EMPIRE TARIFF ISSUE

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21245, 17 August 1934, Page 13

EMPIRE TARIFF ISSUE

*- | Australia and Britain | i ! ! AGREEMENT URGED ! (M)IEB PHS.ia ASSOCIATION—S* ELECXEIO ! IELIOK.U'a—COPTKiaUT.) j (Received August 16, 10.5 p.m.) j i LONDON, August 16. | The "Morning Post," in a leading j I article, says: "It is regrettable that j j relations between Great Britain and ( J Australia have been steadily _ deteriorating in recent month'. Neither side can be absolved from its share of responsibility." The newspaper reviews briefly the | meat and cotton controversies and I savs the truth is that both coun- , tries are tryim to eat their cake j and have it. "The realistic solution surely is that we must sacrifice some'of our foreign markets for the sake of Australian imports, and Australia must sacrifice some of her secondary industries for the sake of British imports. The two parties should come together and devise a rational policy of harmony m their common interests," says the newspaper.

OTTAWA AGREEMENTS NOT BROKEN

| MINISTER'S STATEMENT j jONLY S.MALI. FART OK COTTON] ! IMPORTS AFFECTED j [ (Received August 17. 1.10 a.m.; | j MELBOURNE, August 16. i Replying to English criticism of the Commonwealth Government's imposition of increased duties on British cotton piece goods and related cotton yarn, the Minister for Customs (Mr T. W. White) denied | that Australia was not observing the ! ; Ottawa undertakings. j ; He said the Government had j ' merely acted ou the recommend;)- | 1 lions of the Tariff Board, while the j I cotton industry of the United King- ; ! dom had evidently failed to apprcci- , 'ate that the range of cotton goods ; ion which protection had been ac-j j corded to the Australian industry: ] represented a very small proportion j j of Australia's requirements of cotton j I goods. j British interests, he said, had also j ; lost sight of the fact that valuable : primage concessions were granted in ' the last budget to British manufac- j ' hirers. ! I —— ! i