favour of Great Britain and Oiinada on. most articles. This duty should be increased to 15 per cent., otherwise p" ■within five years of the termination of the war Germany would have all th* -■ : trade back. * ' * "I do not care haw loyal a man in' , . ": trade may be," added the epeaker, "h* - 1. mnet supply -what his caetonieni Vul buy, and that is geoeraUy a lower-priced" ■'- article. He is, therefore, often compelled to purchase outside the Empire, or othere will get hfe businese. Greet Britain takes most of our surplue pr*- : ■ duce, and our trade ehonld go there.; I am convinced that this can only-b* brought about by m higher preferentiaJ , ; tariff." * ' ■ ■ ;.