Commonwealth Tariff.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 4, 30 September 1907, Page 5

Commonwealth Tariff.

HOME CRITICS. By Telegraph—Association—Copyright. London, September 27. Tho " DailyiChroniclo" declares thai tho resolution adopted by tho Australasian section of tho London Chamboi 1 yf Commerco will only confirm tho present Commonwealth Government in tho belief that their tariff policy if. right. Tho paper adds:—"They want prohibition, not protection. There will soon bo a reaction brought about bv dear prices, caused by stagnation an.' a decline in railway business, not b;. the British traders' protests." In a lotter to " Tho Times," the Commonwealth Agent in London, Captain Collins, has made a full reply tr the correspondent "Zollvorein." (It was "Zollverein," who, writing in "The Times," declared that Mr. Denkin, the Federal Prime. Minister, was a bondsman of tho Labour party, thai tho tariff showod Mr. Dcakin's complete subjection to Labour, that the federal Premier had shed his Imperialist ideas, and that tariff reform i;: Australia was only a stalking horse for Protection, buttered with Socialism.) HUDDERSFIELD PROTESTS. RESPITE WANTED. (Received Sept. 29, 4.35 p.m.) By Telegraph—Association—Copyright. London, September 28. Tho Huddorsfield Chamber of Commerco adopted a resolution protesting against tho enforcement of tlie Commonwealth tariff without merchants being afforded adequate opportunity of carrying out existing contracts. Mr. Brooke, who proposed the resolution, declared that it was unfair to trap traders into sending goods at 15 per cent, duty before the tariff was imposed, and to charge 30 per cent, when tho goods reached Australia. Alderman Walker, in seconding the motion, said a greater injustice was never perpetrated by any Government. Hitherto time had always been allowed before enforcing new duties.