THE TARIFF.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18916, 3 February 1927, Page 8

THE TARIFF.

PROTECTION AND' *1 FARMBB. -*1 "GRADUAL AMnHfogJjji [THE PBEBB TOUNQTON, The altitude of the New Zealand Farmers' Unioft'*»ll fined to-day towards the TaKsrll mission. ;n|| Mr F, P. Lynch (Ma«a*ah)tytAkj ed that, any subsidy giveh to try should be Mibject to tation in order to build Mioutd be a decreasing live years decreasing by until it disappeared. could not- stand <>n iU I&gj) it was no good to the On the proposal of Mr &, (Otogo) it. was decided W ftJMgLj sub-committeo to go ini4 and report. The committcil iIM was Captain Colbeek, MtMwlii Hall, K- !'■ Duxfield, \V. Morrison, and H. sequeiilly tho committee ffiMyPM lowing report :—"That M a nM in tariff would result in » redjmjH tho cost, of living, and thrawil reduce the cost of production, wm of the opinion that a reduoiioa u| be made in all protective tarijjfßi vided that during the perwd wjM lion no section of the CQMMUUiMgj be allowed to benefit (it t|}s i*fi of any other; and that erifl«K*l|j tfjiivcn on these lines.'' < 'f|g The president congratulated ftfl mittee upon presenting % un|t6» report. i Mr Vioar (Hamilton) (uked if J] were unanimous in Uie polity feftjl ual abolition of tariffs? :|1 Mr Poison: lam not. IMI iffij

rate protectionist. Mr Vicar considered that a jty amount of protection was iittCftl he would like the evidfflM to n to be submitted to the Adrnfflg mittee, of which the president m one, and if it was approVed ltt have no objection to tfytfc $| going forward. Mr Munro said the etideMt be prepared in accordance wwi' port. The president a ftfMfjp would bo well to submit evidence to the Advisory before giving it. •..< The Advjsory CoiiimitttNl.i|| to-morrow morning, wJiefc itiipl will bo perused by jt. ; , J