AMERICA'S TARIFF.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 72, 26 March 1921, Page 7

AMERICA'S TARIFF.

SHUTTING OUT FARM PRODUCE i BIIX TO BE RETNtRODTTCXD. I j (Br Cab'.e.—Tress A.smciaticn.-ropTriplit.^ ~.:..».».. I NEW ViiUK, March •_'.'. I • The New correspondent of t!ie | 1 Australian l're«s A-«oeiatnm intrrviewed Mr. Mark Sheldon, the Ais-traliiui Trade lldmini.-siiiner. who said that then' h:i.- ---! every imli :iti..n the tiiriiT on wiml. mi-at. butler, wheut and otlii-r farm and |iairy , prudiictii, uii'i r.i!— similar to the K.iril- ; my niea-iire. »-|,i-li .\ President WilmH . veto-d. "ill be inuiiediiitely pa?.-ed at a special -,■->;, ,n (it t "ollBTl , "." t ,l i' J eollVeMeil for April 11. Id- did not think thai the , embark* »1,;.-! i "ere in-inn [would he put an. but the rate-, proposed I vv.ru .-., hi-rh that they ttollld provi' prat- I • tically an eintiarjj.i. ' ,Tlii"> correspondent a«k«-il whfther Mr. ! j S!ii-id"ii ii.uld expl.iiii the re.iiiuis nctu- I iatiiij{ the rr-int roduct ion nl tlie tarilf Inieasure. Mr. Shelil.m replied thai tho diTscnlty t-> riml a uiiirkel am! the low I price- prevailing a.- eu;ii|i:ired i« ' year ay.i le f l .Sineririili acrieiilturul pro- ! dii'-rr- in mi uir'iiniforliible p'i»iti"n, | e*pi-eially as the supplies tii-\-, :nu~t p'ir- | i-ha-f. pelienil livn,..- .•vp.-n-.-. uazv and ! taxe? had not de.-line,| prnp.,rtiniiately. ; The iiLTH lilturUt-' si!:i:ltiiin was -■.; extremely !.:nl that tlii'V v.ere lirinj/iils; the great-,! 'on (.'ovei-nmelit i bodies t.i proii'it them from all r"!lipeti- ; fion. with tin- hope that He ir prmluie i 1 wnul.l line in prii-. The iMrre«jH.n.!»iit a-ke ! whether the | tariff u-uiilJ s<ilve the . ditli'-llUies. Mr -Ml-ldnii r.'l-lied ill tile iietrati\e. and ixiV.nl tiiat relief niii-t come from decreased eoft of. pMilii-ti.m. living expenses and taxes "I in- prueess was very slow, since there uas di-ineli-nation on all sides 1,, take lc-- f"T yonis and lalxiur. hut e\ci:t'.iull> it would occur. The correspondent a.-ked whether Au«- i tralasia would U; alFectrd b> , the Amerienn tariiV. sir.cc Kurnpe. Asia, t and Africa remained to purchase Australasian primary product.*. Mr. Sheldon replied briefly that ;t must not I h> for- , 2otten that the I'lilted States to-day had the greatest buying ability of all the nations. — iA. an.l N.Z. tiibh.)